[TN-Bird] massive Dunlin flock at Douglas Lake
- From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 05:33:38 -0500
On Friday, 1 Nov, while en route to the TOS fall meeting,
seven members of the Bristol & Herndon chapters stopped
at Dutch Bottoms on upper Douglas Lake.
A flock of 800+ Dunlin were present on the mudflats.
This is double the previous high count for the state given
in Robinson's 1990 "Annotated Checklist"!
Also of note:
200 + Great Blue Herons
3 Great Egrets
23 Greater Yellowlegs
2 Pectoral Sandpipers
1 im. Bald Eagle
120 + Tree Swallows
Observers:
Wallace Coffey, Larry McDaniel, Don Holt, Dave Worley,
Janice Martin, Ruth Smith & Rick Knight
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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