On Saturday, Feb 3 2006, Tom McNeil, JT McNeil, and myself checked out the birds on Middlebrook lake. In steady sleet we saw three species of Merganser - Common Merganser, Red-breasted Mergansers 2, and Hooded Mergansers 150+. We also saw a huge population of mainly Ring-billed gulls (we didn't look at each one real close). The gulls were on the center of Middlebrook Lake and took flight soon as we pulled up. -- Sullivan County, TN. We then drove to Clear Creek Lake (in Virginia - Wallace Community)where we saw another 150+ Hooded Mergansers, a Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, White-fronted Geese 3, and a single Ross' Goose. The White-fronted Geese and Ross' Goose was in a small flock of Canada Geese and have been in this part of Bristol, VA for a couple of months now. -- Washington County, VA. Rob Biller Elizabethton, VA =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count in which the birds you report were seen. The actual date of observation should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________