Reece Jamerson, Gil Derouen, Kathy Noblet, and I birded water areas in Washington and Sullivan counties today. Highlights: Austin Springs; Red-breasted Merganser 1 Red-necked Grebe 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Savannah Sparrow 4 Winged Deer Park Bald Eagle 1 adult Boone Lake--Sugar Hollow Road D. C. Cormorant 30 Horned Grebe 4 Red-necked Grebe 60 Bonaparte's Gull 3 Paddle Creek Red-tailed Hawk 1 Purple Martin 1 Vesper Sparrow 5 Musick's Campground: Common Loon 4 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Eared Grebe* 1 (not too far out--excellent looks at this one) Horned Grebe 7 Red-necked Grebe 10 Scaup (too far out to identify lesser or greater) ~ 100 *Life bird for Kathy Middlebrook Lake: Mute Swan 1 (haven't seen it there for quite a while) D. C. Cormorant 2 Redhead 4 Roy Knispel Johnson City************************************************* 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?rsitep6&PHPSESSID²eb5deb1ae5a23e55dcf30171c5ba85 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-****