[TN-Bird] Ten Islands, Douglas Lake
- From: Michael Sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:09:57 -0500
Cocke county, 3/27/08, by canoe, 12:30- 4:00 PM
Douglas Lake elevation: 972.5 ft.
We launched at Walters Bridge and disembarked on a grassy flat half
way back to the Leadvale ramp. A long inlet between the flat and the
shore provides an excellent refuge for waterbirds - no nearby roads
and too shallow for most boats. >>>We spotted 2 more active osprey
nests (one on Walters Bridge, another on a Dutch Bottoms silo), for a
total of 8 in the general area.
Highlights:
Wood duck (48)
Gadwall (22)
Am. widgeon (15)
Am. black duck (4)
Mallard (60)
Blue-winged teal (220)
Northern shoveler (4)
Green-winged teal (145)
Ring-necked duck (4)
Lesser scaup (6)
Hooded merganser (4)
Pied-billed grebe (3)
Double-crested cormorant (85)
Great blue heron (19)
Osprey (8)
Bald eagle (3 imm.)
Am. coot (9)
Killdeer (9)
Greater yellowlegs (5)
Lesser yellowlegs (16)
Solitary sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper (4)
Bonaparte's gull (16
Ring-billed gull (22)
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
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