This morning, Jim Anderson, Larry McDaniel, Scott Turner, Brenda
Richards, and I birded some water areas in Sullivan County. Highlights:
Paddle Creek:
20 Gadwall
6 N. Shoveler 3 M, 3 F
3 N. Pintail 2 M, 1 F
17 Ring-necked Duck
2 Lesser Scaup
5 Bufflehead
Riverside/Big Springs Rd.
1 Pied-billed Grebe
Stoney Hollow Rd.
2 Greater Scaup
2 Bufflehead
1 Merlin
Weir Dam:
20 Wigeon
26 Bufflehead
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
Beaver Pond off Rooty Branch Rd.
4 Wood Duck
Pemberton Rd.:
4 Bufflehead
1 Wilson's Snipe
1 Bald Eagle imm.
Hwy 421 Bridge Boat Launch:
1 Common Loon
1 D. C. Cormorant
27 Bonaparte's Gull
50 Ring-billed Gull
Musick's Campground:
500 Ring-billed Gull
10 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 White-crowned Sparrow
Hearst Rd., VA:
1 Red-tailed Hawk
Middlebrook Lake:
4 Coot
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Raven
2 Ring-billed Gull
Winged Deer Park
1 Bald Eagle flying around near the nest
In addition, we had Great Blue Herons (26) at Silver Grove Rd. (1), Big
Springs Rd. (3), Hwy 421 Bridge Boat Launch (2), Stoney Hollow Rd.
(rookery) (16), and Middlebrook Lake (4).
Killdeer (5) at Silver Grover Rd. (1),
Paddle Creek (2), and Pemberton Rd. (2)
Kingfisher (6) at Big Springs Rd. (1),
Stoney Hollow Rd. (2), Weir Dam (1), and Middlebrook Lake (2)
Kestrel (4) at Pemberton Rd. (2), Hwy
44 (1), and Old Jonesborough Rd. (1)
Roy Knispel
Johnson City
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