Results of Spring Bird-Counting Efforts in Overton County, Tennessee—Central Node

An Olive-sided Flycatcher photographed during the 2011 Overton County BirdBlitz; photo Douglas
A. Downs (30 April 2011).

 

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Table 1. Results of Various Bird-Survey Efforts in Overton County, Tennessee.

Year 1951 1954 2011
                     
Type of Count * TOS TOS SBB              
Date (May/April) 12–13 8–9 30
       
Number Field Observers 60 70 7
Number Field Parties NA NA 4
Number Feederwatchers 0 0 0
Start CDT NA NA 0442
End CDT NA NA 2027
Hours on Foot -- -- 5.25
Hours by Car -- -- 43.5
Total Party Hours NA NA 48.75
Miles on Foot -- -- 2.25
Miles by Car -- -- 446.5
Total Party Miles NA NA 448.75
Owling Hours NA NA 2.5
Owling Miles NA NA 41
Feeder-watching Hours NA NA 0
Low Temperature (F) cool cool 42
High Temperature (F) NA NA 83
Wind Direction little NA NA
Wind Speed (mph) little NA 0–15
Sky AM clear clear clear
Sky PM clear overc. clear
Precipitation AM none some none
Precipitation PM none some none
       
Compiler Anon. Anon. SJS
Total Species 106 104 140
Year 1951 1954 2011
                     
Canada Goose -- -- 130              
Wood Duck -- -- 35              
Mallard -- -- 11              
Blue-winged Teal -- 5 10
Lesser Scaup 3 -- --
Northern Bobwhite 5 2 14
Wild Turkey -- -- 10              
Pied-billed Grebe -- -- 1              
Great Blue Heron -- -- 7              
Green Heron 2 1 4
Black Vulture -- 2 12
Turkey Vulture 3 2 71
Mississippi Kite 1 -- --
Northern Harrier -- 1 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 -- 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 2 1
Red-shouldered Hawk -- -- 11              
Broad-winged Hawk 2 2 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1 4 5
Golden Eagle 1 -- --
Sora 1 -- 2
American Coot -- 2 7
Year 1951 1954 2011
                     
Semipalmated Plover 1 -- --
Killdeer 2 -- 42
Spotted Sandpiper 6 3 8
Solitary Sandpiper 2 2 15
Greater Yellowlegs -- -- 3              
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 2 10
Least Sandpiper 3 -- --
American Woodcock -- -- 3              
Forster's Tern -- 2 --
Rock Pigeon -- -- 16              
Eurasian Collared-Dove -- -- 4              
Mourning Dove 3 x 182
Black-billed Cuckoo 4 2 --
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4 6 2
Eastern Screech-Owl -- 1 3
Great Horned Owl -- -- 4              
Barred Owl 1 1 3
Common Nighthawk 1 1 --
Chuck-will's-widow -- -- 9              
Eastern Whip-poor-will 3 2 5
Chimney Swift x x 49
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x 2 6
Belted Kingfisher 2 1 4
Red-headed Woodpecker -- 1 13
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 2 66
Downy Woodpecker 3 4 13
Hairy Woodpecker 2 2 3
Northern Flicker 5 3 18
Pileated Woodpecker 3 4 21
American Kestrel -- -- 14              
Year 1951 1954 2011
                     
Olive-sided Flycatcher -- -- 1              
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x 17
Acadian Flycatcher x x 24
Eastern Phoebe x x 31
Great Crested Flycatcher x x 35
Eastern Kingbird 3 1 67
Loggerhead Shrike -- -- 1              
White-eyed Vireo x x 67
Yellow-throated Vireo x x 29
Blue-headed Vireo -- -- 5              
Warbling Vireo -- -- 7              
Philadelphia Vireo 7 -- --
Red-eyed Vireo x x 343
Blue Jay 4 x 87
American Crow 7 x 191
Purple Martin 2 6 133
Tree Swallow 1 1 56
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 x 38
Bank Swallow -- 2 --
Cliff Swallow -- 2 3
Barn Swallow 2 1 194
Carolina Chickadee 10 x 46
Tufted Titmouse x x 112
White-breasted Nuthatch 3 x 14
House Wren -- -- 20              
Winter Wren -- -- 1              
Sedge Wren -- -- 1              
Marsh Wren 1 1 --
Carolina Wren 5 x 124
Bewick's Wren 1 -- --
Year 1951 1954 2011
                     
