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["Rack Cross" <frogfarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

18 NOV 02

Musick's Campground
Wier Dam
South Holston Dam
South Holston Lake, Sullivan County, TN

Washington County Park
South Holston Lake, Washington County, VA

Wallace Coffey and I noticed a weather related invasion occurred today as 
evidenced by large numbers of bird species and individuals were observed at all 
stops. Highlights are as follows: 
Musick's Campground: one Snow Bunting, two Surf Scoters, one Bald Eagle, 
forty-six Bufflehead and forty  Lesser Scaup.
Washington County Park: fifteen Horned Grebes, five Ruddy Ducks, sixty American 
Coots
Wier Dam: two American Black Ducks, twenty three Ring-necked Ducks, eight 
Greater Scaup and three Wood Ducks
S. Holston Dam: one hundred twenty-three Common Loons, one hundred Lesser 
Scaup, five hundred American Coots and seven hundred Ring-billed Gulls. The 
numbers at S. Holston Dam were obvious round estimates.
 
A complete list follows:

Musick's Campground: (7) VA Eared Grebes, (6) Horned Grebes, (3) Double Crested 
Cormorants, (3) Great Blue Herons, (46) Bufflehead, (8) Ruddy Ducks, (25) Wood 
Ducks, (8) Mallards, (40) Lesser Scaup, (2) Surf Scoter, (12) Green-winged 
Teal, (2) American Wigeons, (1) Bald Eagle, (5) Turkey Vultures, (5) Black 
Vultures, (8) VA American Coots, (9) Ring-billed Gulls, Crows and (1) Snow 
Bunting.

Washington County Park: (15) Horned Grebes, (5) Ruddy Ducks, (60) American 
Coots and (5) Ring-billed Gulls.

Wier Dam: (3) Pied-billed Grebe, (140) Bufflehead, (2) American Black Ducks, 
(23) Ring-necked Ducks, (3) Wood Ducks, (2) Gadwalls, (14) Mallards, (4) Hodded 
Merganser females, (8) Lesser Scaup, (2) Greater Scaup, (15) American Wigeon, 
(2) Ring-billed Gulls and (1) Kingfisher.

S. Holston Dam: (123) Common Loons, (3) Double Crested Cormorants, (100) Lesser 
Scaup, (500) American Coots, (50) Boneparte's Gulls, (20) Herring Gulls and 
(700) Ring-billed Gulls. These S. Holston Dam numbers are round estimates of 
the large rafts of birds observed.

This was a really fun phenomena to be a part of! 

'Til we bird again

Rack Cross
Blountville, TN

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