[TN-Bird] Boone Dam Peregrine, Washington Co., TN

From: Don Holt <dnldhlt@xxxxxxx>
To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:44:25 -0500 (EST)

SUN 13 FEB 2011
Boone Dam Overlook, Washington Co., TN
D. Holt

I started out today searching through Ring-billed Gulls at S. Holston Lake 
hoping for any other gull species, but no luck.  I stopped for a quick look at 
Boone Dam Overlook, but I didn't see any birds at all on arrival, until I 
noticed one lone bird on the spit of land near the swimming area, where the 
gulls usually sit en masse.  With binoculars I could see that it was a 
Peregrine Falcon.  I wondered if it was standing on a prey item, or injured, to 
stand there so long.  Then it skipped down to the water's edge and began to 
bathe!  In a few minutes it returned to the spit, fluffed, and stood in the sun 
facing the wind for a couple of minutes, fluffed again, and flew off upriver.  
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Other birds I found of interest today were a Blue-winged Teal at the S. Holston 
Weir Dams, and a Kildeer on Powerline Rd., both in Sullivan Co.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN



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