December 10, 2008
Oak Hill Cemetary (Sullivan County)
4:30-5:15pm
Merlin
Junco
House Finch
Cedar Waxwings handful flyover
Riverfront Restraurant
Netherland Inn Road(Sullivan County)
5:20-5:30pm
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great Blue Heron
Mallards
Canada Geese
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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Partly cloudy 60f
Bush Hog Pond (Washington County)
Wilson's Snipe 3
Clark Rd Pond (Washington County)
Savannah Sparrow 3
American Pipit about 20
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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Rasar Farm (carter county)
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Little Wilbur (carter county)
Bufflehead roughly 204 (from Little Wilbur Dam along river to Watauga Dam)
Gadwall 4
Mallards
Canada Geese
Bush Hog Pond (Washington county)
With Michele Sparks
Wilson's Snipe 4
Green-winged Teal
Canada Geese
White-crowned Sparrow
Keebler Rd (Washington county)
With Michele Sparks
Horned Larks about 50
West View Ponds(Washington county)
(with Michele Sparks)
Mallard
Killdeer
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
Nov 30, 2008
Cloudy - lower 40's
Rasar Farm (Carter County)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
American Pipits about 50
(with Don Carrier)
Little Wilbur (Carter County)
Buffleheads +++ (a plenty)
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Ring-necked Ducks 8
Gadwall 8
Middlebrook Lake (Sullivan County)
Red-breasted Merganser 16
Hooded Merganser - only 21
Pied-billed Grebe 2
American Coot 26+
Great Blue Heron 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Mallards
South Holston Dam (Sullivan County)
Ring-billed Gull 5
Common Loon - about 65
(another large group of waterbirds beyond the loons of over 100 birds
that had the appearance of loons but can't say for sure...just too
far.)
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Weir Dam Area (Sullivan County)
Bufflehead - between 130 and 150
Mallards
Red-tailed Hawk
Musick's Campground - South Holston Lake - Sullivan County, TN and
Washington County, VA
(3-4pm)
Common Loon 11
Red-breasted Merganser 86
Horned Grebe 1
Pied-billed Grebe 13
Lesser Scaup 2
Ruddy Duck 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Washington County Park, Washington County, VA (4-4:30)
Eared Grebe 1
Red-breasted Merganser 101 (86 flushed from Musick's)
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Common Loon 17
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Duck 1
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
Nov 29, 2008
113 Ridgewood Rd (Sullivan county)
Black Vultures
Turkey Vultures
Crows (mobbing the Vultures)
House Finches
Steele Creek Park (Sullivan county)
Canada Geese (many)
Under bridge next to Riverfront Restraurant - Kingsport
(Sullivan county)
Palm Warbler 2
Carolina Wren 3
Great Blue Heron 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Canada Geese 19
Black Vultures 4
Fort Patrick Henry Dam area
(Sullivan county)
Northern Mockingbirds 2
Song Sparrows
Cedar Waxwings 30+
Rock Pigeons
Great Blue Heron 1
Mallards
Eastern Towhee 2
Ring-billed Gull 2
White-throated Sparrows
Carolina Wren
American Goldfinches
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Keebler Rd (Washington county)
Horned Larks (flyover)
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
Nov 28 2008
Rasar Farm (carter county)
Green-winged Teal 2
Gadwall 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler ++
Little Wilbur (carter county)
Bufflehead +++
Ring-necked Ducks 6
Lesser Scaup 1
Gadwall 11
Black Duck 2
Watauga Lake Overlook (carter county)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Brown Creeper
113 Ridgewood Rd Bristol (sullivan county)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Titmice
Chickadees
Goldfinches
Middlebrook Lake (Sullivan county)
Hooded Merganser 106
Ring-billed Gull 81
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
WhiteTop Creek Park (Sullivan county)
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Crow
Chickadee
American Kestrel
Side of road along Hwy 19(carter county)
Wild Turkey 4
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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109 Turkey Vultures coming off 2 large roosts this a.m. on Tannery
Knob in JC of Washington County.
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Rasor Farm
Hooded Mergansers 18
Green-winged Treal 6
Canada Goose ++
Mallard ++
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Watauga Dam
45 Ringed-necked Ducks
5 Lesser Scaup
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Here is my list:
Rasor Farm:
Hooded Merganser 18
Green-winged Teal 6
Canada Goose +++
Mallard ++
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bridge where you cross the river heading to Little Wilbur:
Lots more Canada Geese ++
Little Wilbur:
Buffleheads - ++
Watauga Lake: (from pull off just before the restrooms)
Raft of:
~45 Ring-neck Ducks
~5 Lesser Scaup
Also today (11-17-08) in Johnson City I had 109 Turkey Vultures come
off 2 big roosts on Tannery Knob (Washington County, TN). I watched
them gain altitude and then peel off towards Buffalo Mountain. I
assume they are still migrating??? There are a lot of Vultures on the
Iris Glen Landfill just down the road, but I don't remember seeing
that many.
