The 47th consecutive Elizabethton Fall Count was held on 24 September
with 39 observers in 8 parties (including 2 yard watchers). Participants
covered
Carter County, plus parts of adjacent Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, & Washington
counties.
We tallied 125 species. Oppressive heat on count day impacted results.
Although we equaled the recent 30-year average for number of species,
numbers of individuals for many species were low (warblers are a good example).
A curious statistic: we had more Cedar Waxwings than Eur. Starlings.
Thanks to all of the participants for literally sweating it out!!
Note: The all-time high on this count was 137 species in 1993.
The list:
Canada Goose 1118
Wood Duck 40
Mallard 224
Blue-wg. Teal 4
Green-wg. Teal 1
Ruffed Grouse 2
Wild Turkey 23
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Double-cr. Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 30
Great Egret 10
Green Heron 2
Black-cr. Night-Heron 2
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron 1
Black Vulture 159
Turkey Vulture 222
Osprey 7
Bald Eagle 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 10
Red-shld. Hawk 5
Broad-wg. Hawk 25
Red-tailed Hawk 22
Killdeer 66
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 6
Am. Woodcock 4
Rock Pigeon 365
Eur. Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 174
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
E. Screech-Owl 14
Great Horned Owl 8
Barred Owl 8
N. Saw-whet Owl 1
Com. Nighthawk 3
Chimney Swift 379
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 30
Belted Kingfisher 33
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 61
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 42
Hairy Woodpecker 10
N. Flicker 28
Pileated Woodpecker 32
Am. Kestrel 14
Peregrine Falcon 2
E. Wood-Pewee 12
Acadian Flycatcher 1 (plus 3 Empidonax sp.)
E. Phoebe 68
E. Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-thr. Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 20
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 329
Am. Crow 376
Com. Raven 26
Purple Martin 1 (quite late)
Tree Swallow 163
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 152
Tufted Titmouse 124
Red-br. Nuthatch 12
White-br. Nuthatch 36
Brown Creeper 5
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 139
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Golden-cr. Kinglet 23
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 5
E. Bluebird 91
Veery 4
Gray-cheeked Thrush 6
Swainson's Thrush 89
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 16
Am. Robin 343
Gray Catbird 48
Brown Thrasher 14
N. Mockingbird 54
Eur. Starling 426
Cedar Waxwing 506
Ovenbird 4
Worm-eating Warbler 1
N. Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 12
Orange-cr. Warbler 1
Com. Yellowthroat 10
Hooded Warbler 4
Am. Redstart 13
Cape May Warbler 7
N. Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 11
Bay-breasted Warbler 6
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Chestnut-sd. Warbler 2
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 16
Pine Warbler 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-thr. Green Warbler 8
E. Towhee 65
Chipping Sparrow 24
Field Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 83
Dark-eyed Junco 95
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 15
N. Cardinal 138
Rose-br. Grosbeak 43
Indigo Bunting 13
Red-wg. Blackbird 61
E. Meadowlark 10
Com. Grackle 156
House Finch 51
Red Crossbill 2
Pine Siskin 10
Am. Goldfinch 231
House Sparrow 38
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Misses included: N. Bobwhite, Loggerhead Shrike, Winter Wren,
Blue Grosbeak, Bobolink, & Brown-hd. Cowbird.
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
