FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Laughing Gulls, Sanderling, phalarope at South Holston

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It was another good afternoon at Musick's Camgpround on South Holston Lake 
Thursday, (9/9) in Sullivan Co., TN.
The Sooty Tern made an extended appearance allowing for great looks.

Two Laughing Gulls arrived at 5:55 p.m. and stayed most of the evening at the 
island just offshore of the campground.

A Sanderling fed until dark at the island.

A phalarope, seen, identified as a Red Phalarope, and reported earlier by Joe 
Goldston, may have been seen by Wallace Coffey and John Shumate.   The bird 
flew to the shoreline of the campground but stayed just 10 seconds are so 
before flying away.  Shumate and Coffey could instantly tell it was a phalarope 
but got no positive ID.

Osprey 1
Herring Gull 1 (first year bird ID by Howard Langridge)
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Green Heron 1
Caspian Tern  19
Common Tern 2
Black Tern 3
Forster's Tern 8
Mallard 45
Great Blue Heron 1
Double-crested Cormorants 32
Blue-winged Teal 1
Wood Duck  several
Canada Goose  ~ 100
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Black-crowned Night Heron 2

Let's go birding....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN

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