[TN-Bird] Reelfoot Lake CBC
- From: Mark Greene <greenesnake@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:19:32 -0800 (PST)
The 2007 Reelfoot Lake Christmas Bird Count was
conducted on Saturday, December 15. The theme for the
day was cold, rain, and wind. The temperature range
for the entire day was 38-41 F. The rain was steady
all day ranging from a light mist to a steady drizzle
to moderate downpour. It only stopped raining briefly
for a few minutes late in the day. The wind was pretty
brisk all day long making the cold rain sting against
our cold faces.
Despite the weather obstacles, 12 cold & wet observers
were able to dig out 109 species for the day! This
total was much better than I had anticipated when I
could hear the rain beating down against the window
before sunrise! This was however our lowest species
count since we had 109 in 1998.
Total numbers for most species were down, some
considerably so, but I attribute that to the rain and
wind as much as anything else.
Here are some details & highlights:
The best birds:
White-eyed Vireo (3rd count record)
Red-necked Grebe (4th count record)
Lincoln's Sparrow (7th count record)
Merlin (7th count record)
Barn Swallow (found by Mike Todd on Friday could not
be relocated on count day but a nice count week bird
nonetheless!)
Other notable species:
Ross's Goose, American White Pelican, Least Sandpiper,
American Woodcock, Barn Owl (2), Short-eared Owl (2),
Red-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, Sedge Wren, Marsh
Wren, American Pipit, American Tree
Sparrow, Lapland Longspur (1000+), and Brewer's
Blackbird.
The biggest notable miss was 1 Ol' Coot who was a
little under the weather.
Other misses: Red-breasted Merganser, N. Bobwhite,
Turkey Vulture (seen count week), Cooper's Hawk (seen
count week), Herring Gull, Pine Warbler, Western
Meadowlark, and Purple Finch.
Observers were: Jerry Drewry, Bob Foehring, Mark
Greene, Joe Guinn, Ken Leggett, Gail King, Nancy
Moore, Brainard Palmer-Ball, Chris Sloan, Joe Stone,
Sabin Thompson, and Mike Todd.
Thanks to all the participants for another successful
Reelfoot count and for braving the elements!
I'll post all the totals for the count once I get them
totaled.
Good birding,
Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
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