The Nashville CBC was held on Saturday, December 19 and totaled 74 species,
the lowest since 2006. With clear, cold weather and 43 observers, it
certainly wasn't for lack of trying. Some of the highlights included 1
Northern Pintail and 2 Green-winged Teal at Radnor Lake, 1 Northern
Harrier, 5 American Woodcock, and 1 House Wren at Bells Bend, 6 Bald Eagles
(4 at Harpeth East and 2 at Poplar Creek),1 Red-headed Woodpecker at Poplar
Creek, 4 Winter Wrens at Harpeth East, Warner Park and West Meade, 21
Hermit Thrushes, 1 Savannah Sparrow at Harpeth West, 3 Fox Sparrows at
Bells Bend and Harpeth West, 1 Lincoln's Sparrow at Warner Park, and 2
Purple Finches at Warner Park and Poplar Creek. The 6 Bald Eagles was the
highest count ever for this CBC. It was only the fifth time a Lincoln's
Sparrow has been seen, and the sixth time for a House Wren. Some of the
misses were Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Northern Bobwhite, American Coot, and
Wilson's Snipe. Thank you so much to all who participated, and to my
co-compiler Scott Block.
You can check out the total numbers for each species and each route with
this link: http://ntosfield.blogspot.com/p/bird-count-results.html
Canada Goose - 222
Gadwall - 22
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 107
Northern Pintail - 1
Green-winged Teal - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 71
Bufflehead - 13
Wild Turkey - 91
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 10
Black Vulture - 296
Turkey Vulture - 107
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 5
Accipiter Species - 1
Bald Eagle - 6
Red-shouldered Hawk - 5
Red-tailed Hawk - 45
Killdeer - 34
American Woodcock - 5
Rock Pigeon - 217
Mourning Dove - 56
Eastern Screech-Owl - 2
Great Horned Owl - 2
Barred Owl - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 13
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 70
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 20
Downy Woodpecker - 57
Hairy Woodpecker - 13
Northern Flicker - 28
Pileated Woodpecker - 16
American Kestrel - 12
Eastern Phoebe - 7
Blue Jay - 256
American Crow - 239
Carolina Chickadee - 226
Tufted Titmouse - 181
White-breasted Nuthatch - 68
Brown Creeper - 5
House Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 4
Carolina Wren - 91
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 28
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 22
Eastern Bluebird - 93
Hermit Thrush - 21
American Robin - 594
Northern Mockingbird - 86
Brown Thrasher - 6
European Starling - 570
Cedar Waxwing - 17
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 37
Eastern Towhee - 63
Chipping Sparrow - 11
Field Sparrow - 139
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 7
Song Sparrow - 112
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 18
White-throated Sparrow - 258
White-crowned Sparrow - 5
Dark-eyed Junco - 110
Northern Cardinal - 384
Red-winged Blackbird - 50
Common Grackle - 1515
Brown-headed Cowbird - 15
Purple Finch - 2
House Finch - 60
American Goldfinch - 113
House Sparrow - 9
Total Species - 74
Total Number of Birds - 6982
Jan Shaw, co-compiler
Nashville, TN
