[TN-Bird] Carter Co. Summer Count
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:34:30 -0400
9 June 2012.
The Herndon Chapter of TOS conducted the 19th Carter Co. Summer Bird Count
on Saturday, with 21 observers in 7 parties. We found 114 species, which is
slightly above the average of 112 over the previous 18 years (range 105 to 118).
A combined list of 147 species has been found over the 19 year period. During
that span, 81 species have been found every year. An additional 16 species have
been missed just 3 times or less, while another 22 species have occurred no
more
than 3 times.
Highlights, including some mountain specialties:
Blue-wg. Teal - 1
Ruffed Grouse - 2
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (scarce in NE Tenn.)
Am. Woodcock - 2
Eur. Collared-Dove - 1
Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2, at nest
Alder Flycatcher - 3
Least Flycatcher - 6
Com. Raven - 4
Red-br. Nuthatch - 16
Brown Creeper - 2
Winter Wren - 11
Golden-cr. Kinglet - 16
Veery - 46
19 species of warblers, including
Golden-wg. - 2
Magnolia - 2
Blackburnian - 10
Black-thr. Blue - 48
Canada - 44
Vesper Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Pine Siskin - 3
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Misses -
N. Bobwhite
Green Heron - 1st miss on this count
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Willow Flycatcher - only 2nd miss
Loggerhead Shrike - yet to be found on this count
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Hermit Thrush
Kentucky Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
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Participants: Jim D. Anderson, Jim & Darla Anderson, Jerry Bevins,
Rob Biller, Dianne Draper, Glen Eller, John Hay, Don Holt, Rick Knight,
Roy Knispel, Tom McNeil, Charles Moore, Kathy Noblet, Brookie & Jean
Potter, Mike Sanders, Bryan Stevens, Peggy Stevens, Kim Stroud, &
Mary Anna Wheat.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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