Results of the 40th Putnam County, Tennessee, Spring Bird Count—11 May 2013
Cool, moist weather conditions prevailed most of the day during this Spring Bird Count (SBC) and proved to be good for bird counting with the result that 136 species were found within the boundaries of the county. Merlin was recorded for the first time ever on a SBC in the county, increasing the all-time species total for this event to 205.
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Table 1. Results of 40th Putnam County Spring Bird Count.
| Location | NE | SE | SW | W | NW1 | NW2 | NW3 | |
| Party Leaders | TMS | DAD | EKL | SJS | JuF | MJH | GKE | Total |
| Party Members | MPO | JaF | CDW | JB | LH | |||
| NSL | ||||||||
| Number Field Observers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Number Field Parties | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Number Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Start CDT | 0600 | 0515 | 0530 | 0440 | 0650 | 0650 | 0555 | 0440 |
| End CDT | 1400 | 1745 | 1745 | 1715 | 1420 | 1550 | 1755 | 1755 |
| Hours on Foot | 0 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.75 |
| Hours by Car | 8 | 11.25 | 6 | 12 | 5.5 | 9 | 10 | 61.75 |
| Total Party Hours | 8 | 12.25 | 12.25 | 12 | 8.5 | 9 | 11.5 | 73.5 |
| Miles on Foot | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 7 |
| Miles by Car | 65 | 130 | 85 | 138 | 60 | 39 | 61 | 578 |
| Total Party Miles | 65 | 131 | 88 | 138 | 61.5 | 39 | 62.5 | 585 |
| Owling Hours | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 |
| Owling Miles | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Feeder-watching Hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Low Temperature (F) | NA | 58 | 60 | 63 | NA | NA | 60 | 58 |
| High Temperature (F) | NA | 65 | 65 | 67 | NA | NA | 63 | 67 |
| Wind Direction | NA | NA | Var. | NA | NA | NA | NA | Var. |
| Wind AM (mph) | NA | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | NA | NA | NA | 0–5 |
| Wind PM (mph) | NA | 0–5 | 0–15 | 0–10 | NA | NA | NA | 0–5 |
| Sky AM | Overcast | Clo/Fog | Overcast | Clo/Fog | NA | NA | NA | Fog/Over. |
| Sky PM | Overcast | Pclo | Pclo | Clo | NA | NA | NA | Cloudy |
| Precipitation AM | NA | Rain | None | Light Rain | NA | NA | NA | Brief Rain |
| Precipitation PM | NA | None | None | None | NA | NA | NA | None |
| Moon Phase | NA | NA | NA | Near New | NA | NA | NA | Near New |
| Total Species | 87 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 78 | 89 | 85 | 136 |
| Location | NE | SE | SW | W | NW1 | NW2 | NW3 | |
| Party Leaders | TMS | DAD | EKL | SJS | JuF | MJH | GKE | Total |
| Canada Goose | 29 | 97 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 185 |
| Wood Duck | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Mallard | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9* |
| Northern Bobwhite | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Wild Turkey | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28* |
| Common Loon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3* (tie) |
| Great Blue Heron | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| Great Egret | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Heron | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Black Vulture | 0 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| Turkey Vulture | 6 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 91 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| Sora | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2** (tie) |
| American Coot | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21** |
| Killdeer | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 56 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3* (tie) |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4* |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7** |
| Least Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 20* |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Location | NE | SE | SW | W | NW1 | NW2 | NW3 | |
| Party Leaders | TMS | DAD | EKL | SJS | JuF | MJH | GKE | Total |
| Rock Pigeon | 10 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 62 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4* |
| Mourning Dove | 38 | 91 | 61 | 71 | 63 | 33 | 91 | 448 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Barn Owl | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Great Horned Owl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barred Owl | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chuck-will's-widow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chimney Swift | 11 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 104 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 7 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 92 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Northern Flicker | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 35 |
| American Kestrel | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 12 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 73 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 1 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| Empid sp. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 9 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 88 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 59 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 10 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 121 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 18 | 24 | 12 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 118 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Warbling Vireo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 32 | 81 | 30 | 156 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 328 |
| Location | NE | SE | SW | W | NW1 | NW2 | NW3 | |
| Party Leaders | TMS | DAD | EKL | SJS | JuF | MJH | GKE | Total |
| Blue Jay | 28 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 43 | 187 |
| American Crow | 45 | 92 | 70 | 46 | 15 | 18 | 119 | 405* |
