The 75th consecutive Elizabethton Spring Bird Count was held on 5 May 2018
with 60 observers (the most ever) in 11-15 parties.
The area covered Carter Co and parts of adjacent Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, &
Washington Cos.
We tallied 152 species, slightly better than the average of 149 over the last
30 years.
The most ever was 166 species in 2016.
Notable misses this year were: N. Bobwhite, Sharp-shinned Hawk, & Kentucky
Warbler.
The list:
Canada Goose 648
Wood Duck 70
Mallard 176
N. Shoveler 1
Gr. Scaup 1
Bufflehead 1
Red-br. Merganser 4
Ruffed Grouse 4
Wild Turkey 45
Com. Loon 5
Double-cr. Cormorant 144
Great Blue Heron 123
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 29
Black-cr. Night-Heron 2
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron 8
Black Vulture 121
Turkey Vulture 167
Osprey 12
Bald Eagle 8
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 8
Red-tailed Hawk 27
Killdeer 41
Spotted Sandpiper 37
Solitary Sandpiper 35
Gr. Yellowlegs 2
Lsr. Yellowlegs 8
Least Sandpiper 10
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 217
Eur. Collared-Dove 10
Mourning Dove 251
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 17
Black-billed Cuckoo 3
E. Screech-Owl 8
Great Horned Owl 2
Barred Owl 8
Com. Nighthawk 5
Chuck-will's-widow 7
E. Whip-poor-will 43
Chimney Swift 185
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 51
Belted Kingfisher 15
Red-headed Woodpecker 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 129
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 55
Hairy Woodpecker 6
N. Flicker 44
Pileated Woodpecker 59
Am. Kestrel 19
E. Wood-Pewee 43
Acadian Flycatcher 32
Least Flycatcher 2
E. Phoebe 82
Gr. Crested Flycatcher 31
E. Kingbird 123
Loggerhead Shrike 1
White-eyed Vireo 21
Yellow-thr. Vireo 10
Blue-headed Vireo 86
Warbling Vireo 17
Red-eyed Vireo 280
Blue Jay 231
Am. Crow 377
Fish Crow 2
Com. Raven 22
Purple Martin 82
Tree Swallow 206
N. Rough-wg. Swallow 131
Barn Swallow 226
Cliff Swallow 864
Carolina Chickadee 197
Tufted Titmouse 213
Red-br. Nuthatch 11
White-br. Nuthatch 44
Brown Creeper 3
House Wren 53
Winter Wren 7
Carolina Wren 225
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 110
Golden-cr. Kinglet 5
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 2
E. Bluebird 181
Veery 15
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 109
Am. Robin 844
Gray Catbird 77
Brown Thrasher 72
N. Mockingbird 138
Eur. Straling 921
Cedar Waxwing 144
Ovenbird 170
Worm-eating Warbler 42
Louisiana Waterthrush 37
Northern Waterthrush 3
Golden-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 118
Swainson's Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 1
Com. Yellowthroat 23
Hooded Warbler 192
Am. Redstart 12
Cape May Warbler 4
N. Parula 44
Magnolia Warbler 7
Blackburnian Warbler 11
Yellow Warbler 34
Chestnut-sided Warbler 18
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 71
Palm Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 13
Yellow-rumped Warbler 53
Yellow-throated Warbler 43
Prairie Warbler 14
Black-thr. Green Warbler 97
Canada Warbler 34
E. Towhee 250
Chipping Sparrow 137
Field Sparrow 74
Savannah Sparrow 2
Grasshopper Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 322
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 10
White-crowned Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco 74
Summer Tanager 3
Scarlet Tanager 97
N. Cardinal 376
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 37
Blue Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 148
Dickcissel 2
Yellow-br. Chat 10
Bobolink 16
Red-wg. Blackbird 546
E. Meadowlark 144
Com. Grackle 474
Brown-hd. Cowbird 144
Orchard Oriole 28
Baltimore Oriole 35
House Finch 96
Pine Siskin 79
Am. Goldfinch 382
House Sparrow 47
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152 species
Thanks to all participants for a successful 75th anniversary count.
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Rick Knight -- compiler
Johnson City, TN
