[TN-Bird] Elizabethton Fall Count

The 39th consecutive Elizabethton Fall Bird Count was held on 27 Sep 2008 
by members of the Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter of TOS.
32 observers in 6 parties covered Carter Co and parts of adjacent Johnson, 
Sullivan, Unicoi, & Washington Cos. in northeast Tennessee.

Observers:  Fred Alsop, Jerry Bevens, Rob Biller, Tess Cumbie, Gil Derouen,
Dianne Draper, Glen Eller, Kathy Gunther, Jacki Hinshaw, Don Holt, Mark Hopey,
Reece Jamerson, Jennifer Kennedy, Rick Knight, Richard Lewis, Cleo Mayfield, 
Rad Mayfield, Greg McCorkle, Joe McGuiness, Tom McNeil, Beth McPherson, 
Eric & Kathy Noblet, Miriam Perkins, Brookie & Jean Potter, Lynn Ray, Bryan
Stevens, Kim Stroud, David Thometz, Gary Wallace, Mary Anna Wheat.

10,925 individuals of 127 species were recorded.
This is slightly above the recent average of 124 species (last 20 years).
The all-time high on this count was 137 species in 1993.

species list:
Canada Goose   667
Wood Duck   19
Mallard   160
Blue-wg. Teal   4
Ruffed Grouse   2
Wild Turkey   38
Com. Loon   4
Pied-billed Grebe   12
Dbl-cr. Cormorant   6
Great Blue Heron   43
Great Egret   1
Green Heron   6
Black-cr. Night-Heron   3
Black Vulture    27
Turkey Vulture   101
Osprey    13
Bald Eagle    2
N. Harrier   2
Sharp-sh. Hawk   5
Cooper's Hawk   5
Red-tailed Hawk   6
Am. Kestrel   17
Peregrine Falcon   4
Am. Coot   1
Killdeer   45
Spotted Sandpiper   3
Solitary Sandpiper    2
Wilson's Snipe   3
Caspian Tern   1
Forster's Tern   1
Rock Pigeon   307
Mourning Dove   438
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   1
E. Screech-Owl   20
Great Horned Owl   12
Barred Owl   2
Com. Nighthawk    4
Chimney Swift   693
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird   19
Belted Kingfisher   36
Red-headed Woodpecker   4
Red-bellied Woodpecker   47
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   4
Downy Woodpecker   29
Hairy Woodpecker   14
N. Flicker   31
Pileated Woodpecker   31
E. Wood-Pewee   9
Empidonax sp.   1
E. Phoebe   67
E. Kingbird   2
White-eyed Vireo   4
Yellow-thr. Vireo   1
Blue-hd. Vireo   5
Warbling Vireo   1
Philadelphia Vireo   2
Red-eyed Vireo   3
Blue Jay   434
Am. Crow   426
Com. Raven   13
Tree Swallow   42
N. Rough-wg. Swallow    4
Bank Swallow   1
Barn Swallow   11
Carolina Chickadee   92
Tufted Titmouse    71
Red-br. Nuthatch   12
White-br. Nuthatch   28
Carolina Wren   138
House Wren    5
Winter Wren    1
Marsh Wren    1
Ruby-cr. Kinglet    12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   4
E. Bluebird    192
Veery    1
Gray-cheeked Thrush    6
Swainson's Thrush   36
 Wood Thrush   17
Am. Robin   332
Gray Catbird    53
N. Mockingbird   162
Brown Thrasher   11
Eur. Starling   3256
Cedar Waxwing    148
Tennessee Warbler   91
Orange-cr. Warbler   2
Nashville Warbler   1
N. Parula   8
Yellow Warbler    1
Chestnut-sd. Warbler   6
Magnolia Warbler   30
Cape May Warbler   12
Black-thr. Blue Warbler   16
Black-thr. Green Warbler   9
Blackburnian Warbler   13
Yellow-thr. Warbler   2
Pine Warbler   2
Prairie Warbler   2
Palm Warbler  76
Bay-br. Warbler   24
Black-and-white Warbler   3
Am. Redstart   29
Worm-eating Warbler   1
Ovenbird   7
Com. Yellowthroat   23
Hooded Warbler   6
Yellow-br. Chat   1
Scarlet Tanager   15
E. Towhee   48
Chipping Sparrow   16
Field Sparrow   17
Savannah Sparrow   5
Song Sparrow    102
Dark-eyed Junco   81
N. Cardinal   140
Rose-br. Grosbeak    63
Indigo Bunting   15
Bobolink    575
Red-wg. Blackbird   325
E. Meadowlark   14
Com. Grackle   174
Brown-hd. Cowbird   224
Baltimore Oriole    1
House Finch   56
Am. Goldfinch   129
House Sparrow   61
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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