Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Richard Lewis <mountainbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 5, 2019 at 1:29:42 PM EST
To: bristol Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Bristol Christmas Bird Count results
Reply-To: mountainbirds@xxxxxxxxx
The Bristol TN-VA Christmas Bird Count was conducted on Dec 30, 2018. There
were 71 species
recorded totaling 5700 individual birds. This was the 63rd year the count
has been run since 1956. It was
the lowest total number of species recorded in 27 years. I am not sure I can
explain that statistic other
than we don't seem to have the influx of wintering birds from up north that
we normally have.
Waterfowl numbers have been low this year. Some species are not coming as far
south this year.
The best find of the count was the discovery of a new Bald Eagle nest on
South Holston Lake. Other noteworthy
species recorded were Black-crowned Night-Heron, Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered
Hawk, Merlin and Brown-headed
Nuthatch. Four was a new high count for the Brown-headed Nuthatch. It had
only been seen on the count
3 other times.
Thanks a bunch to the 21 participants that made this count possible:
Ron Carrico, Rob Biller, Rack Cross, Angela Cross, Robert Hunter, Terry
Hunter,
Rick Knight, Roy Knispel, Cade Campbell, Larry McDaniel, Ruth Clark, Mary
Clark,
Randy Smith, Ron Harrington Sam Evans, Kevin Hamed, Rick Phillips, Adrianna
Nelson,
Michelle Sparks, Richard Lewis, Phillip Lewis.
Richard Lewis
Bristol,TN
Species Total
Canada Goose 730
Gadwall 49
American Wigeon 11
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 294
Ring-necked Duck 245
Bufflehead 51
Hooded Merganser 25
Wild Turkey 53
Common Loon 4
Pied-billed Grebe 18
Horned Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 22
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Black Vulture 75
Turkey Vulture 52
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 5
Bald Eagle 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 27
American Coot 12
Killdeer 14
Bonaparte's Gull 6
Ring-billed Gull 143
Rock Pigeon 607
Mourning Dove 253
Eastern Screech-Owl 4
Great Horned Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 30
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
Downy Woodpecker 21
Northern Flicker 12
Pileated Woodpecker 12
American Kestrel 11
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 5
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Blue Jay 176
American Crow 404
Common Raven 5
Carolina Chickadee 145
Tufted Titmouse 93
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 62
Brown Headed Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 5
Carolina Wren 130
Winter Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 33
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Eastern Bluebird 167
Hermit Thrush 8
American Robin 93
Northern Mockingbird 90
European Starling 816
Cedar Waxwing 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Field Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 41
White-crowned Sparrow 17
White-throated Sparrow 68
Song Sparrow 115
Swamp Sparrow 7
Eastern Towhee 22
Northern Cardinal 143
Eastern Meadowlark 13
House Finch 47
American Goldfinch 89
House Sparrow 25
Total # species 71
Total # individuals 5700
