[TN-Bird] Elizabethton Spring Bird Count
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 16:36:15 -0400
The 65th consecutive Elizabethton Spring Bird Count was held on Saturday 26
April 2008
(but not compiled until 6 May). 30 members of the Herndon Chapter of TOS split
into 7-8
parties and spent 83 party hours plus 8 nocturnal hours counting birds.
The coverage area included Carter County and parts of adjacent Johnson,
Sullivan, Unicoi,
& Washington Counties.
Observers tallied 9801 birds of 151 species. This is above the recent 30-year
average of
144.6 species. The all-time high for this count is 161 species found in 2005.
Over the long
run of this count 239 species have occurred.
Notable sightings:
N. Shoveler - 2
Lesser Scaup - 18
Bufflehead - 12
Red-br. Merganser - 5
Ruffed Grouse - 2
Com. Loon - 7
Am. Bittern - 1
Great Egret - 1
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron - 5
Osprey - 16
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 (scarce in NE Tenn.)
Virginia Rail - 1
Western Sandpiper - 1
Am. Woodcock - 1
Eur. Collared-Dove - 1
N. Saw-whet Owl - 2
Red-headed. Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Loggerhead Shrike - 1
Warbling Vireo - 5
Com. Raven - 9
Brown Creeper - 6
Hermit Thrush - 1
Am. Pipit - 40
warblers - 26 species, including Golden-winged - 2 and Swainson's - 3;
good numbers of breeding warblers were found, such as Black-thr. Blue - 118,
Black-thr. Green - 149, Ovenbird - 169, & Hooded - 188.
Grasshopper Sparrow - 2
Pine Siskin - 32
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As always, a few species were missed. This year the species missed included:
N. Bobwhite (none since 2003)
Barn Owl
Com. Nighthawk
Swainson's Thrush
several warblers - Blue-wg., Tenn., Cape May, Cerulean (none since 2002), &
Prothonotary.
Summer Tanager
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Rick Knight -- non-participating compiler (I went to the TOS meeting in
Memphis.)
Johnson City, TN
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