FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Common Goldeneye

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

One adult, male, Common Goldeneye was at Middlebrook Lake, Bristol Tennessee, 
Sullivan Co., this morning.  Also had a couple of Gadwall and dozens of Hooded 
Mergansers.  The Ringed-billed Gulls are more than you care to count.  A single 
Double-crested Cormorant was there.

Birders might keep a close eye on the downstream raceway face of the dam.  It 
looks like a good place for a wintering Spotted Sandpiper, Dunlin and such.  It 
has at least three Killdeer there every time I check it.  This is one of the 
most reliable places to find Spotted Sandpipers during migration and it is not 
unusual to find several there anytime during spring or fall.

I was birding behind Rick Knight and John Moyle who were moving through the 
area independently.  I overtook Moyle at Musick's Campground and he was heading 
north up South Holston Lake into Virginia.  Knight appeared to be an hour ahead.

Let's go birding.....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN