The last report I sent out yesterday on the Shady Valley_Mountain City CBC = was a bit hard to read because of coding that was copied and pasted by acci= dent. This version should be easier to read. Also, with help from Ron Hof= f, A few mistakes corrected. COUNT SUMMARY for Shady Valley_Mountain City Count year 107 =20 Count Name: Shady Valley-Mountain City=20 Count Date: Jan 1, 2007=20 Compiler: Robert Biller=20 Date of Printout: January 17, 2007=20 Organizations and Sponsors:=20 Secondary Compiler(s):=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =09Count Code: TNSV=20 Number of Party Hours: 29.5=20 Species reported on count date: 54=20 =20 =20 Start and End Times=20 =09Start Time =09End Time=20 1=20 =0906:00 AM =0904:30 PM=20 =09=09=20 =20 Effort=20 =09Observers=20 In Field:=20 =09Total Number: 12=20 Minimum Number of Parties (daylight): 4=20 Maximum Number of Parties (daylight): 4=20 At Feeders:=20 =09Total Number: 0=20 Party Hours and Distance=20 (excludes viewing at feeders and nocturnal birding)=20 =09All distances are in miles.=20 By Foot :=20 =09Hours: 12.0 =09Distance: 6.00 mi=20 By Car :=20 =09Hours: 17.5 =09Distance: 225.50 mi=20 Nocturnal Birding:=20 =09Hours:1.0 =09Distance: .00 mi=20 =09=20 Totals=20 Total Party :=20 =09Hours: 29.5 =09Distance: 231.50 mi=20 =20 =20 Weather=20 =20 Temperature=20 =09Minimum: 40 F=C2=B0 =09Maximum: 55 F=C2=B0=20 Wind Direction=20 =09North East =09=20 Wind Velocity=20 =09Minimum: 10.0 =09Maximum: 35.0=20 Snow Depth=20 =09Minimum: 0.0 =09Maximum: 0.0=20 Still Wate=20 =09Open =09=20 Moving Water=20 =09Open =09=20 AM and PM Conditions: Cloud Cover =09AM: Partly Cloudy =09PM: Cloudy=20 AM Rain =09Light=20 AM Snow =09None=20 PM Rain =09None=20 PM Snow =09None=20 =20 Special Aspects for Count Circle=20 =20 Weather in East Tennessee have been unseasonable warm over the past couple = of weeks before and including the count date. The day before the count, the= re was rain which I thought it would help this count, but I fear the high g= usts of winds helped to keep this year's count down with the lowest species= numbers in the count history. No unusual birds but we did add one bird th= is year to the count. In Shady Valley at Orchard Bog the Nature Conservanc= y is restoring this bog area to its original bog state and with the help of= a beaver dam, we have a new water area. This area produced a Pied-billed = Grebe which is on the count for the first time. Seemingly lower individual= numbers this year (except for Song Sparrow, Belted Kingfisher, Field Sparr= ow, and Northern Mockingbird which broke the high count for the species) ma= ke the count itself unusual this year. =09=20 Number of counts:=20 =20 1. Canada Goose =09140 =09 =09(179 in 101) =09 =20 2. Mallard =09 50 =09 =09(59 in 99)=20 3. Ruffed Grouse =092 =09 =09(2 in 100)=20 4. Wild Turkey 6 =09 =09(38 in 103)=20 5. Pied-billed Grebe =091 =09 US, =09in =09=20 6. Great Blue Heron =095 =09 =09(7 in 103)=20 7. Black Vulture =095 =09 =09(15 in 102) =09=20 8. Turkey Vulture =097 =09 =09(33 in 104) =09=20 9. Cooper's Hawk =093 =09 =09(6 in 103) =09=20 10. Red-tailed Hawk =094 =09 =09(11 in 101) =09=20 11. American Kestrel =099 =09 =09(16 in 103) =09=20 12. Killdeer =09 25 =09 =09(28 in 103) =09=20 13. Wilson's Snipe =092 =09 =09(3 in 103) =09=20 14. Rock Pigeon =096 =09 =09 =09=20 15. Mourning Dove =09136 =09 =09(367 in 102) =09=20 16. Eastern Screech-Owl 1 =09 =09(17 in 100)=20 17. Barred Owl =091 =09 =09(4 in 104)=20 18. Belted Kingfisher =0912 HC =09 =09(9 in 98)=09=20 19. Red-bellied Woodpecker =094 =09(10 in 104)=20 20. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 =09(5 in 104)=20 21. Downy Woodpecker =0912 =09(24 in 100)=20 22. Hairy Woodpecker =094 =09 =09(10 in 104)=20 23. Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker 4 =09(10 in 104)=20 24. Pileated Woodpecker =094 =09 =09(18 in 104)=20 25. Eastern Phoebe =0910 =09 =09(11 in 99)=20 26. Blue Jay =09 18 =09 =09(45 in 100)=20 27. American Crow =09689 =09 =09(1672 in 98)=20 28. Common Raven =093 =09 =09(9 in 104)=20 29. Carolina Chickadee 73 =09 =09(115 in 104)=20 30. Tufted Titmouse =0913 =09 =09(59 in 104)=20 31. Red-breasted Nuthatch 8 =09 =09(8 in 98)=20 32. White-breasted Nuthatch 11 =09(29 in 100)=20 33. Brown Creeper =091 =09 =09(2 in 104)=20 34. Carolina Wren =0949 =09 =09(87 in 100)=20 35. Winter Wren =09 4 =09 (4 in 99)=20 36. Golden-crowned Kinglet 22 =09(51 in 103)=20 37. Eastern Bluebird =097 =09 =09(103 in 100)=20 38. Hermit Thrush =096 =09 =09(6 in 104)=20 39. American Robin =096 =09 =09(86 in 102)=20 40. Northern Mockingbird 21HC =09(20 in 100)=20 41. European Starling =09393 =09 =09(1026 in 98)=20 42. Cedar Waxwing =0965 =09 =09(185 in 102)=20 43. Eastern Towhee =091 =09 =09(16 in 101)=20 44. Field Sparrow =0945 HC=09 =09(31 in 100)=20 45. Song Sparrow =09231 HC =09 (199 in 100)=20 46. Swamp Sparrow =0917 =09 =09 (36 in 101)=20 47. White-throated Sparrow =0976 =09 (101 in 104)=20 48. White-crowned Sparrow =096 =09 (68 in 101)=20 49. Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco =09198 (388 in 99)=20 50. Northern Cardinal =0959 =09 (111 in 99)=20 51. Eastern Meadowlark =091 =09 (48 in 101)=20 52. House Finch =09 7 =09 (99 in 100)=20 53. American Goldfinch =09120 =09 (294 in 100)=20 54. House Sparrow =09 51 =09 (61 in 99)=20 =20 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS=20 COUNTED =092656 =09 =09 =09=20 TOTAL SPECIES=20 REPORTED =0954 =09 =09 =09=20 =20 =20 cw =3D Reported count week;=20 US =3D Flagged as an unusual species;=20 HC =3D Flagged as an unusually high count.=20 LC =3D Flagged as an unusually low count.=20 =20 Species Requiring Rare Bird Reports to be Submitted to Regional Editor=20 Species =09=20 Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) =E2=80=93 1st appearance on count.= =20 Rob Biller Elizabethton, TN Shady Valley_Mountain City CBC Compiler =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. 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