[TN-Bird] Re: Long-tailed Duck, Red-necked Grebes at Boone Lake

  • From: Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:45:05 -0500

Actually, I think the overlook is in Sullivan County, but I believe the
birds in the lake were actually in Washington County.


On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Several birders joined me at TVA Boone Dam Overlook in Sullivan County to
> check out the waterfowl. I arrived around 1:30 pm and quickly found a total
> of 18 Red-necked Grebes. After a short time I also found a single male
> Long-tailed Duck. I know, ho hum, just one...but that's all I could muster.
> It was a beautiful male. We also saw 32 Red-breasted Mergansers, a few
> Horned Grebes, and a couple of Pied-billed Grebes. I also saw one male
> White-winged Scoter at Warriors Path State Park, first located by Glen
> Eller this morning.  I'll attach a long-distance photo of the Long-tailed
> Duck.
>
>
> --
> Rick Phillips
> Kingsport, Tennessee
>



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Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee

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