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Name: Cades Cove CBC , GSMNP
Count Date: 2004-12-26
Compiler: Susan Hoyle
Number of Party Hours: 39.5
7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Species reported on count date: 68

Weather: Clear in the morning and cold, depending on elevation between 15-20 
deg. F; 
partly cloudy in the afternoon with temperatures ranging from the high 30s to 
low 40s


Participants: 8 participants in 6 parties
Walking: 31 hours; 31 miles
Driving: 8.5 hours; 99 miles
Owling: 2 hours; 8.5 miles

Participants:
Bales, Lyn
Trently, David
Armstrong, Mark
Howe, Tom
Johnson, Kris
Muise, Charlie
Ford, Patty
Hoyle, Susan

New species added to count: Ruddy Duck, Ring-billed Gull
Uncommon species: Wilson?s Snipe, American Pipit,  Red-headed Woodpecker,
                                   Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler
Missed species: Pied-billed Grebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler, House Finch,
                           Pine Siskin, Savannah Sparrow


Canada Goose    53
American Black Duck     2
Mallard         43
Ring-necked Duck        16
Bufflehead      15
Ruddy Duck      1
Ruffed Grouse   5
Wild Turkey     18
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)    4
Black Vulture   18
Turkey Vulture  29
Northern Harrier        1
Accipiter sp.   1
Red-shouldered Hawk     6
Red-tailed Hawk         3
American Kestrel        1
American Coot   2
Killdeer        11
Wilson's Snipe  2
Ring-billed Gull        1
Rock Pigeon     3
Mourning Dove   102
Eastern Screech-Owl     3
Belted Kingfisher       6
Red-headed Woodpecker   1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  14
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker        9
Downy Woodpecker        23
Hairy Woodpecker
        11
Northern Flicker        7
Pileated Woodpecker     24
Eastern Phoebe  11
Blue Jay        26
American Crow   87
Common Raven    4
Carolina Chickadee      94
chickadee sp.   2
Tufted Titmouse         68
Red-breasted Nuthatch   9
White-breasted Nuthatch         39
Brown Creeper   2
Carolina Wren   37
Winter Wren     13
Golden-crowned Kinglet  57
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    7
Eastern Bluebird        35
Hermit Thrush   14
American Robin  37
Northern Mockingbird    5
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling       78
American Pipit  1
Cedar Waxwing   3
Pine Warbler    1
Palm Warbler    1
Eastern Towhee  1
Field Sparrow   1
Fox Sparrow     5
Song Sparrow    74
Swamp Sparrow   14
White-throated Sparrow  7
Dark-eyed  Junco        206
Northern Cardinal       24
Red-winged Blackbird    1
Eastern Meadowlark      15
Purple Finch    1
Red Crossbill   1
American Goldfinch      38
House Sparrow   1
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS
COUNTED         1456
TOTAL SPECIES
REPORTED        68

Thanks to everybody who participated!

Susan Hoyle
Knoxville, TN

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