[TN-Bird] Cumberland County

  • From: John Cyrus <cyrus150@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 16:32:51 +0000

I did my hour stationary backyard count again this morning and then walked 
along Big Daddy's Creek and the bluffs nearby in Fairfield Glade.   The trail I 
follow is marked but is quickly becoming overgrown.   I attempted to follow it 
further, as I thought it would loop back to a point near where I started(a 
marked overlook).   It did not.  It broke out at a 4 way dirt track 
intersection.   I followed one of the dirt tracks that led along the bluff edge 
back the direction I came from, but it edged away from the bluff edge and hit a 
different gravel road(different from the one that led to the overlook).   From 
this point I doubled back, as I didn't want to get lost.  Now that it's May 
ebird has most birds listed normally for the county.  I didn't realize American 
Woodcock, Acadian Flycatcher, and Baltimore Oriole were unusual in Cumberland 
County as they are still coming up as rarities.   I am guessing Acadian 
Flycatcher do not normally arrive until later in May to the county.


Backyard count


Eastern Whip-poor-will 1 heard only (first heard calling 2 nights ago)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
Ovenbird 2
Hooded Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2 (male and female presumably a pair based on behavior)
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 6


Big Daddy's Creek count


Wood Duck 11
Turkey Vulture 1
American Woodcock 2
Eastern Whip-poor-will 1 heard only
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Acadian Flycatcher 3 (2 seen and heard, 3rd heard only)
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Gray Catbird 2
Ovenbird 6
Worm-eating Warbler 5 
Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Black and White Warbler 7
Hooded Warbler 14(if i had kept wandering along the dirt/gravel roads or the 
creek, there likely would have been many more than this)
Northern Parula 5
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1








                                          

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