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x 108
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- -- 3              
Eastern Bluebird 4 x 191
Veery -- -- 1              
Gray-cheeked Thrush -- 1 --
Swainson's Thrush x x 9
Wood Thrush x x 56
American Robin -- -- 213              
Gray Catbird 7 x 12
Northern Mockingbird 2 -- 161
Brown Thrasher 2 x 48
European Starling -- 1 525
Cedar Waxwing 1 -- 2
Ovenbird 10 x 113
Worm-eating Warbler 4 x 23
Louisiana Waterthrush 8 x 11
Northern Waterthrush 1 1 4
Blue-winged Warbler -- -- 2              
Black-and-white Warbler 8 x 24
Prothonotary Warbler 1 -- 2
Mourning Warbler 1 -- --
Tennessee Warbler x x 19
Nashville Warbler -- -- 5              
Kentucky Warbler x x 39
Common Yellowthroat 7 8 151
Hooded Warbler x x 70
American Redstart x 4 2
Cape May Warbler 3 8 3
Cerulean Warbler x x 2
Northern Parula 6 x 29
Magnolia Warbler 2 4 3
Bay-breasted Warbler x x --
Blackburnian Warbler 2 x 3
Yellow Warbler 5 x 25
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 8 --
Blackpoll Warbler 4 x 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler -- -- 1              
Palm Warbler -- 1 4
Pine Warbler -- -- 12              
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 x 10
Yellow-throated Warbler -- 2 38
Prairie Warbler x x 64
Black-throated Green Warbler 4 5 20
Canada Warbler 3 -- 1
Yellow-breasted Chat x x 77
Year 1951 1954 2011
                     
Eastern Towhee x 4 82
Bachman's Sparrow -- 2 --
Chipping Sparrow x x 137
Field Sparrow 5 x 94
Savannah Sparrow 2 1 20
Grasshopper Sparrow -- 1 16
Henslow's Sparrow -- -- 3              
Song Sparrow -- -- 125              
Swamp Sparrow 1 1 5
White-throated Sparrow 2 10 15
White-crowned Sparrow -- -- 8              
Summer Tanager x x 78
Scarlet Tanager x x 63
Northern Cardinal x x 236
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 x 8
Blue Grosbeak -- -- 53              
Indigo Bunting x x 267
Dickcissel -- -- 4              
Bobolink 1 -- 7
Red-winged Blackbird 8 20 295
Eastern Meadowlark 4 1 226
Common Grackle 3 1 87
Brown-headed Cowbird 8 x 95
Orchard Oriole 2 -- 105
Baltimore Oriole 3 4 5
Purple Finch -- -- 2              
House Finch -- -- 24              
Pine Siskin -- -- 1              
American Goldfinch x x 49
House Sparrow 1 1 125
Total Individuals -- -- 6818
Total Species 106 104 140
Year 1951 1954 2011

* The results of the bird-counting effort in Overton County, Tennessee, during May 1951 were collected somewhat anecdotally by members of the Tennessee Ornithological Society (TOS) during  their spring meeting at Standing Stone State Park (SSSP) and are presented in Anonymous (1951); x = species present but specific number not noted.  The results of the 1954 bird-counting effort in Overton County also derive from data collected somewhat anecdotally by TOS members who attended the May 1954 state meeting at SSSP and are presented in Anonymous (1954); x = species present but specific number not noted. The results of the bird-counting effort in Overton County during late April 2011 derive from efforts of seven birders in four parties who conducted a Spring BirdBlitz (SBB) in the county in preparation for the 2011 UCR Foray conducted in that county during late May 2011.

