Members of the Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter of TOS conducted the first Unicoi Co. Summer Bird Count on 14 June 2014. 19 observers in 5 parties logged 53 party hours, plus 3 nocturnal party hours. 111 species were tallied. Observers: Jim Anderson, Rob Armistead, Harry Lee Farthing, Don Holt, Rick Knight, Roy Knispel, Richard Lewis, Vern Maddux, Joe McGuiness, Tom McNeil, Charles Moore, Cathy Myers, Kathy Noblet, Brookie & Jean Potter, Bryan Stevens, Kim Stroud, Gary Wallace, John Whinery. species list: Canada Goose 76 Wood Duck 17 Mallard 31 Ruffed Grouse 1 Wild Turkey 29 Great Blue Heron 12 Green Heron 6 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 28 Bald Eagle 3 (1 ad + 2 recently fledged young) Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-wg. Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Am. Kestrel 2 Peregrine Falcon 3 Killdeer 17 Rock Pigeon 75 Mourning Dove 77 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3 E. Screech-Owl 2 Great Horned Owl 1 Chuck-will's-widow 6 E. Whip-poor-will 3 Chimney Swift 44 Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 17 Belted Kingfisher 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 20 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 15 Hairy Woodpecker 5 N. Flicker 12 Pileated Woodpecker 16 E. Wood-Pewee 8 Acadian Flycatcher 29 Least Flycatcher 5 E. Phoebe 44 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 E. Kingbird 13 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-thr. Vireo 1 Blue-hd. Vireo 29 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 157 Blue Jay 59 Am. Crow 139 Com. Raven 8 Purple Martin 36 Tree Swallow 94 N. Rough-wg. Swallow 68 Cliff Swallow 64 Barn Swallow 139 Carolina Chickadee 63 Tufted Titmouse 47 Red-br. Nuthatch 3 White-br. Nuthatch 20 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 80 House Wren 31 Winter Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 27 E. Bluebird 46 Veery 35 Wood Thrush 37 Am. Robin 435 Gray Catbird 37 N. Mockingbird 37 Brown Thrasher 14 Eur. Starling 464 Cedar Waxwing 71 Ovenbird 56 Worm-eating Warbler 9 Louisiana Waterthrush 5 Golden-wg. Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 19 Swainson's Warbler 6 Kentucky Warbler 1 Com. Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler 78 Am. Redstart 8 N. Parula 13 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sd. Warbler 23 Black-thr. Blue Warbler 20 Yellow-throated Warbler 4 Prairie Warbler 7 Black-thr. Green Warbler 30 Canada Warbler 9 Yellow-br. Chat 5 E. Towhee 70 Chipping Sparrow 60 Field Sparrow 12 Song Sparrow 214 Dark-eyed Junco 28 Scarlet Tanager 20 N. Cardinal 138 Rose-br. Grosbeak 2 Blue Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 197 Red-wg. Blackbird 101 E. Meadowlark 13 Com. Grackle 94 Brown-hd. Cowbird 34 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 House Finch 8 Am. Goldfinch 84 House Sparrow 64 ____________________________ 111 species. All are known or suspected to nest in the county. ########################## Rick Knight Johnson City, TN