[birdky] RPT: Jefferson Co, KY. (Louisville) Spring NAMC

May 10 was the North American Migration Count (NAMC) for Jefferson County,
Kentucky.

Temperatures were 50-70, early fog with skies ranging from partly cloudy to
mostly sunny.  Light winds; no precipitation.  15 observers in 9 parties.
57.2 total party-hours (47.1 by foot).  137 total miles (27 by foot).

In 2002, we had 134 species on this count, and that had been the record
since 1995.  We broke that, with a total of 137 species (and that?s without
counting a hybrid warbler)!  More observers than usual and good shorebird
and warbler counts helped set the new record.  4,969 individual birds
reported, not counting downy young.

Notable observations:  hooded mergansers with (non-downy) young, 11 species
of shorebird (including white-rumped sandpiper and greater yellowlegs),
herring gull, Caspian tern, 5 vireo species, and 27 warbler species (with a
Lawrence?s warbler making it 28 forms).

In addition to the rarities, unusually high counts were reported for:  great
blue heron, black vulture, red-shouldered hawk, solitary sandpiper, lesser
yellowlegs, least sandpiper, ring-billed gull, and several warbler species.

Biggest miss was yellow-billed cuckoo.

Thanks to all the participants:  Win Ahrens, Michael Autin, Pat and Jane
Bell, Carol Besse, Eddie and Jennifer Huber, Paul and Carol McAllister,
Missy Royer, Carol Stallard, Matt Stickel, Barbara Woerner, Ben and Mary
Yandell.

Here is the list:
Species                                      totals
Canada Goose                            88
Wood Duck                                 58
Mallard                                       149
Blue-winged Teal                         3
Hooded Merganser                      10
Wild Turkey                                1
Double-crested Cormorant            17
Great Blue Heron                         31
Great Egret                                 3
Green Heron                               4
Black-crowned Night-heron           29
Black Vulture                              21
Turkey Vulture                             37
Osprey                                       2
Cooper's Hawk                            7
Red-shouldered Hawk                  17
Broad-winged Hawk                     1
Red-tailed Hawk                          13
American Kestrel                         3
Peregrine Falcon                         3
Semipalmated Plover                   21
Killdeer                                       13
Spotted Sandpiper                       8
Solitary Sandpiper                       28
Greater Yellowlegs                      2
Lesser Yellowlegs                       82
Semipalmated Sandpiper             5
Least Sandpiper                          122
White-rumped Sandpiper              1
Pectoral Sandpiper                      3
Dunlin                                         3
Ring-billed Gull                            85
Herring Gull                                 5
Caspian Tern                               4
Rock Pigeon                               46
Mourning Dove                            108
Eastern Screech-Owl                   1
Common Nighthawk                     4
Chimney Swift                             116
Ruby-throated Hummingbird         9
Belted Kingfisher                         3
Red-headed Woodpecker             7
Red-bellied Woodpecker              27
Downy Woodpecker                     28
Hairy Woodpecker                       7
Northern Flicker                           12
Pileated Woodpecker                   8
Eastern Wood-Pewee                  39
Acadian Flycatcher                      3
Willow Flycatcher                        7
Least Flycatcher                         1
Empidonax flycatcher species      24
Eastern Phoebe                          24
Great Crested Flycatcher             18
Eastern Kingbird                          40
White-eyed Vireo                         16
Yellow-throated Vireo                   4
Blue-headed Vireo                       3
Warbling Vireo                            14
Red-eyed Vireo                           74
Blue Jay                                     72
American Crow                            55 (similar to recent years, but
lower than historical avg.)
Purple Martin                              32
Tree Swallow                               22
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   63
Bank Swallow                             4
Barn Swallow                              88
Carolina Chickadee                      78
Tufted Titmouse                           49
White-Breasted Nuthatch             17
Carolina Wren                             49
House Wren                                20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet                  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher                 28
Eastern Bluebird                          31
Veery                                         5
Gray-cheeked Thrush                   5
Swainson's Thrush                       92
Wood Thrush                              39
American Robin                           330
Gray Catbird                               90
Northern Mockingbird                   24
Brown Thrasher                           24
European Starling                        271 (low)
Cedar Waxwing                           30
Lawrence's warbler                      1
Tennessee Warbler                      37
Nashville Warbler                         27
Northern Parula                           16
Yellow Warbler                            41
Chestnut-sided Warbler                38
Magnolia Warbler                        50
Cape May Warbler                       15
Yellow-rumped Warbler                70
Black-throated Green Warbler       4
Blackburnian Warbler                   7
Yellow-throated Warbler               1
Prairie Warbler                            10
Palm Warbler                              29
Bay-breasted Warbler                  11
Blackpoll Warbler                        16
Black-and-White Warbler             15
American Redstart                       39
Prothonotary Warbler                   4
Worm-eating Warbler                   1
Ovenbird                                     6
Northern Waterthrush                   5
Louisiana Waterthrush                 3
Kentucky Warbler                        2
Common Yellowthroat                  33
Hooded Warbler                          2
Wilson's Warbler                         3
Yellow-breasted Chat                   14
Summer Tanager                         22
Scarlet Tanager                           22
Eastern Towhee                          39
Chipping Sparrow                        35
Field Sparrow                              37
Song Sparrow                             100
Lincoln's Sparrow                        1
Swamp Sparrow                          2
White-throated Sparrow                31
White-crowned Sparrow               2
Northern Cardinal                         194
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak             43
Blue Grosbeak                            4
Indigo Bunting                             121
Bobolink                                     1
Red-winged Blackbird                  146
Eastern Meadowlark                    26
Common Grackle                        138
Brown-headed Cowbird                 67
Orchard Oriole                             10
Baltimore Oriole                          89
Purple Finch                               2
House Finch                               43
American Goldfinch                     138
House Sparrow                            110

Ben Yandell, Compiler
Louisville

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