[Bristol-Birds] Re: Bristol Christmas Bird Count Results
- From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>,"Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 20:45:55 -0500
Wallace et al.,
The number of Palm Warblers on the Bristol CBC was actually a remarkable 17
(not 7), with three parties reporting them (9+7+1). They were also found on
the CBCs at Elizabethton & Greeneville. This species has greatly increased
in recent years as an early winter visitor in east Tennessee, sometimes
lingering thru the whole season.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:02 PM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Bristol Christmas Bird Count Results
>The Bristol Christmas Bird Count held Sunday, Dec. 28, totaled 82
species -- 7 short of
>the region's record high count at Bristol in 1998.
>This is Northeast Tennessee's and Southwest Virginia's oldest count, first
held Dec. 1931.
>
>The total is 2 species below our previous five year average. It is equal
to the past 10 year
>average and 7 above 20 year average.
>
>There were 21 birders in six party sectors.
>
>The total number of individual birds was just 6,353 almost half of the
count's 10-year average.
>
>This may reflect mild weather on the count day. The lower number produced
significant
>decreased in observations of Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, House
Finch, Carolina
>Chickadee, Eastern Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren
>and Dark-eyed Junco. Most are frequent at feeders, despite the count not
>having any observers reporting only as feeder watchers.
>
>NOTEWORTHY MISSES: Eared Grebe, Bonaparte's Gull.
>
>This year's list:
>
>Horned Grebe 3
>Pied-billed Grebe 37
>Common Loon 15
>
>Great Blue Heron 16
>Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 ( 2nd consecutive year, record high)
>
>Bufflehead 259 (stable population since 1997, Avg. Year = 252)
>American Black Duck 8
>Ring-necked Duck 31
>Gadwall 30
>Common Goldeneye 1
>Canada Goose 740 ( population growth leveled off for 3rd year at 127
above 10 year average)
>Snow Goose 5 (record high)
>Mallard 377 ( just over 50% of 10 year average)
>Hooded Merganser 129 ( population down about 25 % of 10 year average,
second lowest in 10 years )
>Lesser Scaup 3
>Green-winged Teal 3
>American Wigeon 9 ( 57 below 10 year average )
>
>Bald Eagle 1
>Cooper's Hawk 2
>Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
>Red-tailed Hawk 18 ( second lowest in 10 years)
>American Kestrel 18 ( 36% less than 10 year average )
>Merlin 1 (4th consecutive year )
>Black Vulture 19
>Turkey Vulture 123
>
>Wild Turkey 7
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>American Coot 32
>
>Killdeer 19
>
>Common Snipe 3
>
>Herring Gull 1
>Ring-billed Gull 241
>
>Mourning Dove 219 (lowest in 15 years)
>Rock Pigeon (Rock Dove) 144 (lowest in 13 years)
>
>Barred Owl 1
>Eastern Screech Owl 4
>Great Horned Owl 6
>
>Belted Kinfisher 16
>
>Northern Flicker 21
>Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 (ties count record high)
>Downy Woodpecker 27
>Hairy Woodpecker 8
>Pileated Woodpecker 20
>Red-bellied Woodpecker 20
>
>Eastern Phoebe 8
>
>American Crow 551
>Blue Jay 117
>Common Raven 1 ( 9th consecutive year, 16 years since first in 1983)
>
>Carolina Chickadee 123
>Eastern Tufted Titmouse 48 ( about 50% of 10 year average)
>
>Brown Creeper 4
>White-breasted Nuthatch 22
>
>Carolina Wren 73
>Winter Wren 9
>
>Golden-crowned Kinglet 35
>Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17
>
>Eastern Bluebird 108
>American Robin 211
>Hermit Thrush 6
>
>Northern Mockingbird 98
>
>Loggerhead Shrike 2 ( continues to be regular )
>European Starling 823
>Cedar Waxwing 88
>
>Palm Warbler 7 ( 3rd year ever, previous high count 1)
>Pine Warbler 1
>Yellow-rumped Warbler 96 ( 3rd highest count)
>
>Northern Cardinal 146
>Dark-eyed Junco 53 (very low, 33% of 10 year average)
>Chipping Sparrow 7
>Field Sparrow 10
>Savannah Sparrow 20 (record high count, 6th year on count)
>Song Sparrow 154
>Swamp Sparrow 8
>White-crowned Sparrow 168 ( 2nd highest count)
>White-throated Sparrow 180
>Eastern Towhee 25
>
>Red-winged Blackbird 93 (highest count in 20+ years)
>Common Grackle 30
>Eastern Meadowlark 7 (lowest count in 13 years)
>
>House Finch 95
>Purple Finch 32 (second highest since 1977)
>American Goldfinch 201
>House Sparrow 11 (ties lowest count record)
>
>Compiled by Richard Lewis for 23rd consecutive year !
>Wallace Coffey's 45th consecutive count year and in his count sector.
>
>Participants: Bert Hale, Lorraine Hale, Lindzey Hale, Bob Quillen, Rick
Knight,
>Tom McNeil, Marion Finucane, Bill Grigsby, Wallace Coffey, Rack Cross, Andy
Jones,
>Mike Poe, Dexter Newman, Richard Lewis, Vickie Lewis, Larry McDaniel,
>Dave Worley, Janice Martin, Ruth Smith, Ron Carrico, Rob Biller.
>
>Let's go birding....
>Wallace Coffey
>Bristol, TN
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