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November 11, 2009 Rural Retreat Lake US · Virginia Lon. -81.294279, Lat. 36.865751, Alt. 2,513 ft Member: Allen Boynton Hotspot: Rural Retreat Lake Notes: About 100 Canada Goose flew in at dusk. 40+ Killdeer were on the Hall's Farm fields, recently plowed. Horned Lark and Mourning Dove were with the Killdeer. The gulls were roosted in the Hall's Farm alfalfa field, but all departed the lake area by dusk. Many Redwing Blackbirds went to roost in the cattails. 24 Species Reported: Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Mallard Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup American Kestrel American Coot Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Bonaparte's Gull Mourning Dove Horned Lark Golden-crowned Kinglet Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse American Crow Yellow-rumped Warbler Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird This sightings record was recorded at: www.aviatlas.com ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST NATURE CALENDAR for NE TN / SW VA: http://www.google.com:80/calendar/embed?src="" Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-**** |
