The 5th annual Perry County Spring Bird Count was held on Saturday,
April 30th 2016, starting at 6 a.m., ending at 8 p.m. with mostly cloudy
skies, a few showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. (No owling
because of rain.)
12 people in 5 groups covered 99 miles in 49 hours, and totalled 146
species, a new high total for this count.
Every year so far has seen a new high total.
These counts started with 94 species in 2012, 129 in '13, 135 in '14,
and 142 in 2015.
This year 11 species were recorded that are new for the count;
Mallard 4
Common Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 1
Northern Harrier 1
American Woodcock 3
Caspian Tern 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Merlin 1
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Species that were found in unusually high numbers;
Common Loon 3 (Seen flying over headed North)
Horned Grebe (Seen floating North on the Tennessee River, first County
record, pending acceptance by the records committee.)
Green Heron 18
Caspian Tern 4
Eurasian Collared-dove 15
Eastern Phoebe 41
Chimney Swift 119
Tree Swallow 33
Bank Swallow 10
Sedge Wren 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Cedar Waxwing 186
Northern Waterthrush 22
Prothonotary Warbler 42
Cerulean Warbler 10
Palm Warbler 166
Prairie Warbler 148
Yellow-breasted Chat 73
Lincoln's Sparrow 14
Blue Grosbeak 63
Indigo Bunting 302
Bobolink 742 (Seen on every route.)
Eastern Meadowlark 106
Pine Siskin 31
Other highlights were a Black-billed Cuckoo seen on Stoll Farm, 2 Soras,
a Marsh Wren and 2 Grasshopper Sparrows seen in Hardin Bottoms, and 30
species of Warblers, which is slightly higher than the average of 29
species, with a high of 31 in 2013.
All nocturnal birds were either not found, or found in low numbers, due
to the rain that lasted until well after daylight, and then started again
before dark. Great-horned Owl was missed completely.
Here is a complete list.
Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 73
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Bobwhite 8
Wild Turkey 34
Common Loon 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great-blue Heron 50
Green Heron 18
Black Vulture 33
Turkey Vulture 126
Osprey 4
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 11
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 22
Sora 2
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 8
American Woodcock 3
Caspian Tern 4
Rock Pigeon 11
Eurasian Collared-dove 15
Mourning Dove 141
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 12
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Eastern Screech-owl 1
Barred Owl 10
Common Nighthawk 2
Chuck-wills-widow 1
Whip-poor-will 1
Chimney Swift 119
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 25
Belted Kingfisher 13
Red-headed woodpecker 5
Red-bellied woodpecker 34
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 12
Hairy woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated woodpecker 18
American Kestrel 4
Merlin 1
Eastern Pewee 19
Acadian Flycatcher 14
Eastern Phoebe 41
Great-crested Flycatcher 16
Eastern Kingbird 55
White-eyed Vireo 125
Yellow-throated Vireo 32
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 53
Blue Jay 45
American Crow 206
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 74
Purple Martin 126
Tree Swallow 33
Bank Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 676
Carolina Chickadee 31
Tufted Titmouse 73
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Sedge Wren 5
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 63
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 70
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 106
Veery 3
Gray-cheeked Thrush 9
Swainson's Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 21
American Robin 63
Gray Catbird 23
Brown Thrasher 37
Northern Mockingbird 80
European Starling 108
Cedar Waxwing 186
Ovenbird 3
Worm-eating Warbler 18
Louisiana Waterthrush 20
Northern Waterthrush 22
Blue-winged Warbler 21
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 22
Prothonotary Warbler 42
Tennessee warbler 44
Nashville Warbler 1
Kentucky Warbler 25
Common Yellowthroat 129
Hooded Warbler 31
American Redstart 21
Cerulean Warbler 10
Northern Parula 61
Magnolia warbler 2
Bay-breasted warbler 1
Blackburnian warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 24
Chestnut-sided warbler 3
Blackpoll warbler 10
Palm Warbler 166
Pine warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Yellow-throated Warbler 31
Prairie Warbler 148
Black-throated green 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 73
Eastern Towhee 28
Chipping Sparrow 83
Field Sparrow 73
Savannah Sparrow 162
Grasshopper Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 14
Swamp Sparrow 29
White-throated Sparrow 29
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Summer Tanager 52
Scarlet Tanager 30
Northern Cardinal 172
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 18
Blue Grosbeak 63
Indigo Bunting 302
Dickcissel 14
Bobolink 742
Red-winged Blackbird 159
Eastern Meadowlark 106
Common Grackle 117
Brown-headed Cowbird 128
Orchard Oriole 128
Baltimore Oriole 6
House Finch 7
Pine Siskin 31
American Goldfinch 94
House Sparrow 70
Ruben Stoll, Centerville TN
