Reece Jamerson, Gil Derouen, Charles Moore, and I birded some water
areas in Sullivan Cty. on Tuesday, Dec. 9. We had fog in the beginning
(8:30a.m.) at Piney Flats until we got to Musick's Campground at noon.
There it cleared up to continue as a nice, sunny day. Highlights:
Paddle Creek Pond:
Ring-necked Ducks 10
Kingfisher 1
Weir Dam:
Wigeon 4
Common Goldeneye (M) 1
Bufflehead 32
Great Blue Heron 1
S. Holston Lake Dam overlook:
completely socked in--we couldn't even see the water
Rooty Branch Rd. Beaver Pond:
Black Duck 2
Mallard 25
N. Shoveler (M) 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Colebrook Rd.:
Junco 7
Observation Knob Rd.:
Cooper's Hawk (imm.) 1
Musick's Campground:
Common Loon 3
Horned Grebe 4
Pied-billed Grebe 7
Red=breasted Merganser 1
D. C. Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Ring-billed Gull 7
Bonaparte's Gull 17
Kingfisher 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
We did not see the Rufous Hummingbird, but Mae Musick and Carol Carr
reported seeing it near their porch area several times earlier in the
morning.
Middlebrook Lake:
Black Vulture 75 They have been congregating around the
Lake and especially around the Dam
Ring-necked Duck 7
Hooded Merganser 13
Coot 21
Great Blue Heron 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Ring-billed Gull 40
Kingfisher 1
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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