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Fw: Immature male Harlequin Duck (Sullivan Co.) Tn.
- To: "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Fw: Immature male Harlequin Duck (Sullivan Co.) Tn.
- From: "Dwayne & Lori Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:42:25 -0500
- Reply-To: "Dwayne & Lori Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
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We thought we would post this since it is so close to the mountains of NC.
It is still there.
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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@TRICON.NET>
To: TN-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG <TN-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG>
Date: Saturday, January 01, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: Immature male Harlequin Duck (Sullivan Co.)
> Thirty-one birders responded to the all points
>alert just after 1:30 p.m. today (1/1/00) to observe a
>first winter Harlequin Duck frequenting the tailwaters
>of South Holston Dam in Sullivan County, TN.
>
> The rare waterfowl was discovered by Audrey Hoff
>of Knoxville, TN and James Brooks of Jonesborough, TN.
>
>
>> To reach the location where the bird was seen
>for four hours today:
>
> In Tennessee, north on I-81 to Exit 69 and turn
>right at the bottom of the ramp and continue on the
>four lane straight ahead through Blountville, past
>U.S. 11E, passing Bristol Motor Speedway and continuing
>to the end of the four lane at U.S. 421. Turn right
>(south) on U.S. 421. Continue on U.S. 421 (another four
>lane road) two or three miles to Shelly's Chicken Restaurant.
>Turn right at Shelly's (should be a sign on U.S. 421
>indicating way to South Holston Dam). Follow signs to
>the dam.
>
> The bird is located down river from the dam in
>the tailwaters and just upstream from Osceola Island.
>Follow the road downstream on the left side of the river
>to the first true parking lot between the road and the
>river (not the first parking spaces on the road pavement).
>When you get out of your vehicle, look up the river and
>see a few brown rocks standing in the river. The bird
>spent the afternoon diving about the rock and was last
>seen there at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
>
> Rob Biller and Ron Carrico are working tonight
>to put photos of the bird on the Bristol Bird Club Web
>Page at http://hometown.aol.com/z02/bbc.html
>
> At this posting the photo is not yet on the
>web page.
>> Come see, tic and enjoy.
>
>Happy New Years....
>
>Wallace Coffey
>Bristol, TN