Name: Cades Cove CBC , GSMNP Count Date: 2004-12-26 Compiler: Susan Hoyle Number of Party Hours: 39.5 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Species reported on count date: 68 Weather: Clear in the morning and cold, depending on elevation between 15-20 deg. F; partly cloudy in the afternoon with temperatures ranging from the high 30s to low 40s Participants: 8 participants in 6 parties Walking: 31 hours; 31 miles Driving: 8.5 hours; 99 miles Owling: 2 hours; 8.5 miles Participants: Bales, Lyn Trently, David Armstrong, Mark Howe, Tom Johnson, Kris Muise, Charlie Ford, Patty Hoyle, Susan New species added to count: Ruddy Duck, Ring-billed Gull Uncommon species: Wilson?s Snipe, American Pipit, Red-headed Woodpecker, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler Missed species: Pied-billed Grebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler, House Finch, Pine Siskin, Savannah Sparrow Canada Goose 53 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 43 Ring-necked Duck 16 Bufflehead 15 Ruddy Duck 1 Ruffed Grouse 5 Wild Turkey 18 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 4 Black Vulture 18 Turkey Vulture 29 Northern Harrier 1 Accipiter sp. 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 Red-tailed Hawk 3 American Kestrel 1 American Coot 2 Killdeer 11 Wilson's Snipe 2 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 102 Eastern Screech-Owl 3 Belted Kingfisher 6 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 14 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9 Downy Woodpecker 23 Hairy Woodpecker 11 Northern Flicker 7 Pileated Woodpecker 24 Eastern Phoebe 11 Blue Jay 26 American Crow 87 Common Raven 4 Carolina Chickadee 94 chickadee sp. 2 Tufted Titmouse 68 Red-breasted Nuthatch 9 White-breasted Nuthatch 39 Brown Creeper 2 Carolina Wren 37 Winter Wren 13 Golden-crowned Kinglet 57 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 Eastern Bluebird 35 Hermit Thrush 14 American Robin 37 Northern Mockingbird 5 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 78 American Pipit 1 Cedar Waxwing 3 Pine Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow 5 Song Sparrow 74 Swamp Sparrow 14 White-throated Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco 206 Northern Cardinal 24 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 15 Purple Finch 1 Red Crossbill 1 American Goldfinch 38 House Sparrow 1 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS COUNTED 1456 TOTAL SPECIES REPORTED 68 Thanks to everybody who participated! Susan Hoyle Knoxville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================