The Herndon Chapter of TOS conducted its 16th Carter Co. Summer Bird Count on 6 June 2009. 21 observers in 5 parties found 112 species, exactly the 15 year average (range 105 - 118). One hybrid was also observed. species list: Canada Goose - 160 Wood Duck - 14 Mallard - 81 Ring-necked Duck - 2 Wild Turkey - 12 Great Blue Heron - 5 Green Heron - 2 Yellow-cr. Night-Heron - 12 Black Vulture - 11 Turkey Vulture - 43 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 Cooper's Hawk - 2 Broad-winged Hawk - 7 Red-tailed Hawk - 11 American Kestrel - 2 Killdeer - 6 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Rock Pigeon - 78 Mourning Dove - 120 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 6 E. Screech-Owl - 8 Barred Owl - 1 Common Nighthawk - 1 Chuck-will's-widow - 5 Whip-poor-will - 14 Chimney Swift - 93 Ruby-thr. Hummingbird - 17 Belted Kingfisher - 10 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 26 Downy Woodpecker - 10 Hairy Woodpecker - 6 Northern Flicker - 11 Pileated Woodpecker - 18 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 12 Acadian Flycatcher - 40 Alder Flycatcher - 2 Willow Flycatcher - 2 Least Flycatcher - 7 Eastern Phoebe - 35 Great Crested Flycatcher - 6 Eastern Kingbird - 20 White-eyed Vireo - 2 Yellow-throated Vireo - 2 Blue-headed Vireo - 30 Red-eyed Vireo - 129 Blue Jay - 42 American Crow - 197 Common Raven - 4 Purple Martin - 46 Tree Swallow - 82 N. Rough-winged Swallow - 37 Cliff Swallow - 33 Barn Swallow - 129 Carolina Chickadee - 39 Tufted Titmouse - 47 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 9 White-breasted Nuthatch - 13 Brown Creeper - 3 Carolina Wren - 72 House Wren - 33 Winter Wren - 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 13 Eastern Bluebird - 92 Veery - 13 Wood Thrush - 54 American Robin - 292 Gray Catbird - 28 Northern Mockingbird - 48 Brown Thrasher - 6 European Starling - 432 Cedar Waxwing - 28 Golden-winged Warbler - 2 "Brewster's Warbler" - 1 Northern Parula - 13 Yellow Warbler - 11 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 18 Magnolia Warbler - 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 37 Black-throated Green Warbler - 60 Blackburnian Warbler - 3 Yellow-throated Warbler - 9 Pine Warbler - 4 Prairie Warbler - 1 Black-and-white Warbler - 30 American Redstart - 3 Worm-eating Warbler - 11 Ovenbird - 71 Louisiana Waterthrush - 7 Common Yellowthroat - 6 Hooded Warbler - 75 Canada Warbler - 8 Yellow-breasted Chat - 5 Scarlet Tanager - 35 Eastern Towhee - 51 Chipping Sparrow - 53 Field Sparrow - 20 Song Sparrow - 113 Dark-eyed Junco - 50 Northern Cardinal - 88 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 Blue Grosbeak - 3 Indigo Bunting - 123 Red-winged Blackbird - 26 Eastern Meadowlark - 9 Common Grackle - 153 Brown-headed Cowbird - 52 Orchard Oriole - 12 Baltimore Oriole - 2 House Finch - 32 Pine Siskin - 11 American Goldfinch - 108 House Sparrow - 40 -------------------------------------- parties: 1) Tom McNeil, Rob Biller, Lisa Tyler, Nora Schubert. 2) Glen Eller, Roy Knispel. 3) Brookie & Jean Potter, Bryan Stevens, David Thometz, Reese Jamerson. 4) Kim Stroud, Don Holt, Dianne Draper, Kathy Noblet, Joe McGuiness. 5) Rick Knight, Gil Derouen, Marry Anna Wheat, Ellen Parker, Paul Bayes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rick Knight Johnson City, TN