[Bristol-Birds] Sullivan County Waterfowl Areas

From: "Roy & Robin Knispel" <rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:03 -0500

Yesterday (Wednesday, Jan. 25) Reece Jamerson and I birded waterfowl areas in 
Sullivan County.  Highlights follow:

Paddle Creek--no ducks or geese
Killdeer            several
E. Meadowlarks    also several

Weir Dam
Mallard                        4
Wigeon                        2
Ring-necked Duck       3
Bufflehead                  35
Ruddy Duck                1

Rooty Branch/Pemberton Rd.
Hairy Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shirke

Musick's Campground
Common Loon                  3
Pied-billed Grebe              2
Horned Grebe                   3
Great Blue Heron              2
Bonaparte's Gull                1
Ring-billed Gull            ~450

Middlebrook Lake
Canada Goose                 ~65
Mallard                           ~75
Black Duck                        4
Pied-billed Grebe               1
Ring-necked Duck              1
Coot                                 ~20
Ring-billed Gull                 ~600
Kingfisher                           1
We got to Middlebrook Lake around 2 p.m.  Aside from the many Mallards and the 
Black Ducks and the Ring-necked Duck, We didn't see any other ducks.  Notably 
absent were Hooded Mergansers.

Roy Knispel
Johnson City

[Bristol-Birds] Sullivan County Waterfowl Areas

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