[Bristol-Birds] PACIFIC LOON, etc. - South Holston Lake

  • From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:10:46 -0500

4 Dec. 2005
South Holston Lake
(dam & Musick's)
Sullivan Co.

PACIFIC LOON - 1 - at Musick's
Com. Loon - 130
Pied-billed Grebe - 18
Horned Grebe - 5
Eared Grebe - 10
Com. Goldeneye - 1
Red-br. Merganser - 6
Ruddy Duck - 6
Bald Eagle - 1 ad & 1 im
Bonaparte's Gull - 70
Ring-billed Gull - 40

at the weir:
Am. Wigeon - 10
Green-wg. Teal - 1
Ring-nk. Duck - 15
Lsr. Scaup - 1
Bufflehead - 170

at Middlebrook Lake:
Green-wg. Teal - 6
Bufflehead - 1
Com. Goldeneye - 1
Hooded Merganser - 242
Ring-billed Gull - 28

A nice comparison of Pacific Loon to numerous Com. Loons was had at
Musick's Campground.  About a dozen birders gathered before dusk.  This
is the first Pacific Loon for northeast Tenn. and, to my recollection,
the first for east Tenn.

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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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