[Bristol-Birds] Lots of Bald Eagles--S. Holston Lake Dam

  • From: Roy & Robin Knispel <rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:05:47 -0400

Gil Derouen, Jim Anderson, Debi Campbell, Charles Moore, and I birded some water areas in Sullivan Cty yesterday (10-24).
We observed a great display by 8 Bald Eagles (2 adults and 6 younger birds) flying around and interacting where we viewed them from near the crane at the S. Holston Lake Dam overlook.  We also saw one Bald Eagle at the Hwy 421 bridge boat launch and one Bald Eagle coming down the river at the Weir Dam.

Additional sightings for the day include:
Wild Turkeys---8 on Sugar Hollow Rd. and 4 in the Davis Dock area
also at Davis Dock
D. C. Cormorant                  9
Osprey                                 1
Coot                                     1

Boone Lake Overlook:
Pied-billed Grebe                1

Musick's Campground
Common Loon                     1

Rooty Branch beaver pond
Wood Duck                         10

Weir Dam:
Am. Wigeon                       10
Blue-winged Teal                 8

Paddle Creek:
Am Kestrel                          1
Coot                                     1

Middlebrook Lake:
Wood Duck                          3
Coot                                     2

We also had Red-tailed Hawks at Musick's, Big Springs Rd., and Paddle Creek and 14 Great Blue Herons--at least one at almost every place we checked.

Roy Knispel
Johnson City

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