[TN-Bird] Knoxville CBC results - long
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- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:31:49 -0500 (EST)
The Knoxville CBC was held on Saturday, 2 January 2010 in cold
temperatures which never got above freezing. Despite the weather,
we had 44 observers in 23 parties (includes 3 feederwatchers in
2 parties) and found 92 species plus 2 during count-week. The
total is down from the last couple of years when we broke 100
but is about average over the last 10 years. We got most of the
expected species but did not find any rarities. The number of
participants is a record high for this count. Thanks to all
that participated!
The rarest species found was likely a pair of Common Goldeneye.
Several parties reported Bald Eagles. Taking into consideration
reports from contiguous territories, I went with a total of 5
eagles (4 adult, 1 immature) which is a new record high.
Brown-headed Nuthatches were found in good numbers for the 8th
consecutive year since they were first found on this count in
2003.
A number of common species were found in record numbers (as might
be expected given the number of participants) including:
Canada Goose,
Mallard,
N Pintail (tie),
Great Egret (tie),
Black Vulture,
Bald Eagle,
Barred Owl,
Red-bellied Woodpecker,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (73! which smashes the previous record of 51),
E Phoebe,
Tufted Titmouse,
Hermit Thrush (49 with 31 of those at Haw Ridge Park by Ed LeGrand),
and
Pine Warbler.
Fox Sparrows were found in good number (11), one short of the high
count.
American Woodcock was found for the 3rd consecutive year.
Blackbirds have become quite rare on this count so it was nice to
get a few Red-winged Blackbirds and even Brown-headed Cowbirds but
no Rusty Blackbirds (only 4 times in last 10 years) and Common Grackle
was limited to a single bird during count week (record for this species
is 100,000).
Loggerhead Shrike and Northern Bobwhite continue their decline and
neither were found this year. Bobwhite has only been found 5 times
in the last 20 years and twice in the last 10 years. There is one
known shrike territory in the circle but we missed it this year
despite the efforts of 3 parties specifically searching for it.
We also had no hummingbirds on the count for only the 5th time since
the first hummer (an Allen's) was counted 14 years ago.
Fish Crows were missed after 3 consecutive years on the count.
Few of the irruptive winter species were found with 1 Red-breasted
Nuthatch and 2 Purple Finches. No Pine Siskins were reported after
last year's invasion.
Other notable misses include: Common Loon, Northern Harrier, and
Red-headed Woodpecker.
Full results follow.
Dean Edwards
compiler, Knoxville Christmas Bird Count
Knoxville, TN
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Knoxville CBC
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Weather: Bitter cold, partly cloudy with light flurries
High Temperature: 29F
Low Temperature: 21F
Precipitation: light flurries
Winds: 0-10 mph, NE
Notes: No snow cover, large bodies of water open, only smallest ponds
frozen (was above freezing until Fri evening), 30.30 in Hg, 70% humidity
PARTY HOURS:
by foot 90.13 hrs
by car 39.8 hrs
TOTAL (CBC) 129.93 hrs
owling 1.167 hrs
feeder watching 8.45 hrs
GRAND TOTAL 139.55 hrs
PARTY MILES:
by foot 60.05 miles
by car 532.8 miles
TOTAL (CBC) 592.85 miles
owling 30 miles
GRAND TOTAL 622.85 miles
Start Time: 6:20
End Time: 18:00
PARTIES: 21 in field, 2 feederwatching
OBSERVERS: 41 in field, 3 feederwatching (see below for list)
SPECIES
SWANS GEESE and DUCKS
Canada Goose 1198
Wood Duck 7
Gadwall 58
American Wigeon 8
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 694
Northern Shoveler 4
Northern Pintail 6
Green-winged Teal 3
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck 29
scaup sp. 15
Bufflehead 3
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 61
PARTRIDGES GROUSE and TURKEYS
Wild Turkey 3
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe 35
Horned Grebe 4
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant 26
BITTERNS and HERONS
Great Blue Heron 145
Great Egret 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 11
AMERICAN VULTURES
Black Vulture 127
Turkey Vulture 62
KITES HAWKS EAGLES and ALLIES
Bald Eagle 5
adult 4
immature 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 43
CARACARAS and FALCONS
American Kestrel 14
RAILS GALLINULES and COOTS
American Coot 68
CRANES
Sandhill Crane 18
PLOVERS and LAPWINGS
Killdeer 133
SANDPIPERS PHALAROPES and ALLIES
Wilson's Snipe 8
American Woodcock 1
SKUAS GULLS TERNS and SKIMMERS
Bonaparte's Gull 131
Ring-billed Gull 1893
Herring Gull CW
PIGEONS and DOVES
Rock Pigeon 401
Mourning Dove 319
TYPICAL OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 2
Barred Owl 4
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher 35
WOODPECKERS and ALLIES
Red-bellied Woodpecker 151
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 73
Downy Woodpecker 70
Hairy Woodpecker 15
Northern Flicker 75
Pileated Woodpecker 12
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Phoebe 35
JAYS MAGPIES and CROWS
Blue Jay 420
American Crow 2798
TITMICE and CHICKADEES
Carolina Chickadee 340
Tufted Titmouse 392
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 68
Brown-headed Nuthatch 16
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper 4
WRENS
Carolina Wren 271
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 12
KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet 60
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 45
THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird 438
Hermit Thrush 49
American Robin 2573
MOCKINGBIRDS THRASHERS and ALLIES
Northern Mockingbird 237
Brown Thrasher 19
STARLINGS and ALLIES
European Starling 2432
WAGTAILS and PIPITS
American Pipit 61
WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing 432
WOOD-WARBLERS
Yellow-rumped Warbler 523
Pine Warbler 10
Palm Warbler 2
NEW WORLD SPARROWS and ALLIES
Eastern Towhee 135
Chipping Sparrow 57
Field Sparrow 224
Savannah Sparrow 55
Fox Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 384
Swamp Sparrow 70
White-throated Sparrow 684
White-crowned Sparrow 14
Dark-eyed Junco 110
CARDINALS BUNTINGS and GROSBEAKS
Northern Cardinal 619
BLACKBIRDS and ORIOLES
Red-winged Blackbird 38
Eastern Meadowlark 94
Common Grackle CW
Brown-headed Cowbird 33
FINCHES
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 174
American Goldfinch 233
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow 53
Total species: 92 + 2 CW
Total individuals: 20225
Birds per party hour (CBC): 155.656747
Birds per party hour (ALL): 144.9301326
OBSERVERS:
Stacey Adair
Steve Adair
Jean Alexander
Mark Armstrong
Lyn Bales
Deedee Blaine
Gail Clendenen
Steve Clendenen
K. Dean Edwards
Charles Estes
Lola Estes
Patty Ford
Reid Gerhardt
Carole Gobert
Paul Hartigan
Angela Hoffman
Tom Howe
Susan Hoyle
Jim Human
Daniel Jenkins
David Johnson
Tony King
Jerry Ledbetter
Ed LeGrand
Ed Manous
Seth McConchie
Janet Lee McKnight
Frederick Miller
Chuck Nicholson
Mark Reeves
Jo Roy
Kelly Roy
Martha Rudolph
Michael Ryon
Gerri Sellers
Carolyn Snow
Phil Snow
David Trently
Merikay Waldvogel
Stephanie Wayland
June Welch
Chris Welsh
Deb Welsh
Corwin Witt
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