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[Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>]

The 2007 Jackson (Madison County) Christmas Bird Count
was held on Saturday, December 29. 10 participants in
3-4 parties tallied a total of 82 species which right
at the average species total for this count. We had
two additional species that were seen count week. The
weather was good but the birding was average at best. 

Highlights were Snow Goose, Bald Eagle (seen count
week, new species for this count), American Woodcock,
Ring-billed Gull, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rusty
Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Pine Siskin (seen at a
feeder count week), and Purple Finch.

Here are the totals:

Species totals
Canada Goose - 44
Snow Goose - 1
Wood Duck - 7
Green-winged Teal - 5
Mallard - 220
Northern Pintail - 5
Northern Shoveler - 8
Gadwall - 4
Lesser Scaup - 1
Hooded Merganser - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 11
Great Blue Heron - 13
Black Vulture - 64
Turkey Vulture - 125
Bald Eagle - cw
Northern Harrier - 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - 22
Red-tailed Hawk - 35
American Kestrel - 17
American Coot - 1
Killdeer - 14
Common Snipe - 10
American Woodcock - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 724
Mourning Dove - 180
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 5
Eastern Screech-Owl - 1
Great Horned Owl - 1
Barred Owl - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 7
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 17
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 12
Hairy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 43
Pileated Woodpecker - 5
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Blue Jay - 106
American Crow - 175
Horned Lark - 25
Carolina Chickadee - 57
Tufted Titmouse - 29
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 9
Brown Creeper - 3
Carolina Wren - 29
Winter Wren - 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 142
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 109
Northern Mockingbird - 56
Brown Thrasher - 5
European Starling - 2420
American Pipit - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 36
Pine Warbler - 2
Eastern Towhee - 30
Field Sparrow - 44
Savannah Sparrow - 26
Fox Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 106
Swamp Sparrow - 34
White-throated Sparrow - 168
White-crowned Sparrow - 7
Dark-eyed Junco - 158
Northern Cardinal - 171
Red-winged Blackbird - 154
Eastern Meadowlark - 40
Rusty Blackbird - 15
Brewer's Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 1927
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
Purple Finch - 1
House Finch - 9
Pine Siskin - cw
American Goldfinch - 35
House Sparrow - 45

Notable misses include - Am. Wigeon, Wild Turkey, N.
Bobwhite, Loggerhead Shrike, and Fish Crow. 

We had extremely low numbers of Killdeer and Horned
Larks. Many of the open agricultural stubble fields
had no birds in them at all. I don't know if this was
because of less leftover grain due to less crop
production because of the drought or what but it was
baffling.

Participants were: Jill Banks, Charlie Barnett,
Elizabeth Barnett, Bob Ford, Martha Lyle Ford, Mark
Greene, Sam Harboldt, Mary Sheppard, Mike Todd, and
Jeff Wilson.

Thanks to all the participants.

Good birding,

Mark Greene
Count Compiler
Trenton, TN


      
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