[Bristol-Birds] Elizabethton Fall Count
- From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:52:00 -0400
Elizabethton Fall Count -- this traditional count
was held on Sat., 24 Sep.
32 observers in 8 groups covered Carter County and parts of adjacent
Johnson, Sullivan, Washington, & Unicoi counties.
This year 119 species were found. The average number for the last ten
years is 121 species & the all-time high is 137 found in 1993.
Highlights: Gadwall (early), Eared Grebe - 3, Great Egret - 3, also 3
of each night-heron, Bald Eagle - 1, Merlin - 2, Peregrine Falcon - 4,
N. Saw-whet Owl - 1, Red-headed Woodpecker - 3, Great Crested Flycatcher
(late), Loggerhead Shrike - 1, Philadelphia Vireo - 2, twenty-one
species of warblers (including Blue-winged, Blackpoll, Kentucky, & Y-b
Chat), Bobolink - 1.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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