[TN-Bird] cerulean warbler survey and point counts in putnam county
- From: "Stephen Stedman" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 11:08:23 -0500
On 20 May 2011 I conducted a driving survey for Cerulean Warblers
(CERWs) along 51 miles of back roads in western Putnam County,
Tennessee, replicating a route that I have run each year since 2004,
always on 19 or 20 May. This year I counted 49 CERWs along this route;
totals for 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 were 28, 36, 40, and 53. I kept
track of other species along the route; results as summarized by an
edited eBird list are below. More lingering transient species were
present this year than usual. Red-eyed Vireos were up by almost 100
individuals over the previous highest total accumulated during the
driving survey.
Besides the driving route, I also conduct 50 point counts of 10 minutes
each in the same part of Putnam County. This year I counted 25 CERWs on
these points; totals for 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 were 33, 20, 25, and
29. The dates of the point counts have varied from 18-22 May (this
year) to 5-8 June (2007), with point counts in more recent years being
conducted earlier than point counts in earlier years, a variable that
undoubtedly affects the results. I have had to conduct the point counts
earlier in recent years to accommodate forays conducted in several
counties of the Upper Cumberland each year recently (and planned this
year for Overton, Putnam, and Van Buren, TN, and McCreary, KY) and to
accommodate running seven Breeding Bird Surveys.
Steve Stedman
Cookeville, TN
Location: Western Putnam Co., TN
Observation date: 5/20/11
Notes: This driving bird count in western Putnam County was
conducted over the same 51 miles (82 km) of roads that I have surveyed
during seven previous years (2004-2010), primarily to survey Cerulean
Warblers; the survey period was 0535-1235 CDT. Each of these 8 counts
was conducted on either the 19th or the 20th of May. The total (49) for
CERW was second highest among the 8 counts; more CERWs were on the lower
half of the slopes of the escarpment (between the Highland Rim and the
Central Basin parts of the county) than was the case during most counts
made in previous years; all CERWs were singing males. Weather was
conducive to good counting: 59-75 degrees F; little wind; partly cloudy
to cloudy.
Number of species: 75; Total individuals 2147
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 28
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee 39
Acadian Flycatcher 89
Eastern Phoebe 13
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 4
White-eyed Vireo 64
Yellow-throated Vireo 18
Red-eyed Vireo 378
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 24
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 13
Cliff Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 19
Tufted Titmouse 60
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 77
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 63
Eastern Bluebird 9
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 26
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 11
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 14
Cedar Waxwing 6
Blue-winged Warbler 18
Northern Parula 88
Yellow Warbler 15
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 10
Prairie Warbler 33
Cerulean Warbler 49
Black-and-white Warbler 4
American Redstart 81
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 5
Louisiana Waterthrush 12
Kentucky Warbler 47
Common Yellowthroat 55
Hooded Warbler 43
Canada Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 47
Eastern Towhee 62
Chipping Sparrow 25
Field Sparrow 38
Song Sparrow 2
Summer Tanager 44
Scarlet Tanager 21
Northern Cardinal 92
Blue Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 234
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 26
Orchard Oriole 17
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 18
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird
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