Today, Jim Anderson, Charles Moore, Debi Campbell and Brenda Richards
birded water areas in Sullivan County. We had 15 duck species and other
highlights:
Central Holston area (broadly interpreted, including Rockhold,
Riverside, Big Springs, Sand Bar, and River View):
Wood Duck 18
Gadwall 20
Mallard 23
N. Pintail 6
N Shoveler 4
Ring-necked Duck 61
Bufflehead 106
Lesser Scaup 11
Hooded Merganser 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 1
Bald Eagle 1
Weir Dam and Osceola Island:
Am. Wigeon 43
Gadwall 6
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 4
Ring-necked Duck 12
Lesser Scaup 4
Redhead 30
Bufflehead 70
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 1
S. Holston Dam Overlook:
Common Loon 1
Ring-billed Gull 8
Pemberton Rd.:
Am. Kestrel
Musick's Campground:
Long-tailed Duck 3
Red-breasted Merganser 14
Pied-billed Grebe 13
Horned Grebe 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Raven 1
Painter Creek Marina:
Mallard 25
Common Merganser 4
S. Holston River, Bluff City:
Mallard 3
Common Merganser 4
We checked Chinquapin Grove Rd. in the morning (~8:30) and afternoon
(~4:30) for the Snow and Ross's Geese seen there the last couple of days
(first reported by Tom McNeil Jan 7, then by Debi Campbell) but did not
see them. However, several other birders (Brookie and Jean Potter,
Peter Range, and Jerry Bevins) did report seeing them there during the
middle of the day today.
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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