FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Bat in January, Weir Dam, Sullivan County, TN

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Gilbert Derouen and Reece Jamerson, Johnson City, TN, and Bryan 
Stevens, Hampton, TN, observed a bat swooping over the water from the 
parking lot on the left after passing the main parking lot at the Weir 
Dam in Sullivan County, TN. We were looking back toward the weir area 
when Gilbert spotted the bat. The sighting took place during their 
Tuesday (Jan. 24) afternoon birding trip.

None of us are bat experts. We just know it was small (sparrow-sized) 
,brownish and foraging and swooping over the water. We did think it a 
little unusual to see a bat feeding in the daylight and in January.

Some good birds at the area around the Weir included Redheads, Lesser 
Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, American Wigeon and Bufflehead.

Bryan Stevens,
Hampton, TN


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