[Bristol-Birds] Watauge River (Eliz) waterfowl

Friday Jan 23, I birded the Watauga River north of Elizabethton.  Take the 
Watauge Road west and turn right onto Sycamore Shoals Drive which runs along 
side the river.  I found 3 female Goldeneye, 1 male Pintail, a pair of Hooded 
Mergansers and several Mallards.  Continuing further on Shoals Drive I found a 
flock of at least 100 Canada Geese and 1 Ross's Goose.  This is probably the 
same flock that was around the Great Lakes Pond before it froze over.  Mingled 
in with all the Canadas was one adult sized Canada with a mottled white head, 
but it was a Canada with the cheek patch and every other Canada field mark.

Further west along the Watauga River where it runs into the upper part of Boone 
Lake at Austin Springs, I found 1 female Goldeneye, 8 Gadwall, 15 Bufflehead 
and several Mallards.

Glen Eller
Fall Branch

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