Results of Christmas Bird Counts Conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee during the 2013–2014 (114th) CBC Season
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| Eastern Phoebe photographed 17 December 2013 during the Wayne County, Kentucky, CBC; photo Stephen J. Stedman. |
About 117 species of birds were registered on the eight Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) conducted this CBC season in the Region (Table 1).
The circles for the CBCs conducted in the Region cover a total of xxx square km (1416 square mi); since the Region itself covers 26450 square km (10212 square mi), the eight CBC circles represent 13.8% of the area within the Region, a percentage that may not quite equal the threshold needed to allow the CBC data to be representative of the Regional birdlife as a whole.
Data from CBCs provide one of two major sources of data used in monitoring bird populations at the continental level, the other being data from the Breeding Bird Survey. At the Regional level, CBC/CBB data clearly have the same importance in monitoring bird populations, at least for species that can be classified as uncommon to common Regionally during winter. Here is a link to the Regional bird-monitoring plan:
To see a table comparing total species listed on CBCs with total species listed on Great Backyard Bird Counts (GBBCs) since the winter of 2003–2004, click on the following link:
To see a map (Figure 1) of the Upper Cumberland Region (UCR) showing locations of circles within which CBCs were conducted this season, click on the following link:
Map of UCR Highlighting CBC/CBB Sites
Click on the links below to access all data ever acquired at these Regional CBC sites:
Table 1. Results of CBCs and CBBs conducted in the UCR during the 114th CBC season; for species recorded on five or more counts, the high count for the season is bold-faced.
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. | Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
White Co. |
Cross- ville |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Date (Dec/Jan) | 16 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 3 |
| Number of Field Observers | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Number of Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Parties | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Number of Party Hours | 38 | 35.5 | 57.5 | 64.25 | 68.5 | 45.75 | 47.75 | 35.25 |
| Total Species | 80 | 84 | 88 | 84 | 91 | 83 | 88 | 87 |
| Primary Compiler | RMD | RMD | RMD | SJS | CDW | DAD | EKL | RGG |
| Greater White-fr. Goose | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Snow Goose, white form | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Ross's Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | 109 | 132 | 263 | 510 | 91 | 246 | 214 | 562 |
| Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Wood Duck | -- | -- | 7 | 15 | -- | -- | 1 | 3 |
| Northern Shoveler | 14 | -- | 13 | 9 | -- | 14 | -- | -- |
| Gadwall | 75 | 3 | 74 | 51 | 12 | 107 | 66 | 156 |
| American Wigeon | 4 | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 |
| Mallard | 93 | 166 | 355 | 249 | 59 | 143 | 157 | 80 |
| American Black Duck | 2 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| MALL X ABDU | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Pintail | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 4 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| Canvasback | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 1 |
| Redhead | 25 | 11 | 2 | -- | -- | 37 | 55 | 13 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 4 | 2 | 10 | 45 | -- | 82 | 578 | 10 |
| Greater Scaup | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lesser Scaup | -- | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -- | cw | -- |
| Long-tailed Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Bufflehead | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 95 | 18 | 394 | 5 |
| Common Goldeneye | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Hooded Merganser | 26 | 16 | 20 | 56 | 9 | 54 | 55 | 22 |
| Common Merganser | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
| Red-breasted Merganser | -- | 18 | -- | -- | 6 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Ruddy Duck | 2 | 1 | -- | 14 | -- | -- | 183 | 1 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. | Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
White Co. |
Cross- ville |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Northern Bobwhite | -- | -- | 11 | 8 | -- | 9 | cw | 14 |
| Wild Turkey | -- | 43 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 91 | -- | 37 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 6 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 34 | 3 | 51 | 16 |
| Horned Grebe | 18 | 48 | 4 | -- | 256 | -- | cw | -- |
| Rock Pigeon | 41 | 60 | 110 | 317 | 128 | 180 | 10 | 154 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | -- | 1 | -- | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 | -- |
| Mourning Dove | 90 | 787 | 678 | 455 | 298 | 293 | 164 | 234 |
| Rufous Hummingbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Selasphorus sp. | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Coot | 25 | 2 | 22 | 55 | 12 | -- | 620 | 71 |
| Sandhill Crane | 183 | -- | -- | -- | 26 | -- | 2 | 22 |
| Killdeer | 10 | 39 | 102 | 60 | 168 | 81 | 127 | 94 |
| American Woodcock | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | 8 | -- | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 253 | 63 | 19 | -- | 50 | -- | 12 | -- |
