FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Big Sit results

["Dan and Laurie Mooney" <birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We had a good day yesterday just sitting in a 17 foot circle.  Our circle is 
located in our yard surrounded on three sides by woods along a ridge 
overlooking the Holston River.   I am surprised every year by what we see.  It 
is hard to image how many birds we miss every day because we are otherwise 
occupied.

Our species total was 56.   We had 5 species of hawks, 3 species of owl, only 3 
species of woodpeckers, 8 species of warblers, two species of vireos, no 
blackbirds and only two species of sparrows!

 

The list:

Canada goose(40+)
Mallard
Wild Turkey (12)
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture(2)
Turkey Vulture(8)
Osprey
Northern Harrier (2)
Cooper's Hawk (6)
Red-shouldered Hawk (2)
Red-tailed Hawk(3)
Mourning Dove (20+)
Eastern Screech Owl (2)
Great Horned Owl 
Barred Owl 
Common Nighthawk (8)
Chimney Swift ( 500+)
Ruby-throated hummingbird (2)
Belted Kingfisher (3)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (6)
Downy Woodpecker (4)
Northern Flicker (2)
Eastern Wood Pewee (2)
Eastern Phoebe (3)
White-Eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo (6)
Blue Jay (50+)
American Crow (100+)
Tree Swallow    (8)
Carolina Chickadee (20+)
Tufted Titmouse (20+)
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Carolina Wren (8)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird (2)
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin (15)
Gray Catbird (2)
Brown Thrasher (6)
European Starling (5 too many)
Tennessee Warbler (4)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (2)
Magnolia Warbler (6)
Blackburnian Warbler (5)
Bay-breasted Warbler(3)
American Redstart (3)
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager (3)
Scarlet Tanager (12)
Eastern Towhee (3)
Song Sparrow (2)
Northern Cardinal (15+)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (10)
Indigo Bunting (3)
House Finch (4)
American Goldfinch

Laurie (our team captain) will post the list and notes to the Big Sit page soon.


Dan Mooney
Birdnerds Team
Knoxville, Knox County, Tn