Glade Spring CBC Report-December 27, 2018
The Glade Spring CBC was held on Wednesday, December 27, 2018. The
weather was relatively mild with partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies.
The morning low was 31 degrees, and the high was 48. A slight morning
breeze changed to a light-to-moderate (10-15 mph out of the SE) wind in
the afternoon as a front starting moving in the area.
Twenty-three participants counted *63 species and 6,696 individual
birds*(compared to last year's 71 species and 6,891 individual birds).
One new species, *Common Loon*, was found on a private pond just off Old
Saltworks Road (Route 745) near the intersection with Route 80.
*Six*C*ommon Mergansers, *a new count circle high, were found on the
North Fork, Holston River. (One was found in that same river last year
for the first time). Other highlights include *48 Red-tailed Hawks-*a
new high count*, **10 Hairy Woodpeckers-*tying the record high, and *3
Palm Warblers, *another a new high count. Also had a high count for
*Wood Ducks(7). *Other notable finds include *Swamp Sparrow, Brown
Creeper, Brown Thrasher, Loggerhead Shrike, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush,
E. Collard-dove, and Common Grackle. *
**
Canada Goose: 395
*Wood Duck: * 7
Gadwall: 4
American Wigeon: 2
Mallard Duck: 247
Hooded Merganser: 13
*Common Merganser: * 6
Wild Turkey: 90
*Common Loon: 1*
Great-blue Heron: 19
Black Vulture: 188
Turkey Vulture: 140
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 3
Cooper's Hawk: 5
Bald Eagle: 6
*Red-tailed Hawk:* 48
American Coot: 16
Rock Pigeon: 646
*E. Collared-dove: * 4
Mourning Dove: 715
E. Screech Owl: 5
Great-horned Owl: /Located during count week (Not included in species
total for count date)
/
Belted Kingfisher: 10
Red-bellied WP: 39
Yellow-bellied SS: 1
Downy WP: 33
*Hairy WP: * 10
Northern (yellow-shafted) Flicker: 31
Pileated WP: 13
Am. Kestrel: 45
Eastern Phoebe: 14
*Loggerhead Shrike: * 4
Blue Jay: 122
American Crow: 315
Common Raven: 8
Carolina Chickadee: 88
Tufted Titmouse: 64
White-breasted Nuthatch: 48
*Brown Creeper: * 7
*Winter Wren: * 5
Carolina Wren: 75
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 25
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
Eastern Bluebird: 102
*Hermit thrush: * 3
Am. Robin: 9
*Brown Thrasher:* 1
N. Mockingbird: 65
E. Starling: 2226
*Palm Warbler: * 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 1
Field Sparrow: 14
*Fox Sparrow: *1
Dark-eyed Junco: 53
White-crowned Sparrow: 113
White-throated Sparrow: 100
Am. song Sparrow: 154
*Swamp Sparrow: * 2
Eastern Towhee: 6
N. Cardinal: 130
*Common Grackle: * 3
House Finch: 19
Am. Goldfinch: 166
House Sparrow: 27
