[Bristol-Birds] Carter Co. Summer Bird Count
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:58:34 -0400
On 7 June 2008 the Herndon Chapter of TOS held its 15th annual Carter Co.
Summer Bird Count.
21 observers in 8-9 parties spent 61 party hours & 3 nocturnal hours in the
field.
The weather was clear, with temperatures of 68-94.
116 species, plus 1 hybrid & 1 color morph were found this year.
The average number of species has been 111, with a range of 105 - 117 over the
previous 14 years (1992 - 2007, but missed in 2 years).
Observers: Fred & JoAnn Alsop, Jim & Darla Anderson, Gil Derouen, Dianne
Draper,
Don Holt, Reece Jamerson, Rick Knight (compiler), Roy Knispel, Larry McDaniel,
Joe McGuiness, Scotty Myers, Kathy & Eric Noblet, Brookie Potter, Bryan Stevens,
Kim Stroud, David Thometz, Lisa Tyler, Mary Anna Wheat.
Canada Goose 180
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 79
Wild Turkey 7
N. Bobwhite 4
Com. Loon 3 (winter plumage, on Watauga Lake)
Pied-billed Grebe 4 (including 1 adult with 2 young)
Great Blue Heron 6
GREAT WHITE HERON 1 (Watauga River near Elizabethton; 6th record in NE
Tenn.)
Green Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 44
Osprey 1 (3rd record on this count)
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 8
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Am. Kestrel 4
Killdeer 18
Rock Pigeon 43
Mourning Dove 167
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
E. Screech-Owl 5
Great Horned Owl 1
Barred Owl 6
Com. Nighthawk 1
Chuck-will's-widow 8
Whip-poor-will 21
Chimney Swift 71
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 15
Belted Kingfisher 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 28
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 14
Hairy Woodpecker 4
N. Flicker 20
Pileated Woodpecker 19
E. Wood-Pewee 16
Acadian Flycatcher 30
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 5
Least Flycatcher 10
E. Phoebe 45
Great Crested Flycatcher 10
E. Kingbird 10
White-eyed Vireo 6
Yellow-thr. Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 38
Red-eyed Vireo 105
Blue Jay 57
Am. Crow 142
Com. Raven 2
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 74
N. Rough-wg. Swallow 35
Cliff Swallow 65
Barn Swallow 111
Carolina Chickadee 45
Tufted Titmouse 55
Red-br. Nuthatch 8
White-br. Nuthatch 13
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 54
House Wren 13
Golden-cr. Kinglet 2
Blue-gr. Gnatcatcher 9
E. Bluebird 41
Veery 22
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 87
Am. Robin 292
Gray Catbird 25
N. Mockingbird 86
Brown Thrasher 18
Eur. Starling 530
Cedar Waxwing 86
Golden-wg. Warbler 1
Brewster's Warbler 1
N. Parula 8
Yellow Warbler 11
Chestnut-sd. Warbler 32
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 44
Black-thr. Green Warbler 28
Blackburnian Warbler 5
Yellow-thr. Warbler 14
Pine Warbler 2
Black-&-white Warbler 33
Am. Redstart 1
Worm-eating Warbler 7
Swainson's Warbler 1
Ovenbird 72
La. Waterthrush 7
Com. Yellowthroat 15
Hooded Warbler 103
Canada Warbler 19
Yellow-br. Chat 12
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 39
E. Towhee 78
Chipping Sparrow 83
Field Sparrow 45
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 201
Dark-eyed Junco 48
N. Cardinal 158
Rose-br. Grosbeak 9
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 142
Red-wg. Blackbird 53
E. Meadowlark 27
Com. Grackle 149
Brown-hd. Cowbird 50
Orchard Oriole 9
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 42
Pine Siskin 8
Am. Goldfinch 127
House Sparrow 36
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Notable misses: Ruffed Grouse, Yellow-cr. Night-Heron, Winter Wren, & Kentucky
Warbler.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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