[TN-Bird] Near record Hooded Merganser count at Middlebrook Lake

The Hooded Merganser winter population at Middlebrook Lake, east Bristol in 
Sullivan Co., is nearing peak in the last few days.  I counted 238 birds there 
today (11/27/05).
The record for the species at Middlebrook is 259 on 26 Dec 1999  (Coffey, Andy 
Jones, et. al.). 
One Lesser Scaup, 2 Mute Swans, 12 American Coots and the tip of the iceberg 
for wintering Ring-billed Gulls (34) has begun.  A single Pied-billed Grebe and 
a Great Blue Heron.

Let's go birding.....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN 
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