[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms, Sep 6, 2012; Early
- From: shaawitya@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:46:16 +0000 (UTC)
This morning, Kevin Burke and I kayaked around the embayment in Rankin Bottoms
and found the following species.
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke, US-TN
Sep 6, 2012 7:10 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: 1 mile by kayak with Kevin Burke
42 species
Canada Goose 40
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 120
Double-crested Cormorant 200
Great Blue Heron 65
Great Egret 150
Little Blue Heron 4 all birds were immature
Green Heron 10
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Black Vulture 66
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Semipalmated Plover 15 All were on a spit between the French Broad and the
embayment
Killdeer 110 Very abundant everywhere in the area; probably more than this
count
Solitary Sandpiper 25
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Sanderling 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Western Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 80
Pectoral Sandpiper 40
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 3 One in a mixed grouping and two together off by
themselves; all feeding in the exposed mud
Long-billed Dowitcher 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Black Tern 7
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 20
Tree Swallow 1000
Barn Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Cardinal 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Keith Watson
Pittman Center, TN
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