4 Dec. 2005 South Holston Lake (dam & Musick's) Sullivan Co. PACIFIC LOON - 1 - at Musick's Com. Loon - 130 Pied-billed Grebe - 18 Horned Grebe - 5 Eared Grebe - 10 Com. Goldeneye - 1 Red-br. Merganser - 6 Ruddy Duck - 6 Bald Eagle - 1 ad & 1 im Bonaparte's Gull - 70 Ring-billed Gull - 40 at the weir: Am. Wigeon - 10 Green-wg. Teal - 1 Ring-nk. Duck - 15 Lsr. Scaup - 1 Bufflehead - 170 at Middlebrook Lake: Green-wg. Teal - 6 Bufflehead - 1 Com. Goldeneye - 1 Hooded Merganser - 242 Ring-billed Gull - 28 A nice comparison of Pacific Loon to numerous Com. Loons was had at Musick's Campground. About a dozen birders gathered before dusk. This is the first Pacific Loon for northeast Tenn. and, to my recollection, the first for east Tenn. ################### Rick Knight Johnson City, TN rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count in which the birds you report were seen. The actual date of observation should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________