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