Rick Knight, Charles Moore, and I birded a number of water areas in
Sullivan County today. Rick has already reported on Bristol Birds the
new Great Blue Heron nesting area he discovered from the S. Holston Lake
Dam overlook.
We started with a stop on Riverside Rd. along the S. Holston River to
observe the Eagles' nest near Bluff City. One Bald Eagle was in a tree
near the nest, but we couldn't see an eagle on the nest from the road.
We then proceeded along Big Springs Rd. along the S. Holston River to
the area where Red-headed Woodpeckers reside. We saw one, as well as 3
Wood Ducks and 13 Bufflehead along the River.
Charles and I thank Rick for showing us these locations.
Other observational highlights:
Riverside Dr. upstream from the Webb Bridge:
Wood Ducks 2 pr.
Hooded Merganser 1 pr.
Coot 1
Paddle Creek Pond:
Green-winged Teal 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Wilson's Snipe 6
Weir Dam:
Bufflehead 12
Ruddy Duck 2
S. Holston Lake Dam overlook:
Great Blue Herons --rookery--see Rick's post
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 2
Raft of 65 ducks too far out to identify all--Scaup and Redheads were
included
Coot 9
Rooty Branch Rd. beaver pond:
Gadwall 2
Pemberton Rd.:
Am. Kestrel 2
Musick's Campground:
Lesser Scaup 15
Horned Grebe 8
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Eared Grebe 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 40+
Bonaparte's Gull 30+
Middlebrook Lake:
Wood Duck 2
Ring-necked Duck 32
Redhead 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Coot 50
Ring-billed Gull ~2500 and more coming in as we observed
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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