[TN-Bird] Results of Hiwassee CBC, Meigs, Rhea, Bradey, Hamilton Counties
- From: "Kevin A. Calhoon" <kac@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bill Haley" <wgh@xxxxxxxxxx>, <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Harold Sharp" <hesharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:47:45 -0500
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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