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Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN
SUN 04 FEB 2007
D. Holt
 
I checked out some Kingsport birding sites Sunday.  Highlights were:
 
Gadwall -  ~30 (The Sluice at the mouth of Horse Creek)
Northern Pintail - 4 (3 males and 1 female, Riverfront Restaurant)
Ring-necked Duck - 1                  (The Confluence)
Lesser Scaup - 7                                 "
Bufflehead - 1                                     "
Hooded Merganser - 2                          "
Double-crested Cormorant - ~10            "
Merlin* - 1  (Oakhill Cemetary)
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 (Riverfront Restaurant - I suspected two, as Rick Knight 
reported, but only saw one at a time)
Ring-billed Gull - many along the river
 
*The Merlin showed up in a timely fashion at the appointed place as described 
by Rick Phillips in previous posts.  At 5:50 pm it arrived, landed on the top 
of a spruce tree, basked in the orange glow of the setting sun for five 
minutes, remaining past sunset for another ten minutes, then disappeared.  
Thank you, Rick. I felt blessed.
 
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
 
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