Results of Fall Bird Counts in White County, Tennessee, 2004–Present
Results of Fall Bird Counts (FBC) in White County for the years during which a count was conducted in that county are provided below (Table 1). To view results of this FBC in the context of all counts conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region during a year from 2005 to 2012, to return to the central node for Fall Bird Counts, or to return to the Birdpage, click on the appropriate link below:
Table 1. Results of Fall Bird Counts in White County, Tennessee.
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Date (September/October) | 25 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 15 | -- |
| Number of Parties | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4–5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | -- |
| Number Observers | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 8 | -- |
| Number Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| Compiler | DAD | DAD | DAD | DAD | DAD | DAD | DAD | DAD | DAD | -- |
| Party Hours | 40.5 | 33 | 42.75 | 43.25 | 69 | 54.25 | 71.25 | 53.75 | 48 | -- |
| Party Miles | 336.75 | 332 | 399.75 | 374.5 | 529.5 | 519.5 | 511.5 | 416 | 416 | -- |
| Owling Hours | 1.5 | 2.25 | 3.75 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 2.25 | 4 | -- |
| Owling Miles | 39 | 21 | 56 | 62 | 43 | 73 | 35.5 | 20 | 39 | -- |
| Feederwatching Hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| Start CDT | 0430 | 0410 | 0415 | 0400 | 0415 | 0400 | 0430 | 0445 | 0430 | -- |
| End CDT | 2230 | 1830 | 1820 | 1850 | 1830 | 1845 | 1800 | 1800 | 1702 | -- |
| Total Species | 113 | 103 | 109 | 111 | 116 | 112 | 125 | 108 | 108 | -- |
| Canada Goose | 293 | 88 | 92 | 255 | 595 | 131 | 378 | 262 | 232 | -- |
| Wood Duck | 33 | 15 | 50 | 27 | 16 | 62 | 48 | 52 | 14 | -- |
| American Black Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 18 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Mallard | 2 | 20 | 21 | 88 | 57 | 20 | 13 | 27 | 15 | -- |
| Blue-winged Teal | 33 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 29 | -- |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | 13 | -- | -- |
| Northern Bobwhite | 1 | 1 | -- | 9 | 10 | -- | 13 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Wild Turkey | 17 | 18 | -- | 37 | 58 | 29 | 56 | 43 | 37 | -- |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -- | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | 27 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 28 | 21 | 10 | -- |
| Great Egret | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 7 | 6 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Little Blue Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Green Heron | 3 | -- | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | -- |
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Black Vulture | 29 | 45 | 56 | 70 | 88 | 67 | 161 | 88 | 72 | -- |
| Turkey Vulture | 58 | 79 | 100 | 78 | 149 | 143 | 178 | 172 | 121 | -- |
| Osprey | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Bald Eagle | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 ad. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | -- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | -- |
| Accipiter sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 9 | -- |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 11 | 1 | -- | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | -- |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 10 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 9 | -- |
| Buteo sp. | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sora | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Virginia Rail | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Gallinule | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Coot | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Semipalmated Plover | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Killdeer | 91 | 51 | 129 | 101 | 129 | 157 | 336 | 80 | 15 | -- |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -- | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 | -- | 5 | -- | 1 | -- | 6 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Least Sandpiper | 6 | -- | 5 | 5 | -- | 1 | 6 | -- | 3 | -- |
| Peep sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Woodcock | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Tern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Rock Pigeon | 58 | 222 | 120 | 45 | 46 | 97 | 113 | 178 | 36 | -- |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | -- | 4 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | -- |
| Mourning Dove | 163 | 279 | 376 | 275 | 360 | 244 | 364 | 432 | 381 | -- |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 6 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Barn Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 7 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 11 | -- |
| Great Horned Owl | -- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | -- |
| Barred Owl | -- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | -- | 4 | -- |
| Common Nighthawk | 1 | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Chimney Swift | 27 | 72 | 46 | 66 | 57 | 46 | 70 | 34 | 8 | -- |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 20 | -- |
| Belted Kingfisher | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | -- |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 13 | -- |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 51 | 43 | 61 | 56 | 154 | 80 | 86 | 60 | 39 | -- |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Downy Woodpecker | 29 | 48 | 52 | 60 | 71 | 24 | 79 | 35 | 43 | -- |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | -- |
| Northern Flicker | 37 | 38 | 25 | 55 | 84 | 52 | 29 | 22 | 6 | -- |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 20 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 24 | 41 | 34 | 38 | -- |
| American Kestrel | 24 | 46 | 35 | 31 | 44 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 31 | -- |
| Merlin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Peregrine Falcon | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 48 | 23 | 40 | 37 | 33 | 20 | 37 | 51 | 16 | -- |
| Acadian Flycatcher | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Empidonax sp. | 1 | -- | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | -- |
| Eastern Phoebe | 72 | 50 | 90 | 82 | 97 | 54 | 62 | 45 | 26 | -- |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Eastern Kingbird | 3 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 7 | -- | -- |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 2 | 2 | 3 | -- | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- |
| White-eyed Vireo | 45 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 72 | 29 | 31 | -- |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 10 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 12 | -- |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 8 | -- |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -- | 4 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 10 | -- |
