31 October 2012 Carter County, TN This afternoon (10/31/2012) at Watauga Dam Overlook: American Wigeon (9) Lesser Scaup (3) Ruddy Duck (22) Common Loon (1) Horned Grebe (1) American Coot (91) Common Raven (2) Swainson's Thrush (1) - kinda late This afternoon (10/31/2012) at Wilbur Lake: Ring-necked Duck (4) Lesser Scaup (3) Bufflehead (27) Pied-billed Grebe (17) Yesterday (10/30/2012), I went to see Glen Eller's Great Egret at Wilbur Lake (it was present) and saw another Great Egret on my way up there (Watauga River - near Misty Waters). Other birds this week: Northern Harrier (1) - 10/28/2012 - Blue Springs (C. Grindstaff Road) Blue-headed Vireo (2) - 10/28/2012 - Elizabethton Linear Trail -- **************************** Thomas S. McNeil Elizabethton, TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST MENDOTA HAWK MIGRATION DAILY AND SEASON TOTALS CAN BE FOLLOWED DAILY ON THE HAWK MIGRATION ASSOC. SITE http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=706&PHPSESSID=b2eb5deb1ae5a23e55dcf30171c5ba85 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****