 

Table 2. Results of Spring BirdBlitz in Overton County, Tennessee, 30 April 2011.

Location N/NE E/SE S W Total
         
Party Leaders EKL BHS WAW SJS  
Party Members DAD   TMS    
    MPO    
         
Number Field Observers 2 1 3 1 7
Number Field Parties 1 1 1 1 4
Number Feederwatchers 0 0 0 0 0
         
Start CDT 0445 0445 0600 0442 0442
End CDT 1830 1700 1600 2027 2027
    Hours on Foot 5 0 0 0.25 5.25
    Hours by Car 8 11.5 10 14 43.5
Total Party Hours 13 11.5 10 14.25 48.75
     Miles on Foot 2 0 0 0.25 2.25
     Miles by Car 107 99 70.5 170 446.5
Total Party Miles 109 99 70.5 170.25 448.75
Owling Hours 0.5 0.5 0 1.5 2.5
Owling Miles 6 5 0 30 41
Feeder-watching Hours 0 0 0 0 0
           
Low Temperature (F) 45 42   48 42
High Temperature (F) 78 83   81 83
Wind Direction         NA
Wind AM (mph)         0–10
Wind PM (mph)         0–15
Sky AM         clear
Sky PM         clear
Precipitation AM         none
Precipitation PM         none
Moon Phase         near new
         
Location N/NE E/SE S W Total
         
Canada Goose 44 13 13 60 130
Wood Duck 17 13   5 35
Mallard 8   2 1 11
Blue-winged Teal   7   3 10
Northern Bobwhite 10 2 1 1 14
Wild Turkey 4 1 3 2 10
Pied-billed Grebe   1     1
Great Blue Heron 3     4 7
Green Heron 3 1     4
Black Vulture 7 1   4 12
Turkey Vulture 25 5 28 13 71
Northern Harrier 2       2
Sharp-shinned Hawk   1     1
Cooper's Hawk 1       1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 4 3 2 11
Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 1 1 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 2 1 5
Sora 2       2
American Coot 7       7
Killdeer 17 2 4 9 32
Spotted Sandpiper 8       8
Solitary Sandpiper 11   1 3 15
Greater Yellowlegs 3       3
Lesser Yellowlegs 10       10
American Woodcock 1 2     3
Rock Pigeon 9 6   1 16
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3   1   4
Mourning Dove 40 85 32 25 182
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1   1   2
         
Location N/NE E/SE S W Total
         
Eastern Screech-Owl   2 1   3
Great Horned Owl 1 3     4
Barred Owl 1 2     3
Chuck-will's-widow 5 2   2 9
Eastern Whip-poor-will   3   2 5
Chimney Swift 30 4 7 8 49
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 2 1 2 6
Belted Kingfisher 1 2   1 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 6 3 3 1 13
Red-bellied Woodpecker 20 13 13 20 66
Downy Woodpecker 1 3 6 3 13
Hairy Woodpecker   2 1   3
Northern Flicker 7 6 3 2 18
Pileated Woodpecker 3 2 12 4 21
American Kestrel 9   3 2 14
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1       1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2   4 11 17
Acadian Flycatcher 1 3 2 18 24
Eastern Phoebe 3 8 9 11 31
Great Crested Flycatcher 8   17 10 35
Eastern Kingbird 28 1 18 20 67
Loggerhead Shrike 1       1
White-eyed Vireo 7 13 21 26 67
Yellow-throated Vireo 3 7 6 13 29
Blue-headed Vireo   5     5
Warbling Vireo 5 1 1   7
Red-eyed Vireo 30 85 22 206 343
         
