FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] geese, swan, peregrine, etc

["Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

6 Feb 2007
several sites in Washington & Sullivan Cos., TN


Winged Deer Park in Johnson City
Ross's Goose - 1, present about a week

Middlebrook Lake in Bristol
Tundra Swan - 1 imm
Gadwall - 6
Com. Goldeneye - 1 drake
Hooded Merganser - 111
D-c Cormorant - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 500+  
Herring Gull - 1 im

S. Holston River weir
Gadwall - 2
Am. Wigeon - 7
Ring-nk. Duck - 15
Bufflehead - 150+
Com. Goldeneye - 4 hens
Ruddy Duck - 2

Leesburg, Bowmantown, & Limestone -- western Wash. Co.
Gr. White-fronted Goose - 1
Snow Goose - 2 (1 white & 1 blue)
Blue-wg. Teal - 1 drake  (pond on former Bush Hog Blvd.)
Green-wg. Teal - 14  (same pond; spring fed, so not frozen)
Wild Turkey - 5
Peregrine Falcon - 1 ad. , on Keebler Rd, where 1-2 have been wintering last 
few years.
Eur. Collared-Dove - 1, on Smithdale Blvd., where reported in Jan
Loggerhead Shrike - 1  on Muddy Fork Rd.
     NOTE:  the geese were on hwy 75, about 1.4 miles N of hwy 11-E, 
where the Blue Goose has been for 2 weeks; pond frozen, but geese grazing in 
pasture.

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN