Today (18 Mar.) there were 7 Eared Grebes at Musick's on South Holston Lake, 5 in near-full breeding plumage. I had not seen any there since late Dec. Also present: Pied-billed Grebe: 24 Gadwall: 8 Am. Wigeon: 5 Green-wg. Teal: 18 Blue-wg. Teal: 3 Ring-nk. Duck: 36 Lesser Scaup: 12 Hooded Merganser: 2 Ring-billed Gull: 20 Seen there earlier in the day by H.P. Langridge: Purple Martins. Passing by Austin Springs on the way home I saw 180+ Tree Swallows & 3 Barn Swallows. ################### Rick Knight Johnson City, TN rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************* 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