September 29th, 2018
The 8th annual Perry County Fall Count was completed on 9-29-18 by 8
observers in 5 parties. Adam Beachy, Evan Beachy, Seth Beachy, Mikey
Beachy, Joseph Byler, David Kinsinger, Ruben Stoll, Victor Stoll.
Weather was cool and sunny with lows around 50 and highs around 80.
Start time 4:00 a.m. end time 7:20 pm., 6.5 miles in 4.5 hours owling,
101 miles in 18 hours by car, 21.5 miles in 30 hours on foot.
The Tennessee River was extremely high with no shorebird habitat and very
low numbers of waders/waterfowl/gulls around, but the count still produced
125 species which is somewhat above the recent 5 year average.
Highlights are HERRING GULL, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, (new for the count)
MERLIN, all 5 empidonax Flycatchers, all 6 Vireos, House, Marsh and SEDGE
WREN, 27 species of Warblers, Savannah and Swamp Sparrows, ORCHARD and
BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Misses were all the shorebirds except Killdeer, Whip-poor-will (found on
4 out of 7 counts) Eastern Kingbird (found on 4 out of 7) Winter Wren
(found on 4 out of 7) Yellow-breasted Chat (found on 4 out of 7) Eastern
Towhee (found on 5 out of 7) Red-winged Blackbird (found on 4 out of 7)
Brown-headed Cowbird (found on 4 out of 7 counts).
Here is a complete species list:
Canada Goose 76
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 1
Blue-winged Teal 27
Northern Bobwhite 1
Wild Turkey 3
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 15
Great Egret 28
Green Heron 6
Black Vulture 112
Turkey Vulture 178
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 9
Northern Harrier 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 13
Broad-winged Hawk 70
Red-tailed Hawk 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Killdeer 25
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 185
Rock Pigeon 15
Collared-dove 5
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11
Eastern Screech-owl 3
Great Horned-Owl 6
Barred Owl 25
ChimneySwift 32
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 34
Belted Kingfisher 14
Red-headed woodpecker 9
Red-bellied woodpecker 50
Northern Flicker 26
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 35
Hairy woodpecker 10
Pileated woodpecker 37
American Kestrel 8
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 132
Eastern Pewee 137
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great-crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 55
Yellow-throated Vireo 14
Blue-headed Vireo 14
Warbling Vireo 2
Philadelphia Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Blue Jay 206
American Crow 294
Rough-winged Swallow 18
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 73
Tufted Titmouse 75
White-breasted Nuthatch 14
House Wren 1
Sedge Wren 1
Marsh Wren 14
Carolina Wren 110
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 168
Veery 6
Gray-cheeked Thrush 55
Swainson's Thrush 77
Wood Thrush 20
American Robin 146
Gray Catbird 38
Northern Mockingbird 52
Brown Thrasher 36
Starling 113
Cedar Waxwing 28
Ovenbird 9
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 5
Black-and-white Warbler 15
Golden-winged Warbler 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Prothonotary Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 154
Orange-Crowned Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Mourning Warbler 2
Kentucky Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 53
Hooded Warbler 6
American Redstart 32
Northern Parula 32
Magnolia Warbler 125
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 10
Palm Warbler 53
Pine Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Wilson's Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 164
Field Sparrow 35
Savannah Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Summer Tanager 49
Scarlet Tanager 33
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 598
Cardinal 232
Blue Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 309
Eastern Meadowlark 9
Common Grackle 8
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 18
American Goldfinch 33
House Sparrow 50
Thanks to those who showed up and made this count happen!
RWS, Centerville TN
