Today, Reece Jamerson and I birded the Austin Springs area and water areas in Sullivan Cty. Summary:
Austin Springs: Great Blue Heron 1 D. C. Cormorant 7 Killdeer 3 Kingfisher 1 Paddle Creek: Great Blue Heron 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Northern Harrier 1 Weir Dam: Wigeon 6 Bufflehead 16 E. Screech Owl 1 S. Holston Lake Dam overlook: Common Loon 16 Unidentified Ducks (very far out) ~40 Ring-billed Gull 5 Rooty Branch Ponds, Rooty Branch and Pemberton Rds. Mallard 50 Wood Duck 4 Am. Black Duck 3 Wigeon 2 Kingfisher 1 Am. Kestrel 1Because of beaver work here, these ponds are getting larger every week. The ducks seem to like it.
Musick's Campground: Common Loon 4 D. C. Cormorant 1 Horned Grebe 4 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Great Blue Heron 2 Ring-billed Gull 1 Bonaparte's Gull 1 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Middlebrook Lake: Wood Duck 3 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Hooded Merganser 50 Coot 3 Roy Knispel Johnson City
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