[Bristol-Birds] Sullivan Cty Water Areas

  • From: "Roy & Robin Knispel" <rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:23:01 -0500

Reece Jamerson and I birded several water areas in Sullivan County this 
morning.  Highlights follow:

Paddle Creek:
Gadwall                      6
Wigeon                       4
Mallard                       1
Scaup Sps.                  1
Ring-necked Duck     12
Wilson's Snipe             6
Kingfisher                    1
Am. Pipit                     1
N. Harrier                    1
Kestrel                         1
Tree Swallow               1
Grackle                        1

Weir Dam
Bufflehead                   7
Ring-necked Duck       1

Rooty Branch/Pemberton Rds.
Great Blue Heron          1
Swamp Sparrow           2

Musick's Campground
Common Loon              1
N. Shoveler                   4
Pied-billed Grebe          4
Bonaparte's Gull           55
Ring-billed Gull          ~800

Middlebrook Lake
Canada Goose                    30
Mallard                               75
Coot                                   25
Ring-necked Duck                9
Pied-billed Grebe                  2
Ring-billed Gull                ~150
Kingfisher                              1

What a beautiful day to be out and birding.  Hard to believe we were birding in 
60+ F weather in February.

Roy Knispel
Johnson City

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