Results of Pooled Data Event in Cumberland, DeKalb, Jackson, and Putnam Counties, Tennessee, Using Data Collected According to Great Backyard Bird Count Protocols—13 February 2010

The image of this White-breasted Nuthatch—displaying the classic foot-positioning that enables individuals of this species to move headfirst down a tree trunk—was captured near Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee, not too long before the 2010 GBBC; photo Judy C. Fuson (31 January 2010).

The data below for 91 species of birds occurring in the Upper Cumberland Region during late winter 2009–2010 derive from results of the Pooled Data Event as recorded on Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) checklists from four Upper Cumberland Region counties—Cumberland, DeKalb, Jackson, and Putnam counties, Tennessee.  All pooled data were collected 13 February 2010. Many thanks to all the observers who submitted checklists from these counties on that date; thanks are due also to observers from other UCR counties who submitted checklists for 13 February 2010—but not in sufficient quantity, detail, or timeliness to reach the 10 checklists per county minimum necessary for inclusion below—and to all observers who submitted data from still other UCR counties for one or more of the other three days of the GBBC.

    To see a map (Figure 1) of the Upper Cumberland Region highlighting counties in which GBBC data were collected 13 February 2010, click on this link:

    All data provided below derive  from checklists representing a time frame between 15 minutes and 2 hours in duration. In all cases the data came to SJS as a forwarded copy of the checklist results sent to observers (on request) as e-mail generated by the GBBC data-entry program.  Observers listed their names and data collection sites in the "Comments" section of the checklist report.

    Note: Somewhat like the weather during the 2008 and 2009 versions of the Regional Pooled Data Event, weather during the 2010 version was relatively conducive to the collection of bird data (although very cold, causing most small bodies of water to be completely frozen, especially at higher elevations) and quite unlike the snowstorm-dominated conditions that characterized the Pooled Data Events of 2006 and 2007.

    Here are links to pages of this website for the GBBC Central Node and for a page comparing GBBC species totals with CBC species totals:

Table 1. GBBC Data from the Upper Cumberland Region during 2010.

Table 2. GBBC Data from Cumberland County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Key to Observer Initials for Cumberland County, Tennessee:

Table 3. GBBC Data from DeKalb County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Key to Observer Initials for DeKalb County, Tennessee:

Table 4. GBBC Data from Jackson County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Key to Observer Initials for Jackson County, Tennessee:

Sites Surveyed in Jackson County, Tennessee:

  WAW/TMS        Two areas near Roaring River Recreation Area; two sections of Roaring
                              River Rd.; New Hope Rd.; Greenwood Ridge Rd.; Gaw Branch Rd.;
                              two sections of Big Bottom Rd.; intersection of Trace Creek Rd. and 
                              Rt. 262; Wartrace Park; two sections of Smith Bend Rd.; Brooks Bend
                              Rd.; and Cook's Lane.

      NSL/JL         Bullington Lane; Roaring River Recreation Area; Hurricane Creek and Port
                             Authority; Sugar Creek; White's Bend Rd.; and Fort Blount Ferry Rd.

            MJH         Martin's Creek Boat Launch; Granville Bridge; Holleman's Bend Rd.; and
                             Shady Grove Rd.

              LH          Gentry Lane; Albert Swift Rd.; and Blackburn Fork Rd.

              JM          Cummins Mill Rd.

Table 5. GBBC Data from Putnam County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Key to Observer Initials for Putnam County, Tennessee:

Sites Surveyed in Putnam County, Tennessee:

  SJS        Boring Pond; Cookeville Golf Course; Shipley Farm; Verble Sherrell Rd.; Burgess
                  Falls State Natural Area; Window Cliff Rd.; Old Mill & Ball Hill Rds.; Medlin Rd.;
                  Nash Rd.; Water Plant Rd.; Rt. 96; Ensor Hollow Rd.; Little Indian Creek Rd.;
                  Stanton Rd.; Bates Rd.; and Cane Creek Park (dusk).

  BHS       City Lake; Cane Creek Park (morning); Double Springs; Lexus Pond; Dry Valley Rd.;
                  Victory View Rd.; Monterey Lakes; and Hackworth Farm.

  JCF        Allen Hollow Rd.; Walnut Park; Ensor Sink Natural Area; and Dogwood Park.

  MPO       Shenandoah subdivision; Green Mountain Rd.; and Paragon Rd.

  GKE        Dry Creek Meadows.

    BD        Dakota Ave., Cookeville.

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