[bristol-birds] Merganser at Bristol

A male Hooded Merganser was found at Middlebrook Lake,
in east Bristol, TN today about 2 p.m.  

This is the first 2002 fall record reported for this species in
the area.

Large wintering populations have occured at this location since
1986 with numbers reaching a high of 259 in Dec. 1999. 

Wallace Coffey
Bristol

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