[TN-Bird] Shelby County Spring Count, Final Results

From: "William Peeples" <wpeeples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 09:26:45 -0500
May 8, 2004
Shelby Co. (Memphis, etc.), TN

    The spring IMBD count for Shelby County reached 141 species with 19
observers.  Since Memphis TOS began the second Saturday in May IMBD count
when it was launched in 1992, the previous high species total had been 140.
    We stopped the late April spring field days (our peak migration time
here) in the late 1990's, as it seemed unnecessary to have two spring counts
in the same locations within 2 weeks of each other, producing many duplicate
results of summer residents, etc.

Here are some of the count highlights:

ANHINGA 3, soaring over Poplar Tree Lake in Shelby Forest
Snowy Egret 1, Eagle Lake
Both vultures (3 Black and 7 Turkey)
Ducks: 5 species including 2 Gadwalls and 3 Shovelers
Mississippi Kite, 60
Wild Turkey 9
Bobwhite 7
Sora 2 (1 each at Eagle Lake and Shelby Farms)
Shorebirds: 13 species including 86 Black-necked Stilts, 11 Greater and 101
Lesser Yellowlegs, 242 Least Sandpipers, 431 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Stilt
Sandpipers, 3 Snipe, and 1 American Woodcock
Eurasian Collared Dove, 11
Black-billed Cuckoo, 1 at Shelby Forest
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 32
Owls: 1 Great Horned, 2 Barred
Nightjars: 3 Nighthawks, 6 Chuck-will's-widows
All 6 resident woodpeckers, including 22 Red-headed and 18 Pileated
Flycatchers: 81 Pewees, 104 Acadians, 9 Phoebes, 54 Gt. Cresteds, 36 Eastern
Kingbirds
Loggerhead Shrike, only 1, at Millington
Vireos: 78 White-eyes, 19 Yellow-throated, 1 Blue-headed and 1 Philadelphia,
21 Warblings, 77 Red-eyes
Blue Jay, 35 (low)
American Crow, 36 (low)
Fish Crow, 19
Swallows: 72 Martins, 12 Tree, 13 Rough-wing, 25 Cliff and 97 Barn
White-breasted Nuthatch, 27 (somewhat high)
Chickadee, 57 (somewhat low)
Titmouse, 130; Carolina Wren, 168; Gnatcatcher, 145
Bluebird, 31
Thrushes: 3 Veery, 15 Gray-cheek, 34 Swainson's, 34 Wood; 62 Robins
Catbird 6, Mocker 61, Thrasher 13
Cedar Waxwing, 125
Warblers: 23 species including 1 Blue-winged, 219 Tennessee, 1 Nashville, 88
N Parula, 16 Cerulean, 37 Prothonotary, only 1 Swainson's, 10 Louisiana
Waterthush, 51 Kentucky, 1 MOURNING, 47 Common Yellowthroat, 35 Hooded, 15
Chat
Tanagers: 76 Summer, 11 Scarlet
Sparrows: 7 species including 23 Savannah, 1 Grasshopper, 2 Song, 4
White-throat
Cardinal, 177
Grosbeaks: Rose-breast, 24; Blue, 7
Bunting: Indigo 423, Painted 1
Dickcissel, 74
Orioles: 27 Orchard and 30 Baltimore
House Finch, only 11
Goldfinch, 72

MISSES: Little Blue and Night Herons, Cooper's Hawk, Gulls, Terns,
Whip-poor-will, uncommon flycatchers, Bank Swallow, Warblers such as
Golden-winged, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breast, Black-and-white, Worm-eating,
Northern Waterthrush; Lincoln's, Swamp and White-crowned Sparrows

Rob Peeples
Germantown, TN


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