Area Briders: A raft of 65 Red-breasted Mergansers was just off shore of Musick's Campground in Sullivan Co., TN today. And the raft of mergansers also had Bufflehead 25, Lesser Scaup 34, Redhead 3, Gadwall 5, Mallard 3, Ruddy Duck 4 and Horned Grebe 3. Nearby were Pied-billed Grebe 2, Bonaparte's Gull 2, and Common Loon 2. The Hooded Merganser population at Middlebrook Lake has increased to 245 birds. Ring-necked Ducks 37. The winter gull population at Middlebrook is increasing since the storm. Let's go birding.....and Christmas partying. Wallace Coffey Bristol ************************************************* 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