| Blue Jay | 394 | 202 | 241 | 344 | 729 | 770 | 311 | 314 | 175 | -- |
| American Crow | 288 | 215 | 289 | 316 | 517 | 713 | 377 | 440 | 249 | -- |
| Horned Lark | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Purple Martin | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tree Swallow | -- | 4 | 20 | -- | 85 | 83 | 50 | 55 | -- | -- |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Bank Swallow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Barn Swallow | 4 | 12 | 22 | 25 | -- | -- | 5 | 7 | 4 | -- |
| Carolina Chickadee | 137 | 149 | 155 | 164 | 217 | 115 | 170 | 113 | 113 | -- |
| Tufted Titmouse | 141 | 117 | 152 | 129 | 245 | 173 | 246 | 103 | 147 | -- |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | 11 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 20 | 41 | 67 | 66 | 115 | 36 | 109 | 53 | 42 | -- |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- |
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| House Wren | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| Winter Wren | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sedge Wren | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Marsh Wren | 2 | 6 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Carolina Wren | 129 | 166 | 143 | 154 | 206 | 129 | 255 | 116 | 141 | -- |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | -- |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Eastern Bluebird | 189 | 291 | 356 | 262 | 412 | 355 | 212 | 204 | 179 | -- |
| Veery | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1 | 6 | -- | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | -- |
| Swainson's Thrush | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 28 | 32 | -- |
| Wood Thrush | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | -- |
| American Robin | 87 | 43 | 72 | 168 | 162 | 86 | 97 | 222 | 101 | -- |
| Gray Catbird | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 13 | -- |
| Northern Mockingbird | 81 | 66 | 62 | 110 | 251 | 142 | 104 | 114 | 68 | -- |
| Brown Thrasher | 20 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 8 | -- |
| European Starling | 1901 | 1683 | 1851 | 916 | 6016 | 2205 | 1567 | 4978 | 1150 | -- |
| Cedar Waxwing | 3 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 268 | 5 | 22 | 122 | 82 | -- |
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Ovenbird | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| Worm-eating Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Waterthrush | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue-winged Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 6 | -- | 2 | -- |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 3 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 11 | -- |
| Tennessee Warbler | -- | 41 | 11 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 28 | -- |
| Nashville Warbler | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Kentucky Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Common Yellowthroat | 90 | 20 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 28 | 17 | 29 | 26 | -- |
| Hooded Warbler | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | -- |
| American Redstart | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 22 | -- |
| Cape May Warbler | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Northern Parula | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | 3 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Magnolia Warbler | 42 | 57 | 77 | 34 | 117 | 15 | 56 | 37 | 34 | -- |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | -- | 4 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | 8 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Yellow Warbler | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | -- |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9 | -- |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Palm Warbler | 1 | 8 | -- | 50 | 69 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | -- |
| Pine Warbler | 15 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 25 | -- |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | -- | 2 | -- | 16 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -- | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| Prairie Warbler | 4 | 1 | 1 | -- | 5 | -- | 3 | 7 | 2 | -- |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 8 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | -- |
| Wilson's Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canada Warbler | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Eastern Towhee | 16 | 16 | 31 | 41 | 31 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 20 | -- |
| Chipping Sparrow | 16 | 87 | 74 | 99 | 222 | 110 | 126 | 105 | 53 | -- |
| Field Sparrow | 31 | 27 | 52 | 39 | 88 | 38 | 43 | 27 | 11 | -- |
| Savannah Sparrow | 2 | 4 | -- | 20 | 13 | 9 | 8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Fox Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Song Sparrow | 51 | 27 | 52 | 69 | 89 | 45 | 31 | 38 | 23 | -- |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | 23 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-throated Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Summer Tanager | 9 | 11 | 42 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 29 | -- |
| Scarlet Tanager | 16 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 10 | -- |
| Northern Cardinal | 155 | 228 | 246 | 241 | 313 | 166 | 220 | 101 | 103 | -- |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 10 | 6 | 23 | 42 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 30 | 10 | -- |
| Indigo Bunting | 45 | 13 | 60 | 26 | 33 | 71 | 93 | 68 | 95 | -- |
| Bobolink | 13 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 262 | -- | 66 | 19 | 103 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 15 | -- |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 66 | 92 | 83 | 104 | 402 | 140 | 86 | 41 | 72 | -- |
| Common Grackle | 18 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 180 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 13 | -- |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 22 | 5 | 11 | -- | 417 | 20 | 23 | -- | 10 | -- |
| Baltimore Oriole | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| House Finch | 58 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 2 | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 39 | 28 | 50 | 56 | 55 | 36 | 101 | 81 | 55 | -- |
| House Sparrow | 40 | 45 | 34 | 81 | 95 | 56 | 107 | 77 | 25 | -- |
| -- | -- | |||||||||
| Total Individuals | 5779 | 5155 | 6104 | 5595 | 14198 | 7309 | 7349 | 9833 | 4723 | -- |
| Total Species | 113 | 103 | 109 | 111 | 116 | 112 | 125 | 108 | 108 | -- |
| Cumulative Species Total | 113 | 124 | 132 | 138 | 144 | 149 | 154 | 157 | 162 | -- |
|
Year |
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Douglas A. Downs (DAD) is the compiler of the White County FBC.
Quick links to other sections of this website: