[Bristol-Birds] Water areas--Carter and Sullivan Counties--Eared Grebe, Horned Grebes

From: "Roy & Robin Knispel" <rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:34:44 -0400

Gil Derouen, Glen Eller and I birded water areas in Carter and Sullivan 
Counties today.  Highlights include:

CARTER COUNTY
Watauga River:
Wood Duck                    4
Bufflehead                      2
Am. Kestrel                    1

Rasor Farm:
Bufflehead                     27

Watauga River, Siam Bridge Area
Bufflehead                      6
Red-tailed Hawk            1
Wild Turkey                  20

Wilbur Lake
Bufflehead                    20

Watauga Lake at Overlook
10 Diving Ducks, probably Redheads  (These ducks were far out and it was 
raining at the time, so, even with a scope, we couldn't be sure of the species.)

SULLIVAN COUNTY
South Holston R., Webb Bridge area
Wood Duck                 2
Hooded Merganser      2

Paddle Creek
Wood Duck                5
Gadwall                       2
Ruddy Duck                1
Ring-necked Duck       16

Weir Dam
Bufflehead                     2
Winter Wren                 1

Holston Dam Overlook
Common Loon               2
Scaup Sp.                      5
Ring-billed Gull             130
D.C. Coromorant           7

Musick's Campground
Common Loon                            2
Red-breasted Merganser             2
Pied-billed Grebe   (mixed plumage)    15
Horned Grebe  (mixed plumage)           22
Eared Grebe  (close to breeding plumage)  1
Ring-billed Gull                                   150

Middlebrook Lake
Canada Geese, Mallards, Coots
Great Blue Heron
Hooded Mergansers                 4

The Eared Grebe at Musick's was not with the Horned Grebes--it was fairly far 
out, but, with the rain stopped, provided a good view with a scope.

Roy Knispel
Johnson City

[Bristol-Birds] Water areas--Carter and Sullivan Counties--Eared Grebe, Horned Grebes

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