Yesterday, Jim Anderson, Debi Campbell, Brenda Richards, John Whinery,
and I birded some water areas in Sullivan County. Summary:
Partnership Park Rd.:
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Weber Pike:
Wild Turkey 50
Paddle Creek:
Gadwall 6
Wood Duck 2
Greater Scaup 1 F
Lesser Scaup 3 1 F, 2 M
Canvasback 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Rusty Blackbird 1 (heard in the pines by the
turnaround, but did not see it)
Riverside Rd./Big Springs Rd.:
Bufflehead 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Weir Dam:
Bufflehead 8
S. Holston Lake Dam Overlook:
Common Loon 1
Bald Eagle 1 (on nest)
Ring-billed Gull 3
Beaver Pond off Rooty Branch Rd.:
Am. Wigeon 1
Boat Launch at Hwy 421 Bridge:
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 70
Musick's Campground:
Canvasback 2
Scaup Sps. 3
Ring-billed Gull 600+
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Middlebrook Lake:
Ring-necked Duck 20
Coot 3
Ring-billed Gull 40
In addition, we had
Red-tailed Hawk 2 along Pemberton Rd.
Am. Kestrel 3 2 along Pemberton Rd. and 1 at Paddle Creek
Great Blue Heron 1 at Paddle Creek
Killdeer 3 1 at Paddle Creek and 2 along Pemberton Rd.
Kingfisher 6 5 along Big Springs Rd. and 1 in the
Central Holston area
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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