Checked a couple of spots, large raft seen from the dam near Cliff Island. Took
a short trip by boat to ID them. I was trying to ID two sleeping birds that
looked like Scoters, but a boat busted up the group before I could get a ID.
Watched two eagles dive bombing a small “codgery" of coots. A poor quality
photo can be seen here if interested.
http://www.msandersphotography.com/ebird/h697A6F3E#h697a6f3e
<http://www.msandersphotography.com/ebird/h697A6F3E#h697a6f3e>
Musick's Campground
Dec 1, 2015
25 Bufflehead
5 Red-breasted Merganser
56 Ruddy Duck
1 Common Loon
7 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Horned Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
6 Bonaparte's Gull
2 American Crow
6 White-crowned Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
5 Northern Cardinal
10 House Finch
4 House Sparrow
Number of Taxa: 14
Cliff Island on South Holston Lake
Dec 1, 2015
14 Blue-winged Teal -- Not rare for this time of year.
35 Redhead
16 Ring-necked Duck
20 Lesser Scaup
20 Bufflehead
1 Ruddy Duck
16 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
28 Horned Grebe
3 Bald Eagle
19 American Coot
Number of Taxa: 11
Mike Sanders
Bristol, VA