Results of Spring Bird Counting Events in Bledsoe County, Tennessee2002 and 2012

 

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Table 1. Results of a Spring Mini-BirdBlitz (MBB) during 2002 (Hoff 2002c) and a Spring BirdBlitz (SBB) during 2012 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

Date 11 May 2002 1 May 2012
   
Type of Count MBB SBB
   
Number Field Observers 2 7
Number Field Parties 1 4
   
    Hours on Foot   2.75
    Hours by Car   29.25
Total Party Hours   32
    Miles on Foot   1
    Miles by Car   309
Total Party Miles   310
Owling Hours   2.25
Owling Miles   30
   
Start CDT   0400
End CDT   1800
Low Temperature (F)   59
High Temperature (F)   84
Wind Speed (mph)   0-13
Wind Direction   SSW
Sky AM   Partly cloudy
Sky PM   Partly cloudy
Precipitation AM   None
Precipitation PM   5-min. shower
Moon Phase   Near First Quarter
   
Date 11 May 2002 1 May 2012
   
Canada Goose 41 55
Wood Duck 4 6
Mallard 2 8
Blue-winged Teal -- 3
Bufflehead -- 1
Northern Bobwhite 11 6
Wild Turkey -- 5
Great Blue Heron 1 3
Great Egret -- 2
Cattle Egret 1 --
Green Heron 1 2
Black Vulture 4 3
Turkey Vulture 9 61
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 --
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 2
Broad-winged Hawk 2 --
Red-tailed Hawk 3 3
Semipalmated Plover -- 1
Killdeer 14 22
Spotted Sandpiper 1 6
Solitary Sandpiper 3 10
Greater Yellowlegs -- 2
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 3
Least Sandpiper -- 9
American Woodcock 1 --
   
Date 11 May 2002 1 May 2012
   
Rock Pigeon -- 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 4
Mourning Dove 44 107
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 7
Barn Owl -- 1
Eastern Screech-Owl -- 8
Great Horned Owl 2 2
Barred Owl -- 2
Chuck-will's-widow -- 10
Eastern Whip-poor-will 12 4
Chimney Swift 26 21
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 6
Belted Kingfisher -- 1
Red-headed Woodpecker -- 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 47
Downy Woodpecker 2 7
Hairy Woodpecker 2 2
Northern Flicker -- 6
Pileated Woodpecker 4 9
American Kestrel 1 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 27
Acadian Flycatcher 1 9
Eastern Phoebe 5 26
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 23
Eastern Kingbird 23 27
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -- 12
Loggerhead Shrike 1 --
White-eyed Vireo 6 44
Yellow-throated Vireo -- 23
Blue-headed Vireo 6 4
Red-eyed Vireo 19 233
   
Date 11 May 2002 1 May 2012
   
Blue Jay 12 44
American Crow 11 135
N. Rough-winged Swallow 6 11
Purple Martin 16 53
Tree Swallow -- 5
Barn Swallow 32 108
Cliff Swallow -- 51
Carolina Chickadee 16 44
Tufted Titmouse 6 104
White-breasted Nuthatch 7 20
House Wren -- 3
Carolina Wren 21 84
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11 65
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- 1
Eastern Bluebird 29 92
Wood Thrush 3 32
American Robin 28 82
Gray Catbird -- 3
Northern Mockingbird 30 105
Brown Thrasher 13 29
European Starling 39 151
Cedar Waxwing 17 71
   
Date 11 May 2002 1 May 2012
   
Ovenbird 9 39
Worm-eating Warbler -- 11
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 6
Northern Waterthrush -- 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1 27
Prothonotary Warbler 1 --
Tennessee Warbler -- 4
Kentucky Warbler -- 17
Common Yellowthroat 11 67
Hooded Warbler 5 51
American Redstart 7 8
Cape May Warbler 2 --
Northern Parula -- 16
Yellow Warbler -- 4
Blackpoll Warbler 1 11
Palm Warbler 4 3
Pine Warbler -- 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 2 35
Prairie Warbler 21 58
Black-throated Green Warbler 2 2
Canada Warbler 1 --
Yellow-breasted Chat 11 53
   
Date 11 May 2002 1 May 2012
   
Eastern Towhee 6 33
Chipping Sparrow 41 56
Field Sparrow 39 85
Savannah Sparrow -- 2
Grasshopper Sparrow 6 8
Henslow's Sparrow -- 1
Song Sparrow 16 60
Summer Tanager 3 14
Scarlet Tanager 4 41
Northern Cardinal 22 127
Rose-breasted Grosbeak -- 1
Blue Grosbeak 3 30
Indigo Bunting 51 303
Dickcissel 7 1
Bobolink -- 15
Red-winged Blackbird 51 180
Eastern Meadowlark 45 216
Common Grackle 32 71
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 40
Orchard Oriole 2 17
House Finch 10 14
American Goldfinch 30 16
House Sparrow 17 41
   
Total Individuals 1040 3990
   
Total Species 90 116
   
Date 11 May 2002 1 May 2012

 

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