[TN-Bird] Results of Hiwassee CBC, Meigs, Rhea, Bradey, Hamilton Counties

The Hiwassee CBC was held on January 1 with 25 participants in the
field. The final species tally was 92 which is below average, there just
were not a lot of birds in the area.  The highlights included:
 

4 goose species (a first for the CBC)

3 ROSS'S GOOSE

15 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

11 Snow Goose

 

521 Hooded Mergansers (an all-time high)

16 Great Egrets (all-time high)

31 Bald Eagles (8 adults, 23 immatures) (all-time high)

18 Red-headed Woodpeckers (all-time high)

38 White-crowned Sparrows (all-time high)

1 Vesper Sparrow (rare for this CBC)

 

Lowlights:

8164 Sandhill Cranes (below average, very little corn left on the
refuge)

No Cooper's Hawk

1 Pine Warbler

Waterfowl numbers were way down all along the board.

No Barred Owl

No Northern Bobwhite

 

I want to thank all of the participants for their hard work!!

 

 

Kevin Calhoon (Count Compiler)

Chattanooga TN

 


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