On Tuesday, Reece Jamerson, Kathy Noblet, Gil Derouen, and I birded the Austin Springs area in Washington Cty (bridge and Hyder Hill Rd) and water areas in Sullivan Cty. In addition to the two terns we observed at S. Holston Lake from the dam overlook (see yesterday's post), other observations are summarized below:
Austin Springs: Wood Ducks 5 Great Blue Heron 2 Green Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Osprey 1 Killdeer 2 Kingfisher 4 E. Kingbird 8 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 Paddle Creek Great Blue Heron 1 Weir Dam Osprey 1 Rooty Branch Pond Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Kingfisher 1 Pemberton Rd. E. Kingbird 3Loggerhead Shrike 2 (see Kathy Noblet's photos on her earlier post)
Musick's CampgroundGreen Heron 1 (see Kathy Noblet's photos on her earlier post)
R. T. Hummingbird 10 (minimum) Kingfisher 1Yellow Warbler 1 (see Kathy Noblet's photos on her earlier post)
Middlebrook Lake Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 (I haven't seen one here for years) Spotted Sandpiper 2 Roy Knispel Johnson City
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