To see a table of results for Putnam County Fall Bird Counts for all years 2000-present, click on the following link:
| Parties |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
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| No. Observers | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Start CDT | 0500 | 0515 | 0700 | 0500 | -- | 0500 | |
| End CDT | 1830 | 1700 | 1400 | 1330 | -- | 1830 | |
| Miles by Car | 116 | 100 | 56 | 24 | -- | 296 | |
| Miles on Foot | 1.5 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
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9.5 |
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| Total Party Miles | 117.5 | 102 | 59 | 27 | -- | 305.5 | |
| Hours by Car | 11 | 7.5 | 5 | 2 | -- | 25.5 | |
| Hours on Foot | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 3.5 | -- | 9 | |
| Total Party Hours | 12.5 | 9.5 | 7 | 5.5 | -- | 34.5 | |
| Miles Owling | 24 | 10 | 0 | 10 | -- | 44 | |
| Hours Owling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -- | 3 | |
| Feederwatching Hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
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| Low Temperature F | 46 | ||||||
| High Temperature F | 71 | ||||||
| Wind AM (mph) | 0-10 | ||||||
| Wind PM (mph) | 5-20 | ||||||
| Sky AM |
P Clo |
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| Sky PM |
Clear |
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| Canada Goose | 380 | 60 | 16 | 90 | -- | 546 | new high count for county |
| Wood Duck | 7 | 12 | -- | 1 | -- | 20 | |
| Gadwall | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | new early fall date in county |
| Blue-winged Teal | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | |
| Wild Turkey | -- | 3 | -- | 4 | -- | 7 | |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
|
| Pied-billed Grebe | 3 | 8 | 2 | -- | -- | 13 | |
| Double-cr. Cormorant | 1 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 10 | |
| Great Blue Heron | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | -- | 17 | |
| Green Heron | 1 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 5 | |
| Yellow-cr. Night-Heron | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Black Vulture | 1 | 6 | -- | 9 | -- | 16 | |
| Turkey Vulture | 22 | 18 | 5 | 19 | -- | 64 | |
| Osprey | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Cooper's Hawk | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |
| Accipiter sp. | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -- | 10 | |
| Buteo sp. | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | |
| American Kestrel | 14 | 4 | -- | 4 | -- | 22 | |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
|
| Killdeer | 18 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -- | 42 | |
| Rock Pigeon | 55 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 58 | |
| Mourning Dove | 152 | 45 | 16 | 28 | -- | 241 | |
| E. Screech-Owl | 7 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 8 | |
| Great Horned Owl | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | |
| Com. Nighthawk | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | |
| Chimney Swift | 32 | 32 | 30 | -- | 1 | 95 | |
| Rudy-thro. Hummingbird | 13 | 10 | -- | 7 | 16 | 46 | new high count for county |
| Belted Kingfisher | 3 | 7 | -- | 1 | -- | 11 | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 1 | 5 | -- | 2 | -- | 8 | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -- | 26 | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | new early fall date in county |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
|
| Downy Woodpecker | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | -- | 22 | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 3 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 5 | |
| N. Flicker | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -- | 20 | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 5 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 8 | |
| E. Wood-Pewee | 4 | -- | 4 | 4 | -- | 12 | |
| Empidonax sp. | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | |
| E. Phoebe | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -- | 34 | |
| E. Kingbird | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 4 | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | |
| White-eyed Vireo | 7 | 8 | 2 | -- | -- | 17 | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 5 | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 5 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 9 | |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
|
| Blue Jay | 87 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 151 | |
| American Crow | 88 | 43 | 29 | 19 | -- | 179 | |
| Horned Lark | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Carolina Chickadee | 75 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 111 | |
| Tufted Titmouse | 53 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 86 | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -- | 35 | |
| Carolina Wren | 40 | 19 | 12 | 8 | -- | 79 | |
| House Wren | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| E. Bluebird | 137 | 22 | 17 | 17 | -- | 193 | |
| Gray-ch. Thrush | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | new early fall date in county |
| Swainson's Thrush | 8 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 11 | |
| Wood Thrush | 1 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | 7 | |
| American Robin | 21 | 8 | 5 | 7 | -- | 41 | |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
|
| Gray Catbird | 4 | 9 | 1 | -- | -- | 14 | |
| N. Mockingbird | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | -- | 20 | |
| Brown Thrasher | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | -- | 19 | |
| European Starling | 335 | 260 | 101 | 318 | -- | 1014 | |
| Cedar Waxwing | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | |
| Ovenbird | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | |
| N. Waterthrush | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 5 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | 9 | |
| Tennessee Warbler | 7 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | 14 | |
| Orange-cr. Warbler | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | new early fall date in county |
| Mourning Warbler | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | new late fall date in county |
| Com. Yellowthroat | 15 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | 29 | |
| Hooded Warbler | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
|
| American Redstart | 7 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 11 | |
| Magnolia Warbler | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | -- | 25 | |
| Yellow Warbler | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |
| Pine Warbler | 2 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 5 | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Black-thr. Green Warbler | 5 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 7 | |
| Wilson's Warbler | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| E. Towhee | 9 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 11 | |
| Chipping Sparrow | 22 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 25 | |
| Field Sparrow | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | 32 | |
| Song Sparrow | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | -- | 46 | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | new early fall date in county |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
|
| Summer Tanager | 4 | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | 7 | |
| Scarlet Tanager | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| N. Cardinal | 94 | 21 | 29 | 13 | -- | 157 | |
| Rose-br. Grosbeak | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | |
| Blue Grosbeak | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Indigo Bunting | 21 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | 26 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 1 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | 22 | |
| E. Meadowlark | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | |
| Com. Grackle | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |
| House Finch | 31 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | 35 | |
| American Goldfinch | 44 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -- | 74 | |
| House Sparrow | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 17 | |
| Total Individuals | 2120 | 830 | 353 | 678 | 23 | 4004 | |
| Total Species | 88 | 69 | 34 | 50 | 5 | 97 | |
| BHS | SJS | GSK | GKE | FW | Total |
Notes |
Observers:
| BHS | Barbara H. Stedman |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman (compiler) |
| Terry M. Campbell (from Celina) | |
| Ken Gum | |
| Louann I. Gum | |
| Josie McQuail | |
| Carol D. Williams | |
| GSK | Graham S. Kash |
| Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| John C. Owens | |
| GKE | Ginger K. Ensor |
| Dale D. Ensor | |
| FW | Feederwatchers: |
| Caroline Huddleston (from Buffalo Valley) | |
| Susan H. Ford |
Notes on unusual species:
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: adult seen at 70 feet by six observers (including SJS); light crown; white cheek patch; orangish legs; same size as BCNH but breast dark gray.; Burgess Falls SNA.
Gadwall (BHS): white speculum noted; Burgess Falls SNA.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (GKE); red chin, vertical white stripe on sides.
Philadelphia Vireo (BHS); vireo bill; slow movements; gray crown; greenish back, white eyebrow, dark line through eye; yellow below.
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush (BHS): no buff in eye ring and lores; eye ring indistinct.
Mourning Warbler (BHS): bright yellow underneath except for dim dark throat hood; undertail coverts extended; incomplete eye ring; hopping on ground and foraging low in dense vegetation.
Orange-crowned and Wilson's warblers seen by BHS.
Lincoln's Sparrow (BHS): gray crown stripe; white belly; fine streaking on buffy throat and chest.
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