Location N/NE E/SE S W Total
         
Blue Jay 11 27 28 21 87
American Crow 27 55 75 34 191
Purple Martin 60 29 31 13 133
Tree Swallow 17 17 9 13 56
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 17 13 4 4 38
Cliff Swallow   3     3
Barn Swallow 70 75 24 25 194
Carolina Chickadee 5 17 7 17 46
Tufted Titmouse 20 25 31 36 112
White-breasted Nuthatch 4 3 5 2 14
House Wren 8 1 4 7 20
Winter Wren     1   1
Sedge Wren 1       1
Carolina Wren 15 19 31 59 124
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18 4 21 65 108
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1 1   3
Eastern Bluebird 42 65 64 20 191
Veery   1     1
Swainson's Thrush 2 1   6 9
Wood Thrush 2 30 5 19 56
American Robin 50 40 62 61 213
Gray Catbird 1 8   3 12
Northern Mockingbird 42 23 47 49 161
Brown Thrasher 10 11 14 13 48
European Starling 210 85 160 70 525
Cedar Waxwing   2     2
         
Location N/NE E/SE S W Total
         
Ovenbird 1 78 7 27 113
Worm-eating Warbler 1 8   14 23
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 6 1 3 11
Northern Waterthrush 2 1   1 4
Blue-winged Warbler 1 1     2
Black-and-white Warbler 3 9 2 10 24
Prothonotary Warbler 2       2
Tennessee Warbler 4 4   11 19
Nashville Warbler   1   4 5
Kentucky Warbler 6 3 5 25 39
Common Yellowthroat 30 19 37 65 151
Hooded Warbler 5 27 4 34 70
American Redstart   2     2
Cape May Warbler 1     2 3
Cerulean Warbler   1   1 2
Northern Parula 2 6 1 20 29
Magnolia Warbler   2   1 3
Blackburnian Warbler   1   2 3
Yellow Warbler 10 4 4 7 25
Blackpoll Warbler 1 1   3 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler       1 1
Palm Warbler 1     3 4
Pine Warbler 1 2   9 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 2   2 10
Yellow-throated Warbler 6 7 8 17 38
Prairie Warbler 3 34 7 20 64
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 3   16 20
Canada Warbler       1 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 12 28 17 20 77
         
Location N/NE E/SE S W Total
         
Eastern Towhee 7 25 20 30 82
Chipping Sparrow 17 50 19 51 137
Field Sparrow 11 20 39 24 94
Savannah Sparrow 15 2 2 1 20
Grasshopper Sparrow 4 7   5 16
Henslow's Sparrow 3       3
Song Sparrow 11 42 26 46 125
Swamp Sparrow 3 1   1 5
White-throated Sparrow 4 4 2 5 15
White-crowned Sparrow 5   3   8
Summer Tanager 11 14 16 37 78
Scarlet Tanager 5 28 8 22 63
Northern Cardinal 26 95 44 71 236
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 1 1 5 8
Blue Grosbeak 18 11 10 14 53
Indigo Bunting 48 26 70 123 267
Dickcissel 4       4
Bobolink 7       7
Red-winged Blackbird 115 62 67 51 295
Eastern Meadowlark 65 42 64 55 226
Common Grackle 41 7 31 8 87
Brown-headed Cowbird 16 40 20 19 95
Orchard Oriole 24 28 20 33 105
Baltimore Oriole 1 4     5
Purple Finch   2     2
House Finch 2 7 7 8 24
Pine Siskin       1 1
American Goldfinch 14 8 6 21 49
House Sparrow 65 15 22 23 125
         
Total Individuals 1690 1665 1456 2007 6818
         
Total Species 120 111 84 104 140
         
Location N/NE E/SE S W Total

Key to Observer Initials:

Initials Name
   
DAD Douglas A. Downs
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
MPO Michael P. O'Rourke
TMS Thomas M. Saya
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman, compiler
WAW Winston A. Walden

 

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