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8 SEP 04
Musick's Lakeside Campground
Sullivan Co., TN
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Just before 5:00 PM this evening I witnessed 14 -  RED KNOT and 14 - 
Black-bellied Plover fly into Musick's Campground point on South Holston Lake 
near 
Bristol. Tom McNiel and his J.T. McNiel joined me as I was still trying to work 
out what the gray birds were with the Plovers. Tom and I eventually and 
cautiously agreed that similar species were sufficiently eliminated leaving the 
Red 
Knot as our conclusion for the identification of the gray birds. Eric Smith 
joined us and independently concluded the same. Wallace Coffey arrived shortly 
thereafter and carefully worked through the identification process himself 
before landing on the same identification. Wallace initiated the call the list 
and 
an impromptu field trip ensued. The following folks responded to the call out: 
Ron Harrington, Mary Erwin, Judy Roach, Bill Grigsby, Dave Worley, Larry 
McDaniel, Rick Knight, Bryan Stevens, Howard Langridge, and Mike Poe.
Unfortunately the Red Knots and Black-bellied Plovers departed before anyone 
else arrived. Excited peaked again, however, with the arrival of a single 
WHIMBREL which stayed around for all to have a good look. Just as the 
excitement 
level tapered off Rick Knight shouted out for the crowd to get on a passing 
bird he identified as a SOOTY TERN !
Other birds of note include: 
Semipalmated Plover -1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 4
Western Sandpiper - 1 
Black Tern - 9
Caspian Tern - 3
Common Tern - 8
Forster's Tern - 1
'Til we bird again

Rack Cross
Blountville, TN


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