FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Jefferson County, KY, North American Migration Count, May 12, 2007

["Ben Yandell" <by@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for the late report.

5 parties with 7 observers tallied 125 species and 3,764 individual birds.

Highlights

Shorebirds were the big story, with the addition of Melco as a covered site
and a nice flock dropping in at the Falls of the Ohio.  Ruddy turnstone (MA)
at the Falls and the continued presence of a willet at Melco (BY, MY, MS)
were the best finds, with unusually high counts for many species. 

Flycatchers were also better represented than usual, with olive-sided
flycatcher and 2 alder flycatchers at Caperton (BY, MY), willow flycatcher
apparently nesting at Melco (BY, MY, MS), 5 Acadian flycatchers, (MW, AL,
MA), and higher-than-average counts for most of the other flycatcher
species.

Other notable reports include:  hooded merganser with young at Caperton (BY,
MY), herring gull (MA) and 2 Caspian terns (MA, BY, MY) at the Falls, and
mourning warbler (BW).  

Other higher-than-usual counts:  12 hairy woodpeckers, 950 Am. robins.

23 warbler species were reported, which is low.  Lower-than-usual warbler
counts included Tennessee, Nashville, and yellow-rumped.  

Other lower-than-usual counts:  Am. crow, cedar waxwing, and scarlet tanager
(no scarlet tanagers reported).  

Thanks to all the participants for their help.

Here are the details:

species totals  
Canada Goose    77      
Wood Duck       24      
Mallard 210     
Blue-winged Teal        2       
Hooded Merganser        1       
Double-crested Cormorant        3       
Great Blue Heron        16      
Great Egret     1       
Green Heron     4       
Black-crowned Night-heron       49      
Black Vulture   20      
Turkey Vulture  72      
Osprey  1       
Cooper's Hawk   3       
Red-shouldered Hawk     5       
Red-tailed Hawk 6       
American Kestrel        3       
Semipalmated Plover     58      
Killdeer        26      
Greater Yellowlegs      6       
Lesser Yellowlegs       30      
Solitary Sandpiper      9       
Willet  1       
Spotted Sandpiper       3       
Ruddy Turnstone 1       
Semipalmated Sandpiper  7       
Least Sandpiper 42      
peep spp.       48      
Pectoral Sandpiper      5       
Ring-billed Gull        6       
Herring Gull    1       
Caspian Tern    2       
Rock Pigeon     48      
Mourning Dove   67      
Yellow-billed Cuckoo    7       
Barred Owl      1       
Common Nighthawk        4       
Chimney Swift   80      
Ruby-throated Hummingbird       14      
Belted Kingfisher       3       
Red-headed Woodpecker   4       
Red-bellied Woodpecker  19      
Downy Woodpecker        29      
Hairy Woodpecker        12      
Northern Flicker        8       
Pileated Woodpecker     3       
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1       
Eastern Wood-Pewee      13      
Acadian Flycatcher      5       
Alder Flycatcher        2       
Willow Flycatcher       1       
Least Flycatcher        2       
Eastern Phoebe  9       
Great Crested Flycatcher        13      
Eastern Kingbird        26      
White-eyed Vireo        5       
Yellow-throated Vireo   2       
Warbling Vireo  11      
Philadelphia Vireo      1       
Red-eyed Vireo  37      
Blue Jay        74      
American Crow   29      
Purple Martin   21      
Tree Swallow    11      
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   35      
Barn Swallow    45      
Carolina Chickadee      54      
Tufted Titmouse 41      
White-Breasted Nuthatch 7       
Carolina Wren   28      
House Wren      4       
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    1       
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   12      
Eastern Bluebird        18      
Gray-cheeked Thrush     1       
Swainson's Thrush       24      
Wood Thrush     8       
American Robin  950     
Gray Catbird    17      
Northern Mockingbird    21      
Brown Thrasher  11      
European Starling       204     
Cedar Waxwing   19      
Tennessee Warbler       4       
Nashville Warbler       2       
Northern Parula 4       
Yellow Warbler  8       
Chestnut-sided Warbler  6       
Magnolia Warbler        10      
Cape May Warbler        3       
Yellow-rumped Warbler   5       
Black-throated Green Warbler    2       
Blackburnian Warbler    1       
Prairie Warbler 9       
Palm Warbler    2       
Bay-breasted Warbler    1       
Blackpoll Warbler       8       
Black-and-White Warbler 3       
American Redstart       8       
Prothonotary Warbler    2       
Ovenbird        2       
Northern Waterthrush    1       
Mourning Warbler        1       
Common Yellowthroat     9       
Wilson's Warbler        1       
Yellow-breasted Chat    4       
Summer Tanager  17      
Eastern Towhee  19      
Chipping Sparrow        19      
Field Sparrow   16      
Song Sparrow    74      
Lincoln's Sparrow       2       
White-throated Sparrow  1       
Northern Cardinal       147     
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak  5       
Blue Grosbeak   1       
Indigo Bunting  57      
Red-winged Blackbird    180     
Eastern Meadowlark      14      
Common Grackle  100     
Brown-headed Cowbird    42      
Orchard Oriole  6       
Baltimore Oriole        21      
House Finch     22      
American Goldfinch      63      
House Sparrow   58      

hours foot      25.17
hours car       8.17
hours feeder    1.00
hours stationary        2.75

miles foot      16.50
miles car       78.00

Temps:  62-88 F
Mostly sunny.
Little or no wind most of day.

Observers:
Michael Autin (MA)
Aurelia Lesley (AL)
Carol Stallard (CS)
Matt Stickel (MS)
Barbara Woerner (BW)
Mary Yandell (MY)
Ben Yandell (BY; compiler)