[TN-Bird] Rankin area eagles

From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:36:08 -0400
Ccoke and Hamblen counties, 4/21/11, 4-8PM, by canoe
Douglas Lake elevation: 988 ft.

We covered about 7 miles of Rankin Bottoms and the mouth of the Nolichucky on 
this trip and encountered at least 20 bald eagles, following up on Mike 
Roussin's report of 25 on April 6.

RANKIN BOTTOMS, Cocke county, highlights:

Wood duck (18, plus 15 tiny ducklings)
Am. widgeon (1 drake)
Blue-winged teal (42)
Northern shoveler (1 drake)
Green-winged teal (6)
Pied-billed grebe
Double-crested cormorant (45)
Great blue heron (24 - 3 nests under construction across from MdCowan Creek)
Great egret (5)
Black-crowned night-heron - FOY
Osprey (5)
Bald eagle (13 -  2 adult)
Am. coot (12)
Killdeer (3)
Greater yellowlegs (3)
Lesser yellowlegs
Caspian tern (5 - FOY)
Prothonotary warbler (3-FOY)
Common yellowthroat - FOY

MOUTH OF THE NOLICHUCKY,  the east bank is in Cocke county, the west bank and 
the islands (which are part of the Rankin WMA) are in Hamblen county,
The east side is sheer rock, with a spectacular display of wildflowers and 
clinging cedars.  Other than the spotted sandpipers, all of the shorebirds we 
saw were in shallow inlets along the west bank.  Highlights:

Wood duck (38)
Double-crested cormorant (60+)
Great egret (2)
Osprey (4)
Bald eagle (8 - 2 adults)
Red-shouldered hawk
Red-tailed hawk (2)
Gr. Yellowlegs (8)
Lesser yellowlegs (14)
Solitary sandpiper (3 - FOY)
Spotted sandpiper (17)
Pectoral sandpiper (2)
Eastern kingbird (2 - FOY)
Prothonotary warbler

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN

 





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