This morning, Jim Anderson, Joe McGuiness, Brookie and Jean Potter, Debi
Campbell, Brenda Richards, Charles Moore, John Hay and I birded some
Sullivan County water areas. Here are some highlights:
Paddle Creek:
Gadwall 6
Green-winged Teal 6
Lesser Scaup 5
Redhead 10
Ruddy Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 7
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
S. Holston Lake Dam Overlook:
Lesser Scaup 14
Common Loon 1
D. C. Cormorant 1
Weir Dam:
Wood Duck 9
Wigeon 9
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 91
Bald Eagle 2 imm.
Beaver Pond off Rooty Branch:
Wigeon 2
Am. Black Duck 2
Mallard 180
Gadwall 6
N. Pintail 3
N. Shoveler 1
Great Egret 1
Pemberton Rd.
Cooper's Hawk 1
Peregrine 1
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Musick's Campground:
Common Loon 4
Horned Grebe 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 10
Middlebrook Lake:
Ring-necked Duck 7
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Coot 8
In addition we had Great Blue Herons at Silver Grove Rd., Paddle Creek,
S. Holston Dam Overlook, Weir Dam, Hwy. 421 Bridge Boat Launch, Musick's
Campground (2), and Middlebrook Lake.
We had Am. Kestrels at Paddle Creek, Pemberton Rd., and Hwy. 421
(between Darter's Store and the Bridge Boat Launch).
With 9 people in two cars, different people saw different birds, and I
probably missed some important sightings.
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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