[TN-Bird] Elizabethton Fall Count
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 11:54:08 -0400
The Elizabethton Fall Count was held on 28 Sep, covering Carter Co. &
parts of adjacent Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, & Washington Cos.
41 observers in 8 parties participated.
A total of 131 species were recorded, which is well above the 30-year
average of 124.
The only notable miss was Pied-billed Grebe, which was missed for
only the 2nd time on this count since 1970.
The species list, with occasional comments:
Canada Goose 1082 2nd highest number on this count
Wood Duck 21
Mallard 228
Blue-wg. Teal 24
N. Bobwhite 8 1st on this count since 2001, only 4th since 1993.
Ruffed Grouse 4
Wild Turkey 96
Com. Loon 3
Dbl-cr. Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 45
Great Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 5
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron 1
Black Vulture 50
Turkey Vulture 183
Osprey 16 most ever on this count
Bald Eagle 7 also most ever on this count
N. Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 35 of which 30 at Big Bald hawkwatch
Cooper's Hawk 7
Red-shld. Hawk 2
Broad-wg. Hawk 7
Red-tailed Hawk 30
Sora 3
Killdeer 73
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Wilson's Snipe 4
Rock Pigeon 297
Eur. Collared-Dove 4
Mourning Dove 331
E. Screech-Owl 18
Great Horned Owl 11
Barred Owl 8
N. Saw-whet Owl 1
Com. Nighthawk 5 low numbers over last 15 years
Chimney Swift 310
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 15
Belted Kingfisher 24
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 79 most ever on this count
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12
Downy Woodpecker 34
Hairy Woodpecker 14
N. Flicker 44
Pileated Woodpecker 24
Am. Kestrel 6
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
E. Wood-Pewee 15
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 1st ever on this count
Least Flycatcher 1 banded at Big Bald
Empidonax sp. 3
E. Phoebe 57
E. Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Yellow-thr. Vireo 5
Blue-hd. Vireo 37
Philadelphia Vireo 3 good number for East Tenn.
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 511
Am. Crow 384
Com. Raven 21
Tree Swallow 61
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 150
Tufted Titmouse 93
Red-br. Nuthatch 5
White-br. Nuthatch 44
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 157
House Wren 3
Winter Wren 2
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Golden-cr. Kinglet 5
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 17
E. Bluebird 201
Veery 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush 10
Swainson's Thrush 65
Wood Thrush 21
Am. Robin 671
Gray Catbird 37
N. Mockingbird 107
Brown Thrasher 10
Eur. Starling 1666
Am. Pipit 2 just 7th time on this count since 1970
Cedar Waxwing 304 most on count since 1992
Ovenbird 4
N. Waterthrush 2
Black-&-white Warbler 2
Tenn. Warbler 56
Com. Yellowthroat 12
Hooded Warbler 3
Am. Redstart 27
Cape May Warbler 4
N. Parula 5
Magnolia Warbler 17
Bay-br. Warbler 6
Blackburnian Warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sd. Warbler 10
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 12
Palm Warbler 40
Pine Warbler 9
Yellow-thr. Warbler 2
Black-thr. Green Warbler 18
Canada Warbler 2
E. Towhee 69
Chipping Sparrow 50
Field Sparrow 11
Vesper Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparow 147
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 34
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 19
N. Cardinal 140
Rose-br. Grosbeak 54
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 18
Bobolink 31
Red-wg. Blackbird 148
E. Meadowlark 36
Com. Grackle 40
Brown-hd. Cowbird 6
House Finch 30
Pine Siskin 4
Am. Goldfinch 183
House Sparrow 82
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131 species + Empidonax sp.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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