[TN-Bird] Knoxville CBC results
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- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:14:42 -0500 (EST)
I have not finished tallying the full results yet for the Knoxville CBC
held on Saturday, 3 January 2015 but (unless I've miscounted) the final
species tally is 103 species... second only to last year's record-setting
105 species.
Many of the highlights have already been reported but I'll summarize
below. Thanks to everyone that participated!
Biggest misses included ...
- Palm Warbler (first miss since 2000)
- American Wigeon
- Rufous Hummingbird (none known to be wintering in circle this year)
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Loggerhead Shrike (2nd time missed in consecutive years since 1957)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
Highlights:
17 waterfowl species including...
- Greater White-fronted Goose, the well-reported bird in Hardin Valley
(Knox Co)
- Snow Gooee (Hardin Valley)
- 3 N Pintail (Blount Co)
- 2 C Goldeneye (Melton Hill Lake, Anderson Co)
Great Egret, 1 at usual spot at Lackey Creek in Blount Co
Bald Eagle, reported by almost every party near water
Merlin, 4! (Yes, I said 4) almost equals the previous cummulative total
over count history of 5. Reports were scattered across the circle (but
all in Knox Co) including ...
- the well-reported bird at Lakeshore Park,
- 1 at Cove Island on Lyon's Bend
- 1 at Admiral Farragut Park
- 1 at Dead Horse Lake
Sandhill Cranes reported by two parties
1 Herring Gull at Admiral Farragut Park (Ft Loudoun Lake)
Fish Crows reported by 3 parties (will break the previous high count)
Tree Swallow, 2nd record (I think I said 3rd before) Melton Hill Lake
Brown-headed Nuthatch, increasingly common and reported by several
parties, will this be the year they out-number White-breasted?
4 warbler species... we've had 4 warblers multiple times but inexplicably
missing Palm this year kept us from finally reaching 5
- Orange-crowned Warbler, Blount Co
- Black-and-white Warbler, 2nd record, Haw Ridge Park (Anderson Co)
5 Icterids including...
- Rusty Blackbird, at least 2 parties
- C Grackle, we did end up with more than one but barely double-digits
- Brown-headed Cowbird, another hard-to-find species here in winter
Single digit numbers of both Pine Siskin and Purple Finch
Thanks again to everyone that participated. I hope to have full results
on the CBC website soon.
Dean Edwards
compiler, Knoxville CBC
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