Snow, Ross, and Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow, Ross, and Greater White-fronted Goose

Feb 21, 2009

Washington County, TN
Bush Hog Pond

Greater White-fronted Goose 1
Ross's Gooose 4
Snow Goose (white morph) 2
Red-winged Blackbird
Belted Kingfisher 1

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Sullivan County Birding

Sullivan County Birding

Feb 14, 2008

113 Rigdewood Dr. Bristol, Sullivan County, TN

Yard and feeder birds:

10+ Pine Siskins
3 Purple Finches
12+ American Goldfinches
24+ Dark-eyed Juncos
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Brown Creeper
12+ American Robins
6+ Carolina Chickadees
4+ Tufted Titmouses
4+ American Crows
1 Northern Mockingbird
5 Mourning Doves
40+ European Starlings
1 Great Blue Heron
3 Mallard

Fort Patrick Henry Dam - Sullivan County

2 Ring-billed Gulls
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler

Netherland Inn Road @ Riverfront Restaraunt - Kingsport, Sullivan
County, TN

1 Spotted Sandpiper (with no spots)
1 Double-crested Cormorant
30+ Mallards
10+ Cedar Waxwings
20+ Canada Geese
1 Killdeer

Oak Hill Cemetary - Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

1 Merlin (about 4:45pm)
1 Red-tailed Hawk (being harassed by crows)
5+ American Crows
6+ Yellow-rumped Warblers
4+ Eastern Bluebirds
30+ Common Grackles (flying by)
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Northern Flicker

Observers at these locations Ron Carrico, Christine Carrico, and Rob
Biller.

Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN

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Merlin / B-C Night Heron in Kingsport

Merlin / B-C Night Heron in Kingsport

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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Tues Dec 9, 2008

Tues Dec 9, 2008

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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Sunday Dec 7, 2008

Sunday Dec 7, 2008

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

Pick Your Color Sunday Birding or an influx of Red-breasted Mergansers.

Pick Your Color Sunday Birding or an influx of Red-breasted Mergansers.

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

Red Saturday Birding

Red Saturday Birding

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