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[K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wallace's post reminded me that I never posted the full results
for the Knoxville CBC.  So, for those interested, here goes.
Some of the highlights have been posted before so brief details
here.

And to follow up once again on Mike Roedel's great talk at the
KTOS meeting last night, ... a reminder that spring counts are
just around the corner.  The Knox Co. count will be held on
Sunday, 24 April 2005.  Let's keep up the great effort and
support for these counts here in Knoxville.  Please contact
me if you are interested in participating.

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN

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Knoxville CBC 
2 Jan 2005


A record 96 species were found on count day plus another
4 during count week to put the count at 100 species
during the count period for the first time ever.
44 observers participated.

We added Northern Waterthrush to the count; this is the
eighth warbler species during the count history.  An
American Black Duck X Mallard hybrid was also reported
for the first time on this count.  156 species have been
recorded in the history of the Knoxville CBC which dates
back to 1902.

Other good birds included Merlin (3rd time on count),
Gray Catbird (CW, 5th time on count), and Lapland
Longspur (CW, 2nd time on count).  Common Goldeneye
and Horned Lark were good finds given recent trends
whereas they were fairly regular in the past.  A good
owling effort produced 19 owls of 3 species.  14(+1CW)
species of waterfowl were reported.

We set record high-counts for 13 species including
Ring-necked Duck, Wild Turkey, Double-crested Cormorant,
Great Blue Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Eastern Phoebe, Carolina
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch,
Brown-headed Nuthatch, Northern Mockingbird, Field Sparrow,
and Northern Cardinal (1008 almost doubles the previous
high of 583).  Large numbers of Chipping Sparrow were
also reported resulting in the 2nd largest total ever
for this count.

Big misses include Rufous Hummingbird (missed for first
time in 6 years), Great Egret (2nd miss since 1990),
Northern Bobwhite (only found 2 times last 13 years),
Lesser Scaup, Rusty Blackbird and Pine Siskin.


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Knoxville Christmas Bird Count

Sunday, 2 Jan 2005

Weather:
Low:  45F   High:  58F
AM: scattered showers, mostly cloudy
PM: mostly cloudy
Precip:  0.02" rain
Winds:  W, calm
Notes: all water open, no snow cover

Parties: 22-23 (includes 1 FW party and 4 that also did owling)
Observers: 44 (includes 1 FW)
See below for names.

Species:  96 + 4CW
Individuals:  20,246
Birds per party hour:  133

Party hours and miles:
By foot:  86.72 hrs and 68.4 miles
By car:   54.55 hrs and 535.2 miles
Owling:   4.67 hrs and 12.5 miles
Feederwatching:  6.7 hrs
TOTAL:  152.63 hrs and 616.1 miles  (includes owling and FW)

Times covered:
00:00 - 00:30
05:55 - 18:15
22:30 - 23:00


  849 Canada Goose
    4 Wood Duck
   52 Gadwall
    6 American Wigeon
    3 American Black Duck
  467 Mallard
    1   Am. Black Duck X Mallard hybrid
    8 Northern Shoveler
   13 Green-winged Teal
    2 Canvasback
    3 Redhead
  131 Ring-necked Duck
-CW- Bufflehead
    2 Common Goldeneye
   16 Hooded Merganser
    1 Ruddy Duck

   26 Wild Turkey

   22 Pied-billed Grebe
    5 Horned Grebe

   79 Double-crested Cormorant

  180 Great Blue Heron
   13 Black-crowned Night-Heron

   28 Black Vulture
   79 Turkey Vulture

    1 Bald Eagle (adult)
    1 Northern Harrier
    8 Sharp-shinned Hawk
   15 Cooper's Hawk
    2   Accipiter sp.
   14 Red-shouldered Hawk
   51 Red-tailed Hawk
   10 American Kestrel
    1 Merlin

  108 American Coot
    5 Sandhill Crane

  141 Killdeer
    8 Wilson's Snipe

  156 Bonaparte's Gull
2321 Ring-billed Gull
    3 Herring Gull

  747 Rock Pigeon
  986 Mourning Dove

   12 Eastern Screech-Owl
    6 Great Horned Owl
    1 Barred Owl

   41 Belted Kingfisher

-CW- Red-headed Woodpecker
  130 Red-bellied Woodpecker
   38 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  131 Downy Woodpecker
   15 Hairy Woodpecker
   93 "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker
   20 Pileated Woodpecker

   19 Eastern Phoebe

    1 Loggerhead Shrike

  485 Blue Jay
1064 American Crow

    1 Horned Lark

  602 Carolina Chickadee
  370 Tufted Titmouse
    3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
   61 White-breasted Nuthatch
   16 Brown-headed Nuthatch
    6 Brown Creeper

  467 Carolina Wren
    1 House Wren
   20 Winter Wren

   56 Golden-crowned Kinglet
   39 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

  316 Eastern Bluebird
   22 Hermit Thrush
1392 American Robin

-CW- Gray Catbird
  388 Northern Mockingbird
   15 Brown Thrasher

3234 European Starling

   27 American Pipit

   26 Cedar Waxwing

  124 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler
    4 Pine Warbler
   11 Palm Warbler
    1 Northern Waterthrush

  199 Eastern Towhee
  118 Chipping Sparrow
  481 Field Sparrow
   60 Savannah Sparrow
    4 "Red" Fox Sparrow
  586 Song Sparrow
   85 Swamp Sparrow
  823 White-throated Sparrow
   12 White-crowned Sparrow
  120 "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco
-CW- Lapland Longspur

1008 Northern Cardinal

   31 Red-winged Blackbird
   75 Eastern Meadowlark
    1 Common Grackle
   14 Brown-headed Cowbird
    5   blackbird sp.

    6 Purple Finch
  290 House Finch
  377 American Goldfinch

  125 House Sparrow


Observers:
Jean Alexander
Mark Armstrong
Lyn Bales
Frank Bills
Sharon Bostick
Mark Campen
Jessica Chandler
Raven Chandler
Ed Clebsch
Meredith Clebsch
Gail Clendenen
Steve Clendenen
Marcia Davis
Dean Edwards (compiler)
Chris Foell
Patty Ford
Carole Gobert
Paul Hartigan
Kim Henry
Ron Hoff
Tom Howe
David Howell
Susan Hoyle
Jim Human
Wes James
David Johnson
Kristine Johnson
Tony King
Ed Manous
Janet McKnight
Dan Mooney
Laurie Mooney
Charlie Muise
Dollyann Myers
Charles Nicholson
Joseph Pyle
Michael Ryon
Kelly Roy
Martha Rudolph
Boyd Sharp
David Trently
June Welch
Chris Welsh
Corwin Witt
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