| Purple Martin | 3 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 79 |
| Tree Swallow | 5 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 41 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| Cliff Swallow | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Barn Swallow | 10 | 62 | 44 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 210 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 6 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 90 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 16 | 101 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 18 | 55 | 270 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| House Wren | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Carolina Wren | 30 | 52 | 43 | 76 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 249 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 10 | 29 | 16 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 117 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 32 | 51 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 34 | 53 | 255 |
| Veery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Swainson's Thrush | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Wood Thrush | 7 | 35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| American Robin | 62 | 78 | 38 | 80 | 125 | 105 | 125 | 613 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 33 | 58 | 38 | 24 | 46 | 25 | 72 | 296** |
| Brown Thrasher | 10 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 77 |
| European Starling | 170 | 130 | 110 | 130 | 115 | 215 | 223 | 1093 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 0 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 71 |
| Location | NE | SE | SW | W | NW1 | NW2 | NW3 | |
| Party Leaders | TMS | DAD | EKL | SJS | JuF | MJH | GKE | Total |
| Ovenbird | 11 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 4 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tennessee Warbler | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Kentucky Warbler | 10 | 13 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 90 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 22 | 22 | 32 | 86 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 177 |
| Hooded Warbler | 6 | 17 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| American Redstart | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 45 |
| Cape May Warbler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Cerulean Warbler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Northern Parula | 2 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 74 |
| Magnolia Warbler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Yellow Warbler | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Palm Warbler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Pine Warbler | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| Prairie Warbler | 9 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 56 |
| Location | NE | SE | SW | W | NW1 | NW2 | NW3 | |
| Party Leaders | TMS | DAD | EKL | SJS | JuF | MJH | GKE | Total |
| Eastern Towhee | 13 | 50 | 21 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 200 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 18 | 62 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 33 | 25 | 198 |
| Field Sparrow | 21 | 19 | 22 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 147 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Song Sparrow | 19 | 50 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 178 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Summer Tanager | 8 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 88 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| Northern Cardinal | 51 | 80 | 52 | 94 | 52 | 28 | 81 | 438 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 10 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 37 |
| Indigo Bunting | 62 | 51 | 53 | 203 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 429 |
| Bobolink | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 65 | 154 | 68 | 27 | 30 | 21 | 36 | 401 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 37 | 68 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 200 |
| Common Grackle | 16 | 48 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 78 | 80 | 288 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 20 | 25 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 134 |
| Orchard Oriole | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Purple Finch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| House Finch | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 57 |
| American Goldfinch | 13 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 80 |
| House Sparrow | 15 | 66 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 135 |
| Total Individuals | 1226 | 2268 | 1388 | 2323 | 786 | 1021 | 1666 | 10678 |
| Total Species | 87 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 78 | 89 | 85 | 136 |
| Location | NE | SE | SW | W | NW1 | NW2 | NW3 | |
| Party Leaders | TMS | DAD | EKL | SJS | JuF | MJH | GKE | Total |
Key to Observers:
| Initials | Name |
| JB | John Barthelme |
| DAD | Douglas A. Downs |
| GKE | Ginger K. Ensor |
| JaF | Janie C. Finch |
| JuF | Judy C. Fuson |
| MJH | Michael J. Hawkins |
| LH | Linda Henderson |
| NSL | Nancy S. Layzer |
| EKL | Edmund K. LeGrand |
| MPO | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| TMS | Thomas M. Saya |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman, compiler |
| CDW | Carol D. Williams |
Comments:
* = set or tied record high count for Putnam County Spring Bird Count (9 species); ** = set or tied record high count for Putnam County SBC and record high count for Putnam County (5 species). One species in bold red was new to the Putnam County SBC, bringing the all-time species total for this event to 205.
The Barn Owls were all young at a nest site (EKL); thus, they cannot constitute a high count for this event, for the county, or for the Region.
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