[TN-Bird] Carter Co. summer count

From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:38:19 -0400
4 June 2011

The Herndon chapter of TOS conducted the 18th annual Carter County
Summer Bird Count this past Saturday.  Twenty observers in 6 parties
tallied 115 species and 6423 individuals.  The species number is slightly 
above the average of 112 (range = 105 - 118).  The number of individuals
is an all-time high for this count, probably due (at least, in part) to an 
all-time 
high number of party-hours (69 + 5 hrs nocturnal).  Several species had 
record or near record high counts (same caveat).

The summer count was initiated to provide a data set that would
compliment other monitoring projects (e.g., BBS, atlases) during the 
all-important breeding season.

Participants:  Aubrie Abernethy, Jim Anderson, Rob Biller, Ron Carico,
Jeff Chynoweth, Glen Eller, Harry Lee Farthing, Sylvia Fraust, Rick Knight,
Roy Knispel, Joe McGuiness, Tom McNeil, Eric & Kathy Noblet, Brookie 
& Jean Potter, Bryan Stevens, Kim Stroud, Michele von Bergen, Mary
Anna Wheat.

Species list:
Canada Goose - 235
Wood Duck - 13
Mallard - 56
Red-br. Merganser - 3, new to count, tardy migrants.
Ruffed Grouse - 3
Wild Turkey - 11
N. Bobwhite - 1
Great Blue Heron - 8
Green Heron - 4
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 16
Turkey Vulture - 52
Osprey - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-wg. Hawk - 9
Red-tailed Hawk - 7
Am. Kestrel - 2
Killdeer - 8
Rock Pigeon - 127
Eur. Collared-Dove - 2
Mourning Dove - 152
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 7
E. Screech-Owl - 5
Barred Owl - 2
Com. Nighthawk - 10
Chuck-will's-widow - 7
Whip-poor-will - 32
Chimney Swift - 183
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird - 36
Belted Kingfisher - 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 26
Downy Woodpecker - 13
Hairy Woodpecker - 5
N. Flicker - 9
Pileated Woodpecker - 24
E. Wood-Pewee - 26
Acadian Flycatcher - 34
Alder Flycatcher - 3
Willow Flycatcher - 3
Least Flycatcher - 21
E. Phoebe - 50
Great Crested Flycatcher - 8
E. Kingbird - 30
White-eyed Vireo - 10
Yellow-thr. Vireo - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 28
Red-eyed Vireo - 219
Blue Jay - 109
Am. Crow - 235
Com. Raven - 7
Purple Martin - 31
Tree Swallow - 118
N. Rough-wg. Swallow - 58
Cliff Swallow - 105
Barn Swallow - 182
Carolina Chickadee - 85
Tufted Titmouse - 62
Red-br. Nuthatch - 4
White-br. Nuthatch - 17
Brown Creeper - 4
Carolina Wren - 64
House Wren - 52
Winter Wren - 3
Golden-cr. Kinglet - 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 30
E. Bluebird - 97
Veery - 17
Wood Thrush - 67
Am. Robin - 466
Gray Catbird - 43
N. Mockingbird - 105
Brown Thrasher - 19
Eur. Starling - 689
Cedar Waxwing - 85
Golden-wg. Warbler - 9
N. Parula - 17
Yellow Warbler - 14
Chestnut-sd. Warbler - 30
Black-thr. Blue Warbler - 59
Black-thr. Green Warbler - 60
Blackburnian Warbler - 10
Yellow-thr. Warbler - 20
Pine Warbler - 10
Black-and-white Warbler - 49
Am. Redstart - 18
Worm-eating Warbler - 8
Ovenbird - 122
La. Waterthrush - 9
Com. Yellowthroat - 20
Hooded Warbler - 119
Canada Warbler - 20
Yellow-br. Chat - 11
E. Towhee - 109
Chipping Sparrow - 102
Field Sparrow - 42
Vesper Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 173
Dark-eyed Junco - 101
Scarlet Tanager - 51
N. Cardinal - 140
Rose-br. Grosbeak - 13
Blue Grosbeak - 4
Indigo Bunting - 235
Red-wg. Blackbird - 70
E. Meadowlark - 26
Com. Grackle - 99
Brown-hd. Cowbird - 60
Orchard Oriole - 23
Baltimore Oriole - 5
House Finch - 63
Red Crossbill - 6
Pine Siskin - 18
Am. Golfinch - 142
House Sparrow - 61
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A few species were missed:
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo, Great Horned Owl,
N. Saw-whet Owl, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hermit Thrush,
Blue-wg. Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Swainson's
Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Grasshopper Sparrow.
Most of these are low-density or very local in occurrence in
Carter Co.

Thanks to all participants.  

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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
[TN-Bird] Carter Co. summer count

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