[bcbirdclub] Re: Various water holes in SW Virginia
- From: "David & Susan Raines" <rainbrk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:06:36 -0400
That was quite a good tour of water holes! Good data.Dave R
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Talbott
To: Buchanan Birds ; Bristol Birds
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:47 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Various water holes in SW Virginia
Area Birders,
Michelle, Chazzy and I spent the day driving to various water holes in SW
Virginia and UE Tenn looking for water birds. We found a few and managed to
stay dry most of the day. Below is a list of the places we stopped and what we
found there.
Ed and Michelle Talbott
Grundy, VA
Stuart's Pond - Russell Co.
Canada Goose - 7
Green-winged Teal - 1
Gadwall - 3
Mud Hole, Elk Garden, Russell Co.
Wood Duck - 5
Mallard - 2
White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows
Hidden Valley Lake
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Common Loon - 1
Mallard - 4
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Ponds on Rt. 19 at Abingdon
American Coot - 2
Canada Goose - 1
Mallard - 2
Musick's Campground
Red-breasted Mergansers - 10
Common Loon - 16
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Tree Swallows - many
Cliff Swallow - 1
Bonaparte's Gulls - 12
[also over 20 Bonies at Rt. 421 bridge in one raft with a few Ring-billed
thrown in for a size comparison)
Ringed-billed Gull - 100+
Mallard - 2
Small Farm Pond just up road from Musick's towards Abingdon
Northern Shoveler - 5
Mallard - 2
Weir Dam
Blue-winged Teal - 5
Green-winged Teal 2
Bufflehead - 31
Greater Scaup - 3 (my first ever west of the New River)
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 3
Saltville, VA Ponds
Mallard - 19
Ring-necked Duck - 14
Lesser Scaup - 4
Canada Goose - 3
American Coot - 3
Blue-winged Teal - 2
NRW and Tree Swallows - many
Road to Laurel Bed Lake was closed - not sure why.
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