Count Summary: Count Year: 111 Count Name: Shady Valley / Mountain City Count Date: Jan 1, 2011 Compiler: Robert Biller Organizations and Sponsors: Bristol Bird Club Count Code: TNSV Number of Party Hours: 31.5 Species Reported: 59 Start Time: 6:30am End Time: 4:30pm In Field: Observers: 16 Ronald Carrico, Rob Biller, Joe McGuinness, Kim Stroud, Wallace Coffey, Carolyn Coffey, Michele Sparks, Chris O'Bryan, Andy Jones, Michelle Leighty, Tom McNeil, Hannah Bitner, Dianne Draper, Don Holt, Roy Knipsel, and Rick Knight Total Number of Parties: 4 At Feeders: 0 By Foot: 12.5hrs, 7.0 Miles By Car: 19.0hrs, 216.00 Miles Other Transportation: N/A Nocturnal Birding: 1.25hrs, 10.0 Miles Total Party: 31.5hrs, 223.00 Miles Weather: Temperature: Min 48F, Max 54F Wind Direction: East Wind Velocity: Min 5mph, Max 20mph Snow Depth: Min 1", Max 5" Still Water: Frozen Moving Water: Open Cloud Cover: Cloudy AM, Cloudy PM AM Rain : None AM Snow: None PM Rain: Moderate to Light PM Snow: None Special Aspects for Count Circle: While the temperatures were slightly above normal for the high elevation valley, the heavy rain that arrived during lunch combined with the light rain that afternoon and the snow that was already on the ground, lowered most numbers of species by half. Although some species weren't affected by the snow/rain. Blue Jay, Wild Turkey, and White-throated Sparrow had good showing with high count numbers. Also House Finch and Eastern Towhee were found in almost high count numbers. Hairy Woodpecker has a poor showing with only one individual found. Species: HC = High Count LC = Low Count US = Unusual Species Canada Goose 48 - 14th year on count Mallard 75 - 14 year on Count Northern Pintail 1 US - 2nd year on count Wild Turkey 159 HC - 13 year on Count (previous high was 85) Great Blue Heron - 6 - 13th year on count Black Vulture - 34 - 10th year on count Turkey Vulture - 14 - 13th year on count Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 - 10th year on count Cooper's Hawk - 5 - 14th year on count Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 - 13th year on count Red-tailed Hawk - 11 - 14th year on count American Kestrel - 8 - 14th year on count Wilson's Snipe - 1 - 7th year on count Rock Pigeon - 31 - 8th year on count Mourning Dove - 82 - 14th year on count Eastern Screech-Owl - 3 - 14th year on count Great Horned Owl - 2 - 9th year on count Barred Owl - 1 - 5th year on count Belted Kingfisher - 2 - 14th year on count Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 - 14th year on count Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 - 12th year on count Downy Woodpecker - 14 - 14th year on count Hairy Woodpecker - 1 LC - 13th year on count Northern Flicker - 9 - 14th year on count Pileated Woodpecker - 2 - 14th year on count Eastern Phoebe - 2 - 13th year on count Blue Jay - 154 HC - 14th year on count (previous high 95) American Crow - 758 - 14th year on count Common Raven - 4 - 14th year on count Carolina Chickadee - 79 - 14th year on count Tufted Titmouse - 59 - 14th year on count White-breasted Nuthatch - 21 - 14th year on count Brown Creeper - 2 - 13th year on count Carolina Wren - 29 - 14th year on count Winter Wren - 1 - at least 5th year on count (I found an error in the records with this species) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 20 - 14th year on count Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 - 10th year on count Eastern Bluebird - 86 - 14th year on count Hermit Thrush - 2 - 14th year on count American Robin - 44 - 14th year on count Northern Mockingbird - 25 - 14th year on count European Starling - 713 - 14th year on count Cedar Waxwing - 152 - 12th year on count Yellow-rumped Warbler - 21 - 12th year on count Eastern Towhee - 14 - 13th year on count Field Sparrow - 10 - 14th year on count Song Sparrow - 132 - 14th year on count Swamp Sparrow - 29 - 14th year on count White-throated Sparrow - 109 HC - 14th year on count White-crowned Sparrow - 18 - 14th year on count Dark-eyed Junco - 45 - 13th year on count Northern Cardinal - 72 - 14th year on count Red-winged Blackbird - 4 - 12th year on count Rusty Blackbird - 26 - 6th year on count Purple Finch - 1 - 5th year on count House Finch - 97 - 14th year on count Pine Siskin - 1 6th year on count American Goldfinch - 95 - 14th year on count House Sparrow - 15 - 14th year on count Total Individual Species : 3361 Total Reported Species: 59 Species Missed include: Wood Duck, Ruffed Grouse, Killdeer, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Fox Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark Species List By Party: Wallace Coffey's Party - Shady Valley (West) Ron Carrico's Party - Shady Valley (East) Rick Knight's Party - Mountain CIty (West) Tom McNeil's Party - Mountain City (East) Species Coffey Carrico Knight McNeil Canada Goose 25 5 18 0 Mallard 0 29 5 41 Northern Pintail 0 1 0 0 Wild Turkey 75 29 49 0 Great Blue Heron 1 1 3 1 Black Vulture 0 0 18 16 Turkey Vulture 0 2 2 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 1 Cooper's Hawk 0 1 1 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 1 2 4 4 American Kestrel 0 2 1 5 Wilson's Snipe 0 1 0 0 Rock Pigeon 0 1 8 22 Mourning Dove 2 7 28 45 Great Horned Owl 0 2 0 0 Eastern Screech-Owl 0 3 0 0 Barred Owl 0 1 0 0 Belted Kingfisher 0 0 2 0 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 3 1 0 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 0 1 0 Downy Woodpecker 6 6 1 1 Hairy Woodpecker 0 0 0 1 Northern Flicker 3 4 1 1 Pileated Woodpecker 0 0 2 0 Eastern Phoebe 0 0 1 1 Blue Jay 9 78 42 25 American Crow 112 215 300 131 Common Raven 0 2 0 2 Carolina Chickadee 20 19 12 28 Tufted Titmouse 10 10 5 34 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 6 6 4 Brown Creeper 1 0 0 1 Carolina Wren 6 8 8 7 Winter Wren 0 1 0 0 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 7 4 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 1 0 0 Eastern Bluebird 10 31 12 33 Hermit Thrush 2 0 0 0 American Robin 36 2 5 1 Northern Mockingbird 7 8 8 2 European Starling 105 118 220 270 Cedar Waxwing 145 7 0 0 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 0 5 15 Eastern Towhee 4 1 7 2 Field Sparrow 0 0 10 0 Song Sparrow 16 48 33 35 Swamp Sparrow 0 25 0 4 White-throated Sparrow 14 19 40 36 Dark-eyed Junco 4 21 17 3 Northern Cardinal 0 27 10 21 Red-winged Blackbird 0 4 0 0 Rusty Blackbird 0 0 0 26 Purple Finch 0 0 0 1 House Finch 6 0 36 55 Pine Siskin 1 0 0 0 American Goldfinch 50 34 1 10 House Sparrow 3 6 5 1 Total Species: 34 44 40 42 Total Indviduals: 687 817 934 908 Rob Biller Shady Valley / Mountain City CBC Compiler Elizabethton, TN <#> <#> <#> <#> =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. 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