Gil Derouen and I checked several areas in Sullivan County for waterfowl and other birds today. Highlights include: Hyder Hill Rd & Bristol Highway (on the way out) Wild Turkey 20 Paddle Creek (mostly iced over) Gadwall 4 Mallard 5 Great Blue Heron 2 Eastern Meadowlark 13 Weir Dam Mallard 8 Bufflehead 20 Great Blue Heron 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 nearby--nice, long view Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Rooty Branch/Pemberton Roads Kestrel 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Musick's Campground Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Ring-billed Gull 200 Middlebrook Lake Hooded Merganser 200 Ring-necked Duck 40 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ring-billed Gull 120 It was a great day to be out birding. Roy Knispel Johnson City, TN