[Bristol-Birds] Water areas in Carter and Sullivan CTYs, TN and Washington CTY, VA

  • From: "Roy & Robin Knispel" <rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:16:40 -0500

Gil Derouen and I checked several river spots in Carter and Sullivan Counties, 
TN, and Washington County, VA
Highlights:

Wilbur Dam, Carter Cty
Bufflehead                                   80
Gadwall                                        5
Red-breasted Merganser              2

Sullivan County
Weir Dam
Gadwall                       7
Bufflehead                  30

Musick's Campground
Bufflehead                             40
Ring-necked Duck                   6
Red-breasted Merganser          9
Pied-billed Grebe                     1
Horned Grebe                          2
Fox Sparrow                            3
Rusty Blackbird                        1
SCREECH OWL  (Red Phase)     1  in the gray box at the front of the property
It was cold and sunny with a slight wind.  The shimmer was great and really 
interfered with viewing.
We had one raft of 75 ducks that were out far from shore that we just could not 
confidently identify.

Middlebrook Lake
Ring-necked Duck                4
Ruddy Duck                          1
Hooded Merganser             140  (conservative estimate)
Pied-billed Grebe                  1

Washington County, VA and Washington County Park, VA
Redhead                            20
Bufflehead                           2
Ruddy Duck                        6
Red-breasted Merganser      8
Scaup Sp.                            1
Peid-billed Grebe                 4
Killdeer                               2

Roy Knispel
Johnson City, TN

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