Area Birders, David Raines, of our Buchanan County Bird Club, called me this morning to tell me, that while on his way to work, he had seen a Bonaparte's Gull in the Breaks community near the Breaks Interstate Park. Since gulls are a rarity in the county, my wife, Lynda, and I went to find it. The gull was not to be found, but while checking the small lake in the Breaks Park I found a flock of 85-90 waterfowl. In the flock were Lesser and a few Greater Scaup, Gadwalls, American Wigeon, Wood Ducks, Mallards, 3 Hooded Mergansers, a couple of Coots and at least one Double Crested Cormorant. Later I dropped by David's looking for the Lincoln's Sparrows he had seen there last week. No Lincoln's but I did find Swamp, Savannah, Song and White-throated. When I got home I found White-crowned, Field, White-throated and Song Sparrows under my feeders, the first Dark-eyed Junco of the season and a flock of 35 Cedar Waxwings in the top of a Hemlock tree. Enjoy the birds, Roger Mayhorn Grundy, VA ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Greeneville TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958