[TN-Bird] Elizabethton Fall Count
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:26:11 -0400
The 41st consecutive Elizabethton Fall Count was held on Saturday, 25 Sep.
Thirty observers in 8 parties tallied 128 species, which is slightly above the
average
of 124 species over the last 20 years.
Area covered: Carter Co. & parts of adjacent Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, &
Washington Cos.
Eleven species were found in record high numbers, noted in the following list.
Black-billed Cuckoo was new to this count, which now has a cumulative total of
216 species.
Canada Goose 1508 -- record high
Wood Duck 27
Mallard 518 -- record high
Blue-wg. Teal 135 -- record high
Ruffed Grouse 2
Wild Turkey 45
Pied-billed Grebe 23
Dbl-cr. Cormorant 24
Great Blue Heron 30
Great Egret 6
Green Heron 7
Black Vulture 123 -- record high
Turkey Vulture 78
Osprey 9
N. Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-wg. Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 11
Am. Kestrel 25 -- record high
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Killdeer 148
Spotted Sandpiper 8 -- record high
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon 581 -- record high
Eur. Collared-Dove 4
Mourning Dove 508
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
E. Screech-Owl 26
Great Horned Owl 5
Barred Owl 6
N. Saw-whet Owl 2
Chimney Swift 768
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 47 -- record high
Belted Kingfisher 31
Red-headed Woodpecker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 45
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 38
Hairy Woodpecker 14
N. Flicker 45
Pileated Woodpecker 27
E. Wood-Pewee 11
Empidonax sp. 2
E. Phoebe 67
Yellow-thr. Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 10
Philadelphia Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 582 -- record high
Am. Crow 619
Com. Raven 12
Tree Swallow 116
N. Rough-wg. Swallow 7
Bank Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 58
Carolina Chickadee 161
Tufted Titmouse 97
Red-br. Nuthatch 11
White-br. Nuthatch 41
Carolina Wren 150 -- record high
House Wren 11
Winter Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Golden-cr. Kinglet 6
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
E. Bluebird 189
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5
Swainson's Thrush 30
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 12
Am. Robin 189
Gray Catbird 60
N. Mockingbird 124
Brown Thrasher 11
Eur. Starling 1197
Am. Pipit 1
Cedar Waxwing 243
Tennessee Warbler 67
N. Parula 3
Chestnut-sd. Warbler 9
Magnolia Warbler 36
Cape May Warbler 19
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Black-thr. Green Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Yellow-thr. Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 5
Palm Warbler 103
Bay-br. Warbler 8
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Am. Redstart 9
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 4
N. Waterthrush 3
Com. Yellowthroat 14
Hooded Warbler 6
Canada Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 11
E. Towhee 56
Chipping Sparrow 38
Field Sparrow 14
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 93
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 58
N. Cardinal 149
Rose-br. Grosbeak 96
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 79
Bobolink 27
Red-wg. Blackbird 111
E. Meadowlark 7
Com. Grackle 19
Brown-hd. Cowbird 1
House Finch 163 -- record high
Am. Goldfinch 198
House Sparrow 91
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participants: Aubrie Abernethy, Fred Alsop, Jim Anderson, Paul & Emily Bayes,
Rob Biller, Lynn Brandon, Rack Cross, Gil Derouen, Dianne Draper, Glen Eller,
Kathy Gunther, Paul Haynes, Jacki Hinshaw, Don Holt, Mark Hopey, Rick Knight
(compiler), Roy Knispel, Richard Lewis, Joe McGuiness, Tom McNeil, Kathy & Eric
Noblet, Brookie & Jean Potter, Bryan Stevens, Kim Stroud, David Thometz, Lisa
Tyler, Gary Wallace.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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