Results of Pooled Data Event in DeKalb, Putnam, and White Counties, Tennessee, and Metcalfe County, Kentucky, Using Data Collected According to Great Backyard Bird Count Protocols—17 and 18 February 2012

The data below for 91 species of birds occurring in the Upper Cumberland Region during late winter 2011–2012 derive from results of the Pooled Data Event (PDE) as recorded on Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) checklists from four Upper Cumberland Region counties—De Kalb, Putnam, and White counties, Tennessee, as well as Metcalfe County, Kentucky.  Pooled data were collected 17 and/or 18 February 2012. Many thanks to all the observers who submitted checklists from these counties on one or both of those dates; thanks are due also to other Regional observers who submitted data to the GBBC database for one or more of the four days of the GBBC.

    To see a map (Figure 1) of the Upper Cumberland Region highlighting counties in which GBBC data from the PDE were collected 17 and/or 18 February 2012, click on this link:

    Almost all data provided below derive  from checklists representing a time frame between 15 minutes and 2 hours in duration. In most 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.

    Remarkable numbers of Sandhill Cranes, over 6800 (assuming no overlap in the groups that were counted, probably not a valid assumption), were reported migrating northward during the days of the PDE, a reprise of the 2011 PDE.

   Note: The weather during the 2012 version of the Pooled Data Event was generally conducive to the collection of bird data on the first two days of the event; the last two dates witnessed a deterioration of weather conditions, but no PDE was conducted on either of those dates.

    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 PDE Data from the Upper Cumberland Region during 2012.

Table 2. GBBC PDE Data from Metcalfe County, Kentucky, 17 February 2012.

Key to Observer Initials:

Table 3. GBBC PDE Data from De Kalb County, Tennessee, 18 February 2012; thanks to Michael J. Hawkins for compiling these data.

Table 4. GBBC PDE Data from Putnam County, Tennessee, 17 and 18 February 2012.

Key to Observer Initials:

Sites Surveyed in Putnam County, Tennessee:

 A—Cane Creek Park, Ensor Sink Natural Area, Walnut Park, Village Rd., Allen Hollow Rd., Zeb Warren Rd.

 B—Monterey, Hackworth Farm on Rt. 62, CC Camp Rd., Rt. 162, Anderson Rd., Lakehill Rd., Monterey Waterworks; Waterview Rd., Monterey Lakes, Rt. 70N, Joe Jackson Rd., Bee Rock Rd. and overlook.

C—Lakeland Dr., Poplar Grove Rd., City Lake Natural Area, Watson Rd., Overstreet Rd., Shady Lane, Jones Farm, Wolf Pond Rd., Rocky Point Rd., Macedonia Rd., Johnny Stamps Rd., Boring Pond, Church Swamp, Dry Valley Rd., Buck Mt. Rd., Whitson Chapel Rd., Veterans Dr. (Fairground), South Jefferson Ave., South Walnut Ave., Stone Seminary Rd., Mt. Herman Rd., Hidden Cove Rd., Cherry Creek Rd.

D—Cookeville Golf Course, Lexus Pond, Double Springs, Ball Hill Rd., Old Mill Rd., Hickey Ridge Rd., Medlin Rd., Nash Rd., New Window Cliff Rd., Burgess Falls State Natural Area, South Allen Rd., Rock Island Rd., Verble Sherrell Rd., Foster Circle, Shipley Farm, Liberty Church Rd., Martin Creek Rd., Martin Creek on Rt. 96.

Table 5. GBBC PDE Data from White County, Tennessee, 18 February 2012; thanks to Douglas A. Downs for compiling these data.