[TN-Bird] Nashville CBC results

 
The Nashville CBC was held on Saturday, December 15 and provided some  
exciting finds for the group despite gloomy weather.  Our  total of 73 species 
was a 
little better than last year's 70, but lower than  most recent years.  Two 
adult Whooping Cranes with colored leg bands  and transmitters, and 2 Greater 
White-fronted Geese, both found at the  Bells Bend route by Phillip Casteel, 
Gary Casey and Mark Hackney, were firsts  for our count circle.  And 8 flying 
Snow Geese were spotted at the  Hidden Lakes section of Harpeth River State 
Park 
by Melinda Welton, Jan Shaw and  Bill Riner, a rare species for the count.  
Linda Kelly added 1 Merlin and 1  Loggerhead Shrike in the Bells Bend area on 
Sunday, which will be added as  Count Week species.  Radnor Lake provided 11 
waterfowl species including  145 Gadwalls, 7 Canvasbacks and 2 Redheads.  All 3 
local owl species were  recorded, with Warner Parks having 3 Barreds and 1 
Eastern  Screech-Owl.  Northern birds were well accounted for with 1  
Red-breasted 
Nuthatch, 8 Purple Finches, and 32 Pine Siskins.  Six  Yellow-rumped Warblers 
were our only warblers, but we had 9 sparrow species  including our only 
Chipping Sparrow (1) at Harpeth East, and 10 Fox  Sparrows.  Robins, blackbirds 
and grackle numbers were quite low.   Thank you to all the many participants 
who 
braved far less than ideal  conditions, and to Susan Hollyday, who hosted a 
delicious chili supper for  our compilation.
 
snow goose 8
Canada goose 285
American black duck 4
mallard 49
gadwall 145
American wigeon 25
canvasback 8
redhead 2
ring-necked duck 39
bufflehead 11
ruddy duck 8
wild turkey 131
pied-billed grebe 3
great blue heron 26
black vulture 93
turkey vulture 16
sharp-shinned hawk 1
Cooper's hawk 3
red-shouldered hawk 4
red-tailed hawk 27
American kestrel 17
killdeer 27
ring-billed gull 19
rock pigeon 198
mourning dove 190
eastern screech-owl 3
great horned owl 2
barred owl 6
belted kingfisher 13
red-bellied woodpecker 44
yellow-bellied sapsucker 11
downy woodpecker 76
hairy woodpecker 7
northern flicker 22
pileated woodpecker 15
eastern phoebe 5
blue jay 155
American crow 224
Carolina chickadee 297
tufted titmouse 203
red-breasted nuthatch 1
white-breasted nuthatch 60
brown creeper 12
Carolina wren 126
winter wren 3
golden-crowned kinglet 18
ruby-crowned kinglet 12
eastern bluebird 92
hermit thrush 3
American robin 217
northern mockingbird 75
European starling 987
cedar waxwing 176
yellow-rumped warbler 6
eastern towhee 38
chipping sparrow 1
field sparrow 161
fox sparrow 10
song sparrow 67
swamp sparrow 7
white-crowned sparrow 14
white-throated sparrow 331
dark-eyed junco 123
northern cardinal 337
red-winged blackbird 27
eastern meadowlark 32
common grackle 25
brown-headed cowbird 1
purple finch 8
house finch 89
pine siskin 32
American goldfinch 217
house sparrow 53
 
total species: 73
total individuals 5783
others: Whooping Crane 2 adults with colored leg bands and transmitters at  
Bells Bend
count week birds: Merlin 1, Loggerhead Shrike 1
 
Jan Shaw, compiler
Nashville, TN
 



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