[tn-bird] Knox Co spring count results
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lyn Bales <lbales@xxxxxxxxx>,Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers <dollyron@xxxxxxx>,Chris Welsh <cwelsh@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 20:43:47 -0400 (EDT)
The Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society held
their annual spring count on Sunday, 28 April 2002. Twenty-five
observers in 15-17 parties endured scattered showers and winds up
to 25mph in the morning. A few brave(?) souls ventured out in the
evening, dodging severe thunderstorms with golfball-sized hail and
tornado warnings (NOTE: this is not something the compiler
recommends).
We found 5192 individuals of 127 species plus 3 more during count
week. We seem to be stuck on 127 as that has been the total for
three consecutive years now. Including count-week birds, this is
the lowest species total in the past 6 years. During that time, we
have found 162 species plus 3 others found only during count week.
Highlights included a Least Flycatcher indentified by voice by Chris
Welsh, Northern Harrier, 30 species of warbler (plus two more during
count week) and Warbling Vireo.
Big misses included Great Horned Owl, Common Nighthawk, Bank Swallow,
and Grasshopper Sparrow.
A full report follows.
Dean Edwards (compiler)
Knoxville,TN
kde@xxxxxxx
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2002 Knox County Spring Count
Knox County, TN
28 April 2002
Weather: AM: windy with scattered showers
PM: scattered severe thunderstorms with hail and tornado
warnings
Temperature: Low: 63F, High: 84F
Wind: WSW, up to 25mph sustained
Observers: 25 (see below for list)
Parties: 15-17
Total individuals: 5192
Total species: 127 (+3 during count week)
Party hours:
by foot: 42.00 hrs
by car: 11.75 hrs
owling: 1.50 hrs
feeders: 6.50 hrs
TOTAL: 61.75 hrs
Party miles:
by foot: 37.5 miles
by car: 119.5 miles
owling: 2.0 miles
TOTAL: 159.0 miles
Hours covered: 00:00-00:30, 06:15-20:20
Species:
62 Double-crested Cormorant
5 Pied-billed Grebe
95 Great Blue Heron
5 Green Heron
17 Black-crowned Night-Heron
15 Black Vulture
62 Turkey Vulture
100 Canada Goose
29 Wood Duck
23 Mallard
2 Gadwall
7 Osprey
1 Northern Harrier
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk
2 Accipiter sp.
4 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Broad-winged Hawk
10 Red-tailed Hawk
6 American Kestrel
6 Northern Bobwhite
8 Wild Turkey
18 Killdeer
2 Solitary Sandpiper
10 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Least Sandpiper
58 Rock Dove
205 Mourning Dove
3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2 Eastern Screech-Owl
1 Barred Owl
1 Chuck-Will's-widow
100 Chimney Swift
5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
6 Belted Kingfisher
39 Red-bellied Woodpecker
13 Downy Woodpecker
5 Hairy Woodpecker
12 ``Yellow-shafted'' Northern Flicker
4 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Least Flycatcher
13 Eastern Phoebe
11 Great Crested Flycatcher
37 Eastern Kingbird
21 White-eyed Vireo
2 Yellow-throated Vireo
2 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Warbling Vireo
62 Red-eyed Vireo
120 Blue Jay
166 American Crow
9 Purple Martin
16 Tree Swallow
50 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
10 Cliff Swallow
51 Barn Swallow
99 Carolina Chickadee
72 Tufted Titmouse
-CW- Red-breasted Nuthatch
4 White-breasted Nuthatch
111 Carolina Wren
7 House Wren
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
37 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
69 Eastern Bluebird
3 Veery
6 Swainson's Thrush
1 Hermit Thrush
41 Wood Thrush
274 American Robin
19 Gray Catbird
83 Northern Mockingbird
40 Brown Thrasher
569 European Starling
249 Cedar Waxwing
5 Blue-winged Warbler
11 Tennessee Warbler
2 Orange-crowned Warbler
3 Nashville Warbler
2 Northern Parula
5 Yellow Warbler
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Magnolia Warbler
-CW- Cape May Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
87 ``Myrtle'' Yellow-rumped Warbler
15 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Yellow-throated Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
9 Prairie Warbler
24 Palm Warbler
3 Bay-breasted Warbler
2 Blackpoll Warbler
-CW- Cerulean Warbler
9 Black-and-white Warbler
2 American Redstart
3 Prothonotary Warbler
9 Worm-eating Warbler
14 Ovenbird
3 Northern Waterthrush
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
2 Kentucky Warbler
56 Common Yellowthroat
21 Hooded Warbler
3 Canada Warbler
23 Yellow-breasted Chat
2 Summer Tanager
34 Scarlet Tanager
67 Eastern Towhee
8 Chipping Sparrow
47 Field Sparrow
5 Savannah Sparrow
117 Song Sparrow
10 Swamp Sparrow
156 White-throated Sparrow
3 White-crowned Sparrow
246 Northern Cardinal
9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
13 Blue Grosbeak
115 Indigo Bunting
16 Bobolink
259 Red-winged Blackbird
55 Eastern Meadowlark
232 Common Grackle
68 Brown-headed Cowbird
30 Orchard Oriole
2 Baltimore Oriole
38 House Finch
106 American Goldfinch
21 House Sparrow
Observers:
Jane Beintema,
Frank Bills,
Sharon Bostick,
Howard Chitwood,
Meredith Clebsch,
Marcia Davis,
Dean Edwards (compiler, 1615 Meadow Chase Lane, Knoxville TN 37931),
Carole Gobert,
Tony Headrick,
Ron Hoff,
Susan Hoyle,
Wes James,
Kristine Johnson,
Dollyann Myers,
Dan Mooney,
Laurie Mooney,
Chuck Nicholson,
Holly Overton,
Truett Patterson,
Martha Rudolph,
Elizabeth Schilling,
Boyd Sharp,
David Trently,
Chris Welsh,
Elizabeth Mei Wong
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