*Glade Spring CBC Report-December 27, 2019*
The Glade Spring CBC was held on Thursday, December 27, 2019. The
weather, like last year, was relatively cold early in the morning but
milder in the afternoon with mostly cloudy skies and calm conditions.
The low was 33 degrees Fahrenheit and the high was 57 degrees.
Twenty eightvolunteers counted *75 species and 7,909 individuals
birds.*There were no new species found. Record high counts were tied for
Robins, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, and Common Mergansers (seen for the
4^th time in a row). And for the 5^th time, Virginia Rails were observed
at the Saltville ponds. The count for the Dark-eyed Junco(26)tied a
record low.Notable finds include Bald Eagle (4), Loggerhead Shrike (2),
Brown Creeper (2), House Wren (3), Winter Wren (3),Hermit Thrush (2),
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3), Brown Thrasher (1), Palm Warbler(1), Virginia
Rail (4), Eurasian-Collard Dove (5) Red-headed Woodpecker (2), Barred
Owl (1), and Yellow-rumped Warbler(21).
_*S**pecies*_
Canada Goose: 292
Wood Duck: 6
Gadwall: 39
Am. Wigeon: 3
Am. Black Duck: 4
Mallard Duck: 149
Hood Merganser: 11
Common Merganser: 13
Wild Turkey: 71
Pied-billed Grebe: 1
Great-blue Heron: 32
Black Vulture: 212
Turkey Vulture: 90
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 2
Cooper’s Hawk: 4
Am. Bald Eagle: 4
Red-tailed Hawk: 30
Virginia Rail: 4
Am. Coot: 9
Killdeer: 28
Wilson’s Snipe: 3
Rock Pigeon: 417
Eurasian-collard Dove: 5
Mourning Dove: 862
Eastern Screech Owl: 3
Great-horned Owl: 2
Barred Owl: 1
Belted Kingfisher: 19
Red-headed Woodpecker: 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 58
Yellow-bellied SS: 6
Downy Woodpecker: 38
Hairy Woodpecker: 6
Northern Flicker (Yellow Shafted): 26
Pileated Woodpecker: 16
American Kestrel: 32
Eastern Phoebe: 10
Loggerhead Shrike: 2
Blue Jay: 283
Am. Crow: 219
Common Raven: 3
Horned Lark: 38
Carolina Chickadee: 89
Tufted Titmouse: 78
White-breasted NH: 22
Brown Creeper: 2
House Wren: 3
Winter Wren: 3
Carolina Wren: 92
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 24
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 3
Eastern Bluebird: 136
Hermit Thrush: 2
Am. Robin: 341
Brown Thrasher: 1
Northern Mockingbird: 94
European Starling: 2983
Cedar Waxwing: 174
Palm Warbler: 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 21
Chipping Sparrow: 19
Field Sparrow: 45
Dark-eyed Junco: 26
White-crowned Sparrow: 63
White-throated Sparrow: 27
Am. Song Sparrow: 158
Swamp Sparrow: 3
Eastern Towhee: 33
N. Cardinal: 115
Red-winged Black Bird: 1
Eastern Meadowlark: 11
Cowbird: 14
House Finch: 113
Am. Goldfinch: 93
House Sparrow: 119
*Thanks to those who took part this year:* Mike Hagy, Stephen Jett,
Denise Hall, Kathy Shearer, Cathy Denham, Scott Denham, Beatrice Denham,
Evelyn Denham, Daniel Antoszyk, Sam Evans, Jill Harrington Scott, Ron
and Joan Harrington, Steven Hopp, Marty Huber, Jo Ann Detta, John
Brenner, Judy Moose, Michael Sanders, Jane Thornhill, Cary Cooper, Bill
Charles, Betty Edmondson, Adrianna Nelson, Ed Morgan, Peter Morgan, Rob
Morgan, and Owen Morgan.
And a special thanks goes out to Patty and John Brenner who hosted our
compilation dinner meeting on Saturday night, December 28.
Ron Harrington, Compiler/Count Coordinator
