Yesterday (Tues, Sept 27) Jim Anderson and I birded water areas in
Sullivan County. Highlights:
Musick's Campground:
Blue-winged Teal 300
N. Shoveler 2
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Peregrine 1
Osprey 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
When we got to Musick's, Rick Knight was there and had already seen,
identified, and counted almost all of these birds.
He also saw some other shorebirds which left (because of the Peregrine)
before we saw them.
Boat Launch area on Painter Creek Rd. near Musick's:
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Palm Warbler 1
We also saw 4 white terns and about 30 swallows fly by.
We couldn't identify them with confidence.
Observation Knob Rd.
Swainson's Thrush 1
Pemberton Rd.:
Am. Kestrel 1
Palm Warbler 3
Rooty Branch Beaver Pond:
Blue-winged Teal 28
Wood Duck 22
Kingfisher 1
Weir Dam:
Great Blue Heron 1
S. Holston Lake Dam overlook:
Bald Eagle 1 imm.
Sugar Hollow and Peoples Rds.:
Wild Turkey 5
Paddle Creek:
Blue-winged Teal 50
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Palm Warbler 5
Middlebrook Lake:
Mute Swan 1
Great Blue Heron 1
D. C. Cormorant 3
Kingfisher 1
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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