17 NOV 02 McDaniel residence Johnson City, TN Davis Marina Boone Lake South Holston Lake/Wier Dam Sullivan County, TN Sammy Cross and I were welcomed into Larry McDaniel's Johnson City home this afternoon around 12:30 and were soon greeted by a stunning specimen of Selasphorus hummingbird. Prior to our departure Allen Trently and Rob Biller arrived. Our next stop was Davis Marina on Boone Lake where we saw two Bonaparte's Gulls, six Ring-billed Gulls, three Pied-billed Grebes, two Double Crested Cormorants, Mallards and a Great Blue Heron. On our way to Musick's Campground, South Holston Lake Sammy placed a cellular call to Wallace Coffey where he learned of the Bald Eagle at the weir dam - we changed our destination. Sammy was thrilled to see an unhurried close range view of a much desired life bird! We also saw six American Wigeons, two female Hooded Mergansers, seventeen Bufflehead, two Great Blue Herons, Mallards, Rock Doves and four Ring-billed Gulls while at the weir. Musick's Campground was holding lots of birds on and off the point. Sammy and I saw forty-five Killdeer on the point with one Ring-billed Gull. A large raft of eighty mixed Gulls including Boneparte's, Herring and Ring-billed were fun to watch take flight and soar briefly before reuniting on the waters surface. Three Pied-billed Grebes, four unidentified Grebes, four Common Loons, twenty-seven unidentified water birds in a single raft, a Great Blue Heron and a swimming six point White tailed Deer were also seen. All this activity was observed to the left of the point but only the twenty-seven un identified water birds appeared to be in VA. 'Til we bird again Rack Cross Blountville, TN ************************************************* 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, 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