[TN-Bird] Nashville Spring Count results

  • From: JanKShaw@xxxxxxx
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 21:11:30 -0400 (EDT)

 
The Nashville Spring Count was held Saturday, May 5 and  totaled 164 
species which ties the highest for the last 10 years.  Migrant  numbers were 
low 
possibly due to high temperatures and southerly winds for the  past week.  
But early morning rains kept it cool until it cleared off in  the afternoon.  
Several waterfowl species remained, mostly at Radnor Lake  where there was a 
breeding plumaged Horned Grebe.  Other highlights  included 1 American 
Bittern at Shelby Bottoms, 5 adult Bald Eagles, 1 late  Northern Harrier in 
Rutherford Co., 1 Black-billed Cuckoo in Cheatham Co., 7  Red-headed 
Woodpeckers, 2 young Pileateds being fed in a nest hole at  Warner Park, 1 
Olive-sided 
Flycatcher along the Natchez Trace Pkwy., 8  Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in 
Rutherford Co., 2 Loggerhead Shrikes, 1 Bewick's  Wren, all the thrushes 
(including a late Hermit), 1 Swainson's Warbler at Shelby  Bottoms, 2 Ceruleans 
in Williamson Co., 3 Lark Sparrows, 2 Henslow's, 6  Lincoln's, and 30 
Grasshopper Sparrows, and 45 Bobolinks. 
Thank you to all who participated, and to Scott Block for  hosting and 
helping with the compilation.    
Jan Shaw, compiler 
Nashville, TN 
CANADA GOOSE - 111 
WOOD DUCK - 39 
AM. BLACK DUCK - 1 
MALLARD - 31 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL - 6 
N. SHOVELER - 9 
REDHEAD - 2 
RING-NECKED DUCK - 1 
LESSER SCAUP - 1 
HOODED MERGANSER - 2 
RUDDY DUCK - 2 
WILD TURKEY - 69 
NORTHERN BOBWHITE - 19 
COMMON LOON - 1 
PIED-BILLED GREBE - 2 
HORNED GREBE - 2 
DBL-CR CORMORANT - 59 
AMERICAN BITTERN - 1 
GREAT BLUE HERON - 60 
GREAT EGRET - 7 
GREEN HERON - 9 
BLK-CR NIGHT-HERON - 9 
YEL-CR NIGHT-HERON - 1 
BLACK VULTURE - 193 
TURKEY VULTURE - 66 
OSPREY - 5 
BALD EAGLE - 5 
NO. HARRIER - 1 
COOPER'S HAWK - 5 
ACCIPTER SP. - 2 
RED-SH. HAWK - 8 
BROAD-WG HAWK - 5 
RED-TAILED HAWK - 28 
AM KESTREL - 12 
AM COOT - 4 
KILLDEER - 35 
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 2 
SOLITARY SANDPIPER - 5 
GR YELLOWLEGS - 4 
LESS YELLOWLEGS - 6 
LEAST SANDPIPER - 11 
WILSON'S SNIPE - 1 
AM WOODCOCK - 1 
RING-BILLED GULL - 1 
CASPIAN TERN - 1 
FORSTER'S TERN - 2 
ROCK PIGEON - 59 
EUR COL-DOVE - 7 
MOURNING DOVE - 98 
YEL-BIL CUCKOO - 19 
BLK-BIL CUCKOO - 1 
E SCREECH-OWL - 3 
GR HORNED OWL - 3 
BARRED OWL - 8 
COM NIGHTHAWK - 1 
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW - 9 
WHIP-POOR-WILL - 17 
CHIMNEY SWIFT - 116 
RUBY-THR HUMMINGBIRD - 16 
