26 Sep 2013 Rankin & Dutch Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN early afternoon Phalaropes not present, in fact very few shorebirds. Am. White Pelican still present. Gulls at Dutch Bottoms: Laughing - 1 Ring-billed - 165 Lsr. Black-backed - 1 im. Rick Knight Johnson City, TN > [Original Message] > Date: 9/25/2013 4:21:57 PM > Subject: [TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms - Red-necked Phalaropes > > 9/25/13, A.M. and early P.M. > Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN > > American White Pelican (1) - continuing bird > Osprey (1) > Semipalmated Plover (10) > Killdeer (93) > Spotted Sandpiper (4) > Lesser Yellowlegs (8) > Sanderling (1) > Least Sandpiper (14 - this was the number, as with the other peeps below, that I could confidently ID. There were more.) > Pectoral Sandpiper (41) > Semipalmated Sandpiper (4) > Western Sandpiper (1) > RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (2) - they were east across the embayment, seen from the large shoreline viewing area just before the tipple. > Laughing Gull (1) - with a small flock of Ring-billed Gulls on an emergent mudbar > Tree Swallow (5000) - at least. They were everywhere over the whole area of the bottoms. > > > Darrel Wilder > Johnson City =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________