FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] RPT: Jefferson County, Kentucky, North American Migration Count results

["Ben Yandell" <by@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Saturday, September 16, was the Jefferson County (Louisville), Kentucky,
North American Migration Count.  The day was clear and beautiful, with
bright sun and little wind.  14 observers participated in 9 groups.  Thanks
to everyone for their participation and reporting.

Observations were fairly average, with 111 species and 5,587 individual
birds reported.  Several observers mentioned observing fewer warbler species
than usual, and the reports bear that out, with only 18 species reported.

Part of the explanation is fewer total hours of observation (39) than usual.

For context, here are the 1998-2006 statistics, given as low - median -
high:
 # of species:  100 - 111 - 118
 # of individual birds:  4,710 - 5,587 - 12266
 # of warbler species:  18 - 23 - 28
 # of participants:  9 - 13 - 16
 # of hours by all parties:  39 - 48.5 - 70

Reports of birds not typically observed on the fall migration count include:
green-winged teal, n. pintail, bald eagle (subadult at Falls), peregrine
falcon, stilt sandpiper, lesser yellowlegs, semipalmated sandpiper, herring
gull, willow flycatcher (responded to tape of its call), barn swallow,
ruby-crowned kinglet (4!), veery, and Connecticut warbler (very uncommon in
fall).

Lower-than-usual numbers were reported for:  belted kingfisher, white-eyed
vireo, American crow (about 1/3 the usual total), wood thrush, brown
thrasher, Tenn. warbler, Nashville warbler, black-throated green warbler,
ovenbird, com. yellowthroat, brown-headed cowbird (NONE reported), and house
finch.

Higher-than-usual numbers were reported for:  great blue heron, e.
wood-pewee, warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo, bay-breasted warbler,
black-and-white warbler, and blue grosbeak,

The full list is given below.

Ben Yandell
Louisville

Species # seen
Pied-billed Grebe       1
Double-crested Cormorant        50
Great Blue Heron        73
Great Egret     10
Green Heron     1
Black-crowned Night-heron       3
Canada Goose    154
Wood Duck       17
Green-winged Teal       6
American Black Duck     1
Mallard 224
Blue-winged Teal        6
Northern Pintail        3
Black Vulture   8
Turkey Vulture  46
Bald Eagle      1
Red-shouldered Hawk     10
Red-tailed Hawk 8
American Kestrel        8
Peregrine Falcon        1
Cooper's Hawk   3
Killdeer        19
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs       5
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Least Sandpiper 4
Pectoral Sandpiper      10
Herring Gull    1
Caspian Tern    6
Rock Pigeon     322
Mourning Dove   245
Yellow-billed Cuckoo    7
Eastern Screech-owl     4
Great Horned Owl        4
Barred Owl      3
Common Nighthawk        14
Chimney Swift   168
Ruby-throated Hummingbird       13
Belted Kingfisher       3
Red-headed Woodpecker   7
Red-bellied Woodpecker  39
Downy Woodpecker        51
Hairy Woodpecker        4
Northern Flicker        19
Pileated Woodpecker     6
Eastern Wood-pewee      44
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher       1
Willow Flycatcher       1
Least Flycatcher        1
Eastern Phoebe  6
Great Crested Flycatcher        3
Barn Swallow    2
Blue Jay        190
American Crow   41
Carolina Chickadee      143
Tufted Titmouse 73
White-breasted Nuthatch 30
Carolina Wren   64
House Wren      11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   1
Eastern Bluebird        37
Veery   1
Gray-cheeked Thrush     1
Swainson's Thrush       30
American Robin  538
Gray Catbird    47
Northern Mockingbird    34
Brown Thrasher  16
Cedar Waxwing   66
European Starling       986
White-eyed Vireo        4
Yellow-throated Vireo   2
Warbling Vireo  7
Philadelphia Vireo      4
Red-eyed Vireo  29
Blue-winged Warbler     2
Golden-winged Warbler   1
Tennessee Warbler       8
Nashville Warbler       6
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  10
Magnolia Warbler        36
Black-throated green warbler    6
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Palm Warbler    2
Bay-breasted Warbler    17
Black-and-White Warbler 24
American Redstart       53
Ovenbird        1
Connecticut Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     6
Wilson's Warbler        6
Summer Tanager  4
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal       226
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  15
Blue Grosbeak   14
Indigo Bunting  52
Eastern Towhee  11
Chipping Sparrow        31
Field Sparrow   17
Song Sparrow    52
Red-winged Blackbird    180
Eastern Meadowlark      3
Common Grackle  368
Baltimore Oriole        1
House Finch     18
American Goldfinch      225
House Sparrow   158

Total Species   111
Total Individual birds  5587

Accipiter species       1
Empidonax species       15

Weather 57/79, SE 5, clear
Party-hr Foot   33.97
Party-mi Foot   19
Party-hr Car    4.35
Party-mi Car    56.5
Feeder/stationary hours 0.75
Total= Party-hr Reg     39.07
Total= Party-mi Reg     75.5
Owling hours    1
Owling miles    10

species / party-hour reg.       2.84

Participants (in 9 parties):
Michael Autin
Jane Bell
Pat Bell
Carol Besse
Diana Dubbeld
Eddie Huber
Jennifer Huber
Mark Monroe
Brainard Palmer-Ball
Carol Stallard
Matt Stickel
Barbara Woerner
Mary Yandell
Ben Yandell (compiler)

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