[Bristol-Birds] Sullivan and Washington County Water Areas--Snow Geese
- From: "Roy & Robin Knispel" <rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:20:58 -0500
Gil Derouen and I birded several water areas in Washington and Sullivan
Counties this morning. Highlights include:
Austin Springs
4 Snow Geese--1 adult white phase and 3 immature blue phase, in pasture on the
left as we drove the road into the Humphrey's farm
Am. Pipit 10
Great Blue Heron 2
Green-winged Teal 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Kingfisher 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Paddle Creek
Great Blue Heron 1
Coot 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Kingfisher 1
E. Meadowlark 2
Palm Warbler 1
In addition to the birds, we saw two White-tailed Deer--a doe along Paddle
Creek Road as we left and a 7-point buck on the hills back of the upper ponds
at Paddle Creek.
Weir Dam
Bufflehead 40
South Holston Dam Overlook
Bufflehead 5
Great Blue Heron 2
Ring-billed Gull 7
Common Loon 2
Rooty Branch and Pemberton Rds.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Am. Kestrel 1
Colebrook Rd.
Green-winged Teal 8
Musick's Campground
Great Blue Heron 2
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 7
Horned Grebe 2
Bonaparte's Gull 16
Ring-billed Gull 1
Kingfisher 1
Middlebrook Lake
Great Blue Heron 1
Ring-necked Duck 12
Hooded Merganser 50
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Coot 16
We met up with Rick Knight at the South Holston Dam. He pointed out the Common
Loons and had seen 3.
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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