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The Bristol Bird Club had a great weekend at Natural Tunnel State Park, 
Duffield, Virginia. Natural Tunnel is a beautiful park with great 
facilities and wonderful views of Natural Tunnel and southwest Virginia. On 
four walks on Saturday and Sunday, May 14th and 15th there were 23 non-BBC 
or NTSP participants, including Lewis and Doris Carson (Kingsport, TN), 
Dutt and Faye Wagers (Kingsport), Holly Walker (VA DCR, Richmond, VA), 
Bruce Cole (Kingsport), Susan Hubley (Rogersville, TN), Amy and Evan 
Cathers (Kingsport), Anna Fursich (Sneedville, TN), Albert and Nancy 
Kinkade (Kingsport), Albert and Kay Harrington (New Jersey), Jeanne Forel 
(Mass.), Martha Podren (Big Stone Gap, VA and Boston, Mass.), Don and Susan 
Allgood (Nickelsville, VA), Mel and Margaret Randolf (Kingsport), and Keith 
and Alice Knowles (Kingsport).  The walks were led by Bristol Bird Club 
Members, Rob Biller, Wallace and Carolyn Coffey, Mary Erwin, Bill Grigsby, 
John Hay, John Moyle, Dexter and Linda Newman, Mike Poe, Judy Roach, Nora 
and Mahalia Shubert. The staff from Natural Tunnel State Park supporting 
the walks were Marty McConnell, Bill Cawood, Bob Vangundy and Jean Brown 
(outstanding volunteer leader). We appreciate the work done by the NTSP 
staff to put on this successful weekend of birding as a International 
Migratory Bird Day event to introduce others to birding and to see the NTSP 
Birding Trail and the various habitats and the species of birds in each 
type of habitat.

Sightings included 61 species of birds listed below and many wildflowers.
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey
Rock Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Carolina Wren
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch

Bill Grigsby
Kingsport, TN 


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