We were able to have our fall count on Sept. 26 this year, complete with social
distancing. We had foggy dark weather during the first part, but it didn’t stop
us from seeing some great birds. Highlights of the count included 4 red-headed
woodpeckers in Cheatham County, a peregrine falcon in the East Harpeth area,
and 3 red-breasted nuthatches at Old Hickory. The full count is as follows
below:
Canada Goose - 94
Wood Duck - 32
Mallard - 32
Blue-winged Teal - 8
Northern Pintail - 2
Northern Bobwhite - 4
Wild Turkey - 51
Pied-billed Grebe - 7
Double-crested Cormorant - 96
Great Blue Heron - 39
Great Egret - 30
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 17
Black Vulture - 128
Turkey Vulture - 65
Osprey - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 5
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 13
Red-tailed Hawk - 11
American Coot - 15
Killdeer - 15
Ring-billed Gull - 24
Rock Pigeon - 29
Mourning Dove - 74
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 9
Coccyzus Species - 1
Eastern Screech-Owl - 5
Great Horned Owl - 2
Barred Owl - 10
Chimney Swift - 56
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 22
Belted Kingfisher - 16
Red-headed Woodpecker - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 62
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 61
Hairy Woodpecker - 11
Northern Flicker - 20
Pileated Woodpecker - 31
American Kestrel - 11
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 40
Acadian Flycatcher - 3
Least Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 32
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Empidonax Species - 1
Loggerhead Shrike - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 34
Yellow-throated Vireo - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Warbling Vireo - 1
Philadelphia Vireo - 7
Red-eyed Vireo - 10
Blue Jay - 234
American Crow - 136
Larks, Swallows
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
Tree Swallow - 5
Barn Swallow - 8
Carolina Chickadee -104
Tufted Titmouse - 100
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 52
House Wren - 4
Sedge Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Carolina Wren - 146
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 9
Eastern Bluebird - 136
Veery - 6
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 18
Swainson's Thrush - 73
Wood Thrush - 17
American Robin - 89
Gray Catbird - 28
Northern Mockingbird - 68
Brown Thrasher - 44
Starlings, Pipits, Waxwings
European Starling - 292
Cedar Waxwing - 191
Black-and-white Warbler - 8
Tennessee Warbler - 43
Orange-crowned Warbler - 3
Nashville Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 20
American Redstart - 63
Cape May Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 11
Magnolia Warbler - 57
Bay-breasted Warbler - 25
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7
Yellow-throated Warbler - 7
Prairie Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 11
Canada Warbler - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 37
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 31
Song Sparrow - 1
Summer Tanager - 35
Scarlet Tanager - 9
Northern Cardinal - 118
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 58
Blue Grosbeak – 3
Indigo Bunting - 48
Red-winged Blackbird - 19
Eastern Meadowlark - 14
Common Grackle - 162
Brown-headed Cowbird - 28
House Finch - 47
American Goldfinch - 64
House Sparrow - 19
Total Species - 114
Total Number of Birds – 3988
Barbara Harris, Davidson County
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