[TN-Bird] Shady Valley_Mountaiin City CBC Totals for Count Year 106
- From: "Robert Biller" <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Tn-Bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bristol-Birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:44:23 -0500
2005/2006 Shady Valley CBC Report
Count Year 106
Compiler: Rob Biller
The Shady Valley/Mountain City Christmas Bird Count was conducted on
December 31, 2005. Four parties birded the count area from Shady Valley to
Mountain City and from Backbone Rock Recreational Area to over Cross
Mountain.
The participants were: Ron Carrico/Rob Biller , Wallace Coffey/Andy
Jones/John Moyle, Rick Knight/Bill Grigsby/Dianne Draper , Tom McNeil/Don
Holt.
Count Totals:
Total Species : 61
Total Car Hours : 18.25
Total Foot Hours : 16
Total Car Hours : 204.8
Total Foot Miles : 7
Total Owling Miles : 13
Total Owling Hours : 3
Weather:
High 41
Low 29
Wind - High and steady from SW, Gust to 30.5 mph
Ponds - partly frozen
Rain/Snow - none
Total Bird Species
Legend:
C -Ron Carrico's party
Co - Wallace Coffey's Party
K - Rick Knight's Party
M - Tom McNeil's Party
HC - High Count
LC - Low Count
US - Unusual Species
Count 106 2005/2006
Count 105 2004/2005
Count 104 2003/2004
Count 103 2002/2003
Count 102 2001/2002
Count 101 2000/2001
Count 100 1999/2000
Count 99 1998/1999
Count 98 1997/1998
Count 97 1996/1997
Bird Species:
Canada Goose 178, C 0, Co 40, K 0, M 138
Wood Duck 1, C 1
Mallard 53, C 16, Co 22, K 13, M 2
Wild Turkey 51, C 0, Co 20, K 24, M 7 (HC - previous HC 38 in Count 103)
Great Blue Heron 4, C 0, Co 1, K 2, M 1
Black Vulture 51, C 2, Co 2, K 32, M 15 (HC - previous HC 15 in Count 102)
Turkey Vulture 52 C 4, Co 3, K 5, M 40 (HC - previous HC 33 in Count 104)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, M 1
Cooper's Hawk 2, C 0, Co 1, K 1, M 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1, C 1
Red-tailed Hawk 11, C 1, Co 0, K 5, M 5 (Ties HC of 11 in Count 101)
American Kestrel 14, C 1, Co 2, K 8, M 3
Merlin 1, M 1 (US - paperwork will be submitted)
Wilson's Snipe 1, C 1
Rock Pigeon 42, C 0, Co 0, K 30, M 12
Mourning Dove 149, C 25, Co 55, K 10, M 59
Eastern Screech Owl 5, C 3, Co 1, K 1, M 0
Great Horned Owl 1, Co 1
Belted Kingfisher 10, C 0, Co 0, K 4, M 6 (HC - previous HC 9 in Count 98)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5, C 0, Co 3, K 2, M 0
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2, M 2
Downy Woodpecker 10, C 0, Co 3, K 4, M 3
Hairy Woodpecker 5, C 2, Co 0, K 2, M 1
Northern Flicker 7, C 2, Co 1, K 2. 2
Pileated Woodpecker 6, C 2, Co 1, K 3, M 0
Eastern Phoebe 7, C 1, Co 2, K 2, M 2
Blue Jay 77, C 13, Co 13, K 24, M 27
American Crow 1092, C 277, Co 521, K 165, M 129
Common Raven 4, C 0, Co 0, K 3, M 1
Carolina Chickadee 85, C 20, Co 22, K 21, M 22
Tufted Titmouse 44, C 8, Co 13, K 4, M 19
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1, C 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 20, C 2, Co 8, K 3, M 7
Brown Creeper 1, Co 1
Carolina Wren 58, C 7, Co 10, K 33, M 8
Winter Wren 6, C 2, Co 0, 4, M 0 (HC - previous HC 4 in Count 99)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 41, C 22, Co 6, K 6, M 7
Eastern Bluebird 62, C 15, Co 14, K 9, M 24
Hermit Thrush 3, C 0, Co 1, K 1, M 1
American Robin 4, C 0, Co 0, K 2, M 2
Northern Mockingbird 19, C 5, Co 1, K 6, M 7 (near HC - HC of 20 in Count
100)
European Starling 437, C 82, Co 177, K 85, M 93
American Pipit 25, C 25
Cedar Waxwing 24, C 24
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10, C 0, Co 1, K 5, M 4
Eastern Towhee 13, C 3, Co 0, K 10, M 0
Chipping Sparrow 8, M 8 (HC - previous HC 6 in Count 105)
Field Sparrow 5, C 0, Co 2, K 0, M 3
Savannah Sparrow 1, C 1
Song Sparrow 188, C 36, Co 52, K 32, M 68
Swamp Sparrow 9, C 0, Co 3, K 0, M 6
White-throated Sparrow 78, C 3, Co 24, K 27, M 24
White-crowned Sparrow 41 C 2, Co 0, K 19, M 20
Dark-eyed Junco 80, C 16, Co 7, K 6, M 51
Northern Cardinal 86, C 14, Co 24, K 16, M 42
Red-winged Blacbird 150, C 150 (HC - previous HC 77 in Count 100)
Eastern Meadowlark 3, C 2, Co 1 (LC)
Rusty Blackbird 25, Co 25
House Finch 19, C 0, Co 10, K 0, M 9
American Goldfinch 69 C 26, Co 10, K 12, M 21
House Sparrow 68, C 0, Co 42, K 15, M 11
Total species: 61
Total Birds Counted: 3526
Group Totals: C 37, Co 40, K 41, M 43
Notes: High winds kept the birds tight in the underbrush most of the day.
Afternoon sun and slight relief of wind helped to bring out birds a little
bit. The average for all the parties was 40.25, but there was enough
variety to bump the count species total to 61. Tough birding!
My personal thanks go out to all the birders and area leaders. It was a
brutal day to bird and we still came out with a descent count.
Rob Biller
Shady Valley_Mountain City Compiler
Elizabethton, TN
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