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["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Netherland Inn Road
South Fork Holston River
Kingsport
Sullivan Co., TN

Great Blue Heron  4 birds standing on and near a few nests on
the little island just offshore of the park area.

1025 Winchester Lane
Rotherwood Estates
Kingsport
near Phipps Island
Holston River
Hawkins Co., TN

~ 1,000 American Robins behind this address and in backyards
along the river.  This is the first wave of migrants heading north
for spring.  Every bird I could scan was a male.  This is typical
early wave composition.  Usually such migrants come the last
week of February.  Only other explanation might be a
nearby winter roost of robins.

Phipps Bend 
2.5 miles ESE of Surgoinsville
Holston River
Hawkins Co. TN
13 Feb 2007

Common Raven  1 bird standing on the concrete building structure
of the abandoned nuclear power plant construction.  It called
repeatedly.  This was believed to be a nesting site last March.

Great Blue Heron  3 birds standing on 9 nests in Sycamore tree along shoreline,
across the river from the abandon construction site of the
nuclear power plant.  At least third known year of a rookery at
this location.

Common Merganser  2 females.

Let's go birding.....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN