[TN-Bird] Elizabethton Fall Count
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:41:35 -0400
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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