[TN-Bird] Upper Douglas Lake - Plovers
- From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:18:54 -0400
Douglas Lake, Cocke county, 9/27/14, 4pm - 6pm. by canoe
Lake elev.: 977.3 ft ( less mudflat at RB, more at TI)
The Rankin floodplain tapers down to the Leadvale railroad bridge, and another
begins west of the bridge and continues south through the Ten islands region.
At least, that's the arbitrary boundary we use. As the lake recedes from the
current elevation, there will be broader habitat and more waterbirds in the Ten
Islands. The area has been difficult to nearly impossible to view from shore;
the newly expanded WMA will allow birding access to the Ten Islands shoreline
from Brown Hollow Rd.
The juvenile Black-bellied and American Golden Plovers were side-by-side for a
moment, but the autofocus did not cooperate.
Ten Islands:
Double-crested Cormorant - 160
Great Egret - 110
Blad Eagle - 1 juv.
Osprey - 1
Killdeer - 105
Least Sandpiper - 22
Pectoral Sandpiper - 24
Rankin Bottoms:
Double-cr. Cormorant - 300+
Great Egret - 65
Black-bellied Plover - (photo)
Am. Golden-Plover - 1 (photo)
Killdeer - 60
Lsr. Yellowlegs - 6
Pectoral Sandpiper - 14
Baird's Sandpiper - 1 (last fuzzy photo)
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
Am. Golden & Black-bellied Plovers
Am. Golden Plover:
Baird's Sandpiper:
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
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