BELTED KINGFISHER - 8 
RED-HD WOODPECKER - 7 
RED-BEL WOODPECKER - 74 
DOWNY WOODPECKER - 49 
HAIRY WOODPECKER - 6 
NO FLICKER - 8 
PILEATED WOODPECKER - 26 
OLIVE-SID FLYCATCHER - 1 
E WOOD-PEWEE - 51 
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER - 21 
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2 
E PHOEBE - 35 
GR CREST FLYCATCHER - 55 
E KINGBIRD - 63 
SCISS-TAIL FLYCATCHER - 8 
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE - 2 
WHITE-EYED VIREO - 60 
YEL-THR VIREO - 19 
WARBLING VIREO - 12 
RED-EYED VIREO - 72 
BLUE JAY - 91 
AM CROW - 87 
PURPLE MARTIN - 31 
TREE SWALLOW - 23 
NO RGH-WG SWALLOW - 74 
CLIFF SWALLOW - 341 
BARN SWALLOW - 122 
CAROLINA CHICKADEE - 143 
TUFTED TITMOUSE - 121 
WH-BR NUTHATCH - 18 
CAROLINA WREN - 110 
BEWICK'S WREN - 1 
HOUSE WREN - 7 
BL-GR GNATCATCHER - 104 
E BLUEBIRD - 99 
VEERY - 8 
GRAY-CH THRUSH - 5 
SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 49 
HERMIT THRUSH - 1 
WOOD THRUSH - 42 
AMERICAN ROBIN - 166 
GRAY CATBIRD - 9 
NO MOCKINGBIRD - 117 
BROWN THRASHER - 22 
EURO STARLING - 788 
CEDAR WAXWING - 592 
BLUE-WG WARBLER - 9 
GOLDEN-WG WARBLER - 1 
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 25 
NORTHERN PARULA - 31 
YELLOW WARBLER - 16 
CHESTNUT-S WARBLER - 8 
MAGNOLIA WARBLER - 10 
CAPE MAY WARBLER - 2 
YEL-RUMPED WARBLER - 4 
BLK-THR GR WARBLER - 9 
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER - 3 
YEL-THR WARBLER - 11 
PINE WARBLER - 4 
PRAIRIE WARBLER - 46 
PALM WARBLER - 14 
BAY-BR WARBLER - 3 
BLACKPOLL WARBLER - 13 
CERULEAN WARBLER - 2 
BLK-N-WH WARBLER - 8 
AM REDSTART - 3 
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER - 30 
WORM-EATING WARBLER - 9 
SWAINSON'S WARBLER - 1 
OVENBIRD - 8 
NO WATERTHRUSH - 3 
LA WATERTHRUSH - 12 
KENTUCKY WARBLER - 33 
COM YELLOWTHROAT - 81 
HOODED WARBLER - 12 
CANADA WARBLER - 2 
YELLOW-BR CHAT - 54 
SUMMER TANAGER - 61 
SCARLET TANAGER - 40 
EASTERN TOWHEE - 77 
CHIPPING SPARROW - 30 
FIELD SPARROW - 112 
LARK SPARROW - 3 
SAVANNAH SPARROW - 11 
GRASSHOPPER SP - 30 
HENSLOW'S SPARROW - 2 
SONG SPARROW - 22 
LINCOLN'S SPARROW - 6 
SWAMP SPARROW - 4 
WHITE-THR SPARROW - 8 
WHITE-CR SPARROW - 1 
NO CARDINAL - 255 
ROSE-BR GROSBEAK - 21 
BLUE GROSBEAK - 18 
INDIGO BUNTING - 198 
DICKCISSEL - 10 
BOBOLINK - 45 
RED-WG BLACKBIRD - 100 
E MEADOWLARK - 65 
COM GRACKLE - 119 
BRN-HEAD COWBIRD - 137 
ORCHARD ORIOLE - 49 
BALTIMORE ORIOLE - 3 
HOUSE FINCH - 49 
AM GOLDFINCH - 94 
HOUSE SPARROW - 32 
TOTAL BIRDS - 7023 
TOTAL SPECIES -  164

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