Bristol Birders, Today, my father and I went birding with ,Larry McDaniel,Allen = Trently,David Trently Don Holt,Jim Holt,Don Miller,and Alice Loftin at = Musicks campgound,South Holston Dam, and Middlebrook Lake all in = Bristol, TN. Also, in Washington Co. VA near Sportsmans Marina.The bird = of the day for dad was a Sandhill Crane at Musick's that went through = TN. and VA. I was the first one to spot it.Some other highlights were = two Horned Grebes at Spring Creek, over fifty Hooded Mergansers at = Middlebrook ,a pair of American Wigeons at the wier dam, five = Bonaparte's Gulls near Sportsmans Marina, ten Herring,and twentyfive = Ring -billed Gulls around the wier dam. My dad also saw a Brown Creeper = there! We saw a little over six-hundred and fifty Starlings on Old = Jonesboro Road, if that means anything.We also got the Ross's Goose at = Middlebrook. When we were hiking at the wier dam I spotted a Winter = Wren. I think thats the best birding day I have ever had! Sammy Cross Blountville,TN ************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST 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. It serves the Russell County Bird Club, Herndon Chapter TOS, Greeneville TOS Chapter, Blue Ridge Birders Club, Butternut Nature Club, Buchanan County Bird Club, Bristol Bird Club, Clinch Valley Bird Club and Cumberland Nature Club. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To post to this mailing list, simply send an email to: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423)764-3958