[birdky] RPT. North American Migration Count for Jefferson Co. (Louisville), Kentucky. Sept. 15, 2007

This may change slightly as more information comes in, but I wanted to send
this out (finally).

The North American Migration Count for Jefferson Co. (Louisville), Kentucky,
was held September 15, 2007.  Beautiful day with temperatures 51-70 and N
winds 0-10 mph.   Fifteen participants in 10 parties tallied 122 species and
6,051 individual birds.

At least two of the observations sent people scrambling to see the birds:  2
clay-colored sparrows at Melco and a red-necked phalarope at the Mayfair
basin.

We also had other reports of birds that are unusual for the Fall count:
peregrine falcon, n. bobwhite, black-bellied plover, greater yellowlegs,
olive-sided flycatcher, 8 (!) red-breasted nuthatches, blue-headed vireo,
prothonotary and worm-eating warblers, Savannah sparrow, and bobolinks.  

Other species with unusually high numbers reported include black-crowned
night-heron, black vulture, killdeer, and palm warbler (32 reported!). 

Unusually low numbers were reported for pileated woodpecker (3) and
yellow-throated vireo (0).

Thanks to the participants for a great count:  Michael Autin, Jane and Pat
Bell, Dan Casey, Diana R. Dubbeld, Eddie and Jennifer Huber, Aurilla Lesley,
Brainard Palmer-Ball, Brian Smith, Carol Stallard, Matt Stickel, Barbara
Woerner, and Ben and Mary Yandell.

I've copied the details below.

Ben Yandell (compiler)
Louisville
------------------------------------------------------------
Species #reported
Pied-billed Grebe       1
Double-crested Cormorant        58
Great Blue Heron        25
Great Egret     25
Green Heron     4
Black-crowned Night-heron       36
Canada Goose    266
Wood Duck       31
Mallard 240
Blue-winged Teal        25
Black Vulture   89
Turkey Vulture  50
Osprey  3
Red-shouldered Hawk     10
Broad-winged Hawk       1
Red-tailed Hawk 16
American Kestrel        3
Peregrine Falcon        1
Sharp-shinned Hawk      2
Cooper's Hawk   9
Northern Bobwhite       1
Black-bellied Plover    1
Killdeer        228
Greater Yellowlegs      2
Lesser Yellowlegs       4
Solitary Sandpiper      1
Spotted Sandpiper       1
Least Sandpiper 4
Red-necked phalarope    1
Ring-billed Gull        7
Caspian Tern    1
Rock Pigeon     210
Mourning Dove   249
Yellow-billed Cuckoo    7
Eastern Screech-owl     2
Great Horned Owl        1
Barred Owl      1
Chimney Swift   416
Ruby-throated Hummingbird       41
Belted Kingfisher       4
Red-headed Woodpecker   11
Red-bellied Woodpecker  41
Downy Woodpecker        56
Hairy Woodpecker        9
Northern Flicker        16
Pileated Woodpecker     3
Olive-Sided Flycatcher  1
Eastern Wood-pewee      25
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher       1
Acadian Flycatcher      2
Least Flycatcher        1
Eastern Phoebe  15
Great Crested Flycatcher        2
Blue Jay        129
American Crow   94
Carolina Chickadee      145
Tufted Titmouse 82
Red-breasted Nuthatch   8
White-breasted Nuthatch 30
Carolina Wren   67
House Wren      9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   1
Eastern Bluebird        42
Gray-cheeked Thrush     1
Swainson's Thrush       67
Wood Thrush     5
American Robin  372
Gray Catbird    36
Northern Mockingbird    24
Brown Thrasher  15
Cedar Waxwing   78
European Starling       807
White-eyed Vireo        7
Blue-headed Vireo       1
Warbling Vireo  4
Philadelphia Vireo      4
Red-eyed Vireo  9
Blue-winged Warbler     2
Tennessee Warbler       52
Nashville Warbler       12
Northern Parula 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  20
Magnolia Warbler        70
Black-throated green warbler    24
Blackburnian Warbler    5
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler    32
Bay-breasted Warbler    14
Black-and-White Warbler 9
American Redstart       78
Prothonotary Warbler    1
Worm-eating Warbler     1
Ovenbird        9
Northern Waterthrush    1
Mourning Warbler        2
Common Yellowthroat     18
Wilson's Warbler        6
Summer Tanager  12
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal       263
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  30
Blue Grosbeak   11
Indigo Bunting  62
Eastern Towhee  11
Chipping Sparrow        24
Clay-colored Sparrow    2
Field Sparrow   69
Song Sparrow    67
Savannah Sparrow        1
Red-winged Blackbird    183
Eastern Meadowlark      6
Common Grackle  237
Brown-headed Cowbird    1
Bobolink        3
Baltimore Oriole        1
House Finch     62
American Goldfinch      215
House Sparrow   126
peep species    2
Cistothorus wren species        1
waterthrush species     1

Other related posts: