Twenty-two species of birds were spotted by 21 participants on the first bird watch outing held on January 3rd.  The outing was led by long-time HRWC board member and Young Harris College professor, Brenda Hull; although several other very knowledgeable folks also helped the novices in the group!  Waterfowl species observed that morning around Lake Chatuge included the common loon, hooded merganser, and bufflehead; other species of birds included an osprey, a broad-winged hawk, belted kingfisher, a golden-crowned kinglet, gulls, nuthatches, and woodpeckers.