[TN-Bird] Elizabethton Fall Bird Count
- From: "Rick Knight" <RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:41:28 -0400
The Elizabethton Fall Bird Count was held on 27 Sep. by members & friends of
the Lee and Lois Herndon Chapter of TOS. The coverage area consisted of Carter
County and parts of adjacent Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi & Washington counties.
21 observers in 6 parties spent 69 party-hours in the field, plus 4.5 hours
owling. The weather was good until a cold front passed through in the late
afternoon. Temperatures were 52-80 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy until
the front arrived, then light rain began, with clouds persisting until dusk.
Winds were westerly at 5-15 mph, but gusty with the frontal passage.
132 species were found (plus Empidonax sp.). This compares to an average of
123 species over the last 20 years. The all-time high on this count was 137
species in 1993. A total of 6710 individuals were counted.
Highlights include (in taxonomic order): Horned Grebe - 2 (record early),
Eared Grebe - 3 (at their now-regular site on South Holston Lake), both
night-herons, Bald Eagle - 1, Peregrine Falcon - 1, Virginia Rail - 1, Sora -
2, six species of shorebirds (besides Killdeer), LAUGHING GULL - 9 (at South
Holston Lake, about 14th record & largest number in 5-county area of Northeast
Tenn.), Barn Owl - 2 (at regular site at the V.A. in Johnson City), Com.
Nighthawk - 6, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1, Acadian Flycatcher - 1,
Philadelphia Vireo - 1, Com. Raven - 13 (by 4 parties), Marsh Wren - 2 (in
Shady Valley), 22 species of warblers (including a Golden-winged, 2 Nashville,
102 Tenn., a Yellow, & 3 Canada), Swamp Sparrow - 1, Blue Grosbeak - 13,
Bobolink - 1, Red Crossbill - 2, Pine Siskin - 2.
Participants were: Fred Alsop, Rob Biller, Wallace Coffey, Rack Cross, Tess
Cumbie, Gilbert Derouen, Glen Eller, Don Holt, Rick Knight (compiler), H.P.
Langridge, Tom Laughlin, Larry McDaniel, Tom McNeil, Charles Moore, Dexter &
Linda Newman, Mike Poe, Bryan Stevens, Allan Trently, Gary Wallace, and Frank
Ward.
The full list will appear in the chapter newsletter (The Kestrel) & a future
compilation of fall counts in THE MIGRANT.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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