FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] 3 species of Merganser, White-fronted Geese, Ross' Goose

["Robert Biller" <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, Feb 3 2006, Tom McNeil, JT McNeil, and myself checked out the
birds on Middlebrook lake.  In steady sleet we saw three species of
Merganser - Common Merganser, Red-breasted Mergansers 2, and Hooded
Mergansers 150+.  We also saw a huge population of mainly Ring-billed gulls
(we didn't look at each one real close).  The gulls were on the center of
Middlebrook Lake and took flight soon as we pulled up. -- Sullivan County,
TN.

We then drove to Clear Creek Lake (in Virginia - Wallace Community)where we
saw another 150+ Hooded Mergansers, a Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron,
White-fronted Geese 3, and a single Ross' Goose.  The White-fronted Geese
and Ross' Goose was in a small flock of Canada Geese and have been in this
part of Bristol, VA for a couple of months now.  -- Washington County, VA.

Rob Biller
Elizabethton, VA
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