Perry County Christmas Bird Count
13 people in 5 parties conducted the second annual Perry County CBC on
December 26, 2015, and got 93 species, plus 3 count week only. (96 sp.)
The count started at 4:45 a.m. and ended at 5:00 p.m. with 19 miles in 30
hours on foot, 48 miles in 8 hours by car, 5 miles in 3 hours by kayak, and
10 miles in 1:30 owling.
The weather was warm and mostly cloudy, with light rain during the
forenoon, low temperature 57, high 74.
Complete list :
Canada Goose 17
Wood Duck 8
Gadwall 33
Mallard 1,048
American Black Duck 2
Northern Pintail 250
American Wigeon 15
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 4
Canvasback 1
Ring-necked Duck 10
Lesser Scaup 28
Hooded Merganser 14
Red-breasted Merganser 16
Surf Scoter 1
Northern Bobwhite 2
Wild Turkey 192
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great-blue Heron 30
Turkey vulture 273
Black vulture 110
Northern Harrier 5
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 22
Red-shouldered Hawk 15
Bald Eagle 11
Killdeer 43
Wilson's Snipe 2
American Woodcock 1
Bonaparte's Gull 107
Ring-billed Gull 87
Rock Pigeon 11
Mourning Dove 250
Eurasian collared dove 16
Eastern Screech-owl 1
Barred owl 5
Great-horned owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 13
Red-headed woodpecker 9
Red-bellied woodpecker 32
Yellow-bellied sapsucker 10
Downy woodpecker 27
Hairy woodpecker 10
Northern flicker 44
Pileated woodpecker 21
American Kestrel 5
Horned Lark 1
Eastern Phoebe 17
Blue Jay 166
American Crow 328
Carolina chickadee 54
Tufted Titmouse 66
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper 1
Sedge Wren 5
Carolina Wren 71
Winter Wren 15
Golden-crowned kinglet 23
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Eastern Bluebird 127
Hermit Thrush 6
American Robin 562
Northern Mockingbird 34
Brown Thrasher 14
American Pipit 2
Cedar Waxwing 47
European Starling 45
Yellow-rumped Warbler 33
Eastern Towhee 22
Field Sparrow 92
Chipping Sparrow 5
Lecontes Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 223
Vesper Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 417
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 301
Dark-eyed Junco 124
White-crowned Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 596
Northern Cardinal 231
Rusty Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 848
Red-winged Blackbird 354
Brown-headed Cowbird 29
Eastern Meadowlark 127
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 25
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 62
House Sparrow 51
3 species were count week only:
American white Pelican
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Lapland Longspur
The worst misses were Herring Gull and Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Duck River Christmas Bird Count
22 people in 7 parties conducted the 4th annual Duck River CBC on January
2nd, 2016 and totalled a nice 118 species on count day, which is a new high
species total for this count.
The count started at 4:30 a.m. and ended 5:15 p.m. with 20 miles in 24
hours on foot, 170 miles in 21 hours by car, 5 miles in 5 hours by boat,
and 15 miles in 1.5 hours owling.
The weather was mostly clear and cold with a low of 24 and a high of 45.
The Tennessee River was very high, preventing access to much of the
lowland habitat, though this possibly helped the count as much as anything,
with Lecontes Sparrows etc. out along the roads and easily observed.
These 5 species were all new to the count;
Red-necked Grebe
Snowy Egret
Krider's Hawk
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Lecontes Sparrow
The following 3 species were recorded on this count only once previously;
Black-crowned Night-heron
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Pine Warbler
The worst misses were;
Northern Bobwhite
Brewers Blackbird
Here is the complete list;
Greater White-fronted Goose 1,493
Snow Goose 4
Ross's Goose 3
Cackling Goose 146
Canada Goose 2,397
Wood Duck 19
Gadwall 7,550
Mallard 28,785
Am. Black Duck 4
Northern Pintail 3,395
American Wigeon 773
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 442
Green-winged Teal 497
Canvasback 715
Redhead 12
Ring-necked Duck 806
Greater Scaup 20
Lesser Scaup 525
Common Goldeneye 20
Bufflehead 1,045
Hooded Merganser 25
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 615
Wild Turkey 144
Horned Grebe 30
Red-necked Grebe 1
Pied-billed Grebe 36
American white Pelican 522
Double-crested Cormorant 1,588
Great Blue Heron 71
Great Egret 135
Snowy Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-heron 6
Turkey Vulture 119
Black Vulture 49
Northern Harrier 28
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 24
Red-tailed Hawk 57
Krider's Red-tail 1
Golden Eagle 1
Bald Eagle 45
American Coot 693
Sandhill Crane 1
Killdeer 62
Wilson's Snipe 21
American Woodcock 3
Bonaparte's Gull 326
Ring-billed Gull 1,870
Herring Gull 32
Rock Pigeon 85
Mourning Dove 13
Eurasian Collared-dove 3
Barn Owl 2
Great-horned Owl 9
Barred Owl 15
Eastern Screech-owl 3
Belted Kingfisher 20
Red-headed Woodpecker 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 87
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 16
Downy Woodpecker 63
Hairy Woodpecker 12
Northern Flicker 87
Pileated Woodpecker 40
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Kestrel 23
Merlin 2
Eastern Phoebe 24
Blue Jay 246
American Crow 631
Horned Lark 4
Carolina Chickadee 165
Tufted Titmouse 116
White-breasted Nuthatch 27
Brown Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 101
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 18
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 49
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25
Eastern Bluebird 167
Hermit Thrush 14
American Robin 185
Northern Mockingbird 37
Brown Thrasher 26
European Starling 1,163
American Pipit 37
Cedar Waxwing 86
Orange-Crowned Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 61
Eastern Towhee 63
Field Sparrow 60
Chipping Sparrow 9
Savannah Sparrow 427
Vesper Sparrow 21
Lecontes Sparrow 4
Fox Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 547
Swamp Sparrow 610
Dark-eyed Junco 230
White-crowned Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 490
Northern Cardinal 417
Rusty Blackbird 709
Common Grackle 14,622
Red-winged Blackbird 22,119
Brown-headed Cowbird 2,414
Eastern Meadowlark 206
Purple Finch 6
House Finch 25
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 183
House Sparrow 6
Ruben Stoll, Centerville TN
