[TN-Bird] Nashville Fall Bird Count results
- From: JanKShaw@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 09:25:03 -0400 (EDT)
The Nashville Fall Bird Count was held on October 1 with 120 species
tallied. It was a crisp, beautiful fall day, but the persistent north winds
curtailed the bird activity and sent many of them south the previous night.
The excitement of the day came at Radnor Lake where the group there saw and
heard a possible Black-headed Grosbeak. The identity wasn't 100%
confirmed, so it unfortunately won't be added to our list. Signs of wintering
birds
were evident with 1 Lesser Scaup at Old Hickory Lake, 1 Northern Harrier
at Bells Bend Park, 9 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 1
Hermit Thrush at Cheatham Co., 62 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Savannah,
Swamp, and White-throated Sparrows. Other highlights included 171 Wild
Turkeys (78 at Harpeth West), 6 Osprey and 6 Bald Eagles, all three expected
owl
species, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers at Percy Priest Lake and Cheatham Co., 2
Sedge Wrens at Shelby Bottoms and Bells Bend Park, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows at
Percy Priest Lake, and a late Orchard Oriole at Radnor Lake.
Disappointments included no Northern Bobwhites, only 1 Black-crowned
Night-Heron at Old
Hickory Lake where they are usually numerous, only 1 shorebird species (44
Killdeer), and only 1 Loggerhead Shrike at Percy Priest Lake. Thank you to
all observers, and to Scott Block for helping with the compilation. You
may find the count numbers broken down by routes at the new NTOS blog
maintained by Scott Block: _http://ntosfield,blogspot.com/_
(http://ntosfield,blogspot.com/)
Jan Shaw
TOTAL BIRDS 5976
TOTAL SPECIES 120
CANADA GOOSE, 456
WOOD DUCK, 82
MALLARD, 44
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 9
N. SHOVELER, 2
LESSER SCAUP, 2
WILD TURKEY, 171
PIED-BILLED GREBE, 45
DBL-CR CORMORANT, 57
GREAT BLUE HERON, 51
GREAT EGRET, 6
BLK-CR NIGHT-HERON, 1
BLACK VULTURE, 301
TURKEY VULTURE, 138
OSPREY, 6
BALD EAGLE, 6
NO. HARRIER, 1
SHARP-SH HAWK, 6
COOPER'S HAWK, 10
ACCIPTER SP., 2
RED-SH. HAWK, 6
RED-TAILED HAWK, 29
AM KESTREL, 14
AM COOT, 28
KILLDEER, 44
RING-BILLED GULL, 31
HERRING GULL, 1
CASPIAN TERN, 3
ROCK PIGEON, 78
EUR COL-DOVE, 5
MOURNING DOVE, 105
YEL-BIL CUCKOO, 2
E SCREECH-OWL, 6
GR HORNED OWL, 1
BARRED OWL, 6
COM NIGHTHAWK, 3
CHIMNEY SWIFT, 128
RUBY-THR HUMMINGBIRD, 13
BELTED KINGFISHER, 8
RED-HD WOODPECKER, 2
RED-BEL WOODPECKER, 79
YEL-BEL SAPSUCKER, 9
DOWNY WOODPECKER, 65
HAIRY WOODPECKER, 11
NO FLICKER, 58
PILEATED WOODPECKER, 16
E WOOD-PEWEE, 38
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, 1
E PHOEBE, 46
E KINGBIRD, 1
FLYCATCHER SP, 2
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, 1
WHITE-EYED VIREO, 5
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1
WARBLING VIREO, 1
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 5
RED-EYED VIREO, 7
BLUE JAY, 355
AM CROW, 689
TREE SWALLOW, 1
NO RGH-WG SWALLOW, 3
CAROLINA CHICKADEE, 259
TUFTED TITMOUSE, 169
WH-BR NUTHATCH, 50
CAROLINA WREN, 112
HOUSE WREN, 5
SEDGE WREN, 2
RUBY-CR KINGLET, 4
BL-GR GNATCATCHER, 1
E BLUEBIRD, 148
GRAY-CH THRUSH, 1
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 12
HERMIT THRUSH, 1
WOOD THRUSH, 1
AMERICAN ROBIN, 103
GRAY CATBIRD, 46
NO MOCKINGBIRD, 105
BROWN THRASHER, 16
EURO STARLING, 254
CEDAR WAXWING, 26
BLUE-WG WARBLER, 1
GOLDEN-WG WARBLER, 2
TENNESSEE WARBLER, 48
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 3
NORTHERN PARULA, 13
YELLOW WARBLER, 2
CHESTNUT-S WARBLER, 14
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 67
YEL-RUMPED WARBLER, 62
BLK-THR GR WARBLER, 45
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1
YEL-THR WARBLER, 2
PINE WARBLER, 3
PALM WARBLER, 33
BAY-BR WARBLER, 4
BLK-N-WH WARBLER, 14
AM REDSTART, 15
NO WATERTHRUSH, 3
COM YELLOWTHROAT, 19
WILSON'S WARBLER, 3
SUMMER TANAGER, 16
SCARLET TANAGER, 6
EASTERN TOWHEE, 42
CHIPPING SPARROW, 65
FIELD SPARROW, 125
SAVANNAH SPARROW, 1
SONG SPARROW, 11
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 2
SWAMP SPARROW, 5
WHITE-THR SPARROW, 10
NO CARDINAL, 204
ROSE-BR GROSBEAK, 67
BLUE GROSBEAK, 4
INDIGO BUNTING, 77
RED-WG BLACKBIRD, 25
E MEADOWLARK, 18
COM GRACKLE, 131
BRN-HEAD COWBIRD, 44
ORCHARD ORIOLE, 1
HOUSE FINCH, 33
AM GOLDFINCH, 83
HOUSE SPARROW, 34
Jan Shaw and Scott Block, compilers
Nashville, TN
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