| Ring-billed Gull | 80 | 66 | 9 | -- | 493 | 275 | 3 | 48 |
| Herring Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Loon | -- | 3 | 2 | -- | 58 | -- | -- | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. | Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
White Co. |
Cross- ville |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Black Vulture | 230 | 76 | 45 | 67 | 342 | 49 | -- | 50 |
| Turkey Vulture | 181 | 95 | 41 | 184 | 200 | 32 | 5 | 31 |
| Golden Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Northern Harrier | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
| Cooper's Hawk | 2 | -- | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Accipiter sp. | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bald Eagle | 4 | 2 | 1 | -- | 8 | -- | 3 | cw |
| Adult | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Immature | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 6 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 12 | 14 | 36 | 16 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 38 |
| Barn Owl | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Great Horned Owl | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 4 | -- | 2 |
| Barred Owl | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. | Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
White Co. |
Cross- ville |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Belted Kingfisher | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 44 | 33 | 64 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 37 | 42 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 10 | 16 | 47 | 31 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Northern Flicker | 25 | 16 | 36 | 68 | 48 | 32 | 22 | 23 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 12 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 7 |
| American Kestrel | 51 | 47 | 69 | 36 | 52 | 55 | 15 | 37 |
| Merlin | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 8 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 11 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 3 | 5 | -- | 1 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue Jay | 107 | 57 | 198 | 335 | 179 | 156 | 78 | 156 |
| American Crow | 200 | 274 | 412 | 579 | 518 | 297 | 245 | 464 |
| Horned Lark | -- | 1 | 8 | -- | 4 | -- | 30 | -- |
| Carolina Chickadee | 55 | 61 | 116 | 88 | 133 | 43 | 84 | 30 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 73 | 38 | 85 | 99 | 135 | 43 | 92 | 50 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. | Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
White Co. |
Cross- ville |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 26 | 21 | 33 | 24 | 48 | 19 | 41 | 15 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Brown Creeper | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | -- |
| House Wren | -- | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Winter Wren | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| Carolina Wren | 57 | 68 | 118 | 114 | 117 | 89 | 48 | 44 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 19 | 25 | 33 | 51 | 28 | 25 | 49 | 12 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 175 | 116 | 191 | 252 | 218 | 152 | 142 | 98 |
| Hermit Thrush | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 6 | 20 | 21 |
| American Robin | 1861 | 130 | 346 | 1812 | 1621 | 886 | 306 | 606 |
| Brown Thrasher | -- | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 66 | 32 | 167 | 111 | 86 | 84 | 26 | 102 |
| European Starling | 2303 | 4638 | 5685 | 4640 | 7367 | 2322 | 1280 | 3176 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 27 | 17 | 16 | 119 | 67 | 149 | 117 | 47 |
| House Sparrow | 110 | 13 | 114 | 51 | 22 | 45 | 56 | 22 |
| American Pipit | -- | 25 | -- | -- | 230 | 61 | -- | 113 |
| House Finch | 1 | 18 | 98 | 59 | 28 | 14 | 51 | 25 |
| Purple Finch | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 6 | 1 | -- | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 177 | 207 | 126 | 98 | 152 | 82 | 48 | 48 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. | Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
White Co. |
Cross- ville |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Eastern Towhee | 30 | 21 | 49 | 68 | 60 | 25 | 13 | 37 |
| American Tree Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 24 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 13 | 30 | 22 | 39 |
| Field Sparrow | 61 | 35 | 165 | 117 | 104 | 79 | 74 | 79 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 4 | -- | 1 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 17 | 41 |
| Fox Sparrow | -- | -- | 29 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Song Sparrow | 121 | 68 | 245 | 210 | 105 | 132 | 83 | 128 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 17 | 10 | 52 | 67 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 7 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 25 | 35 | 92 | 12 | 26 | 53 | 24 | 6 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 94 | 39 | 121 | 233 | 412 | 155 | 60 | 115 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 109 | 76 | 186 | 170 | 197 | 94 | 298 | 157 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 64 | 95 | 98 | 89 | 89 | 199 | 158 | 100 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 50 | 150 | 1 | 57 | 407 | 211 | 223 | 62 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 35 | 30 | 300 | 6 | 330 | 87 | 200 | 10 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 30 | 18 | -- | 100 | 6 | 203 | 220 | 17 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Grackle | -- | 3 | cw | 144 | 1016 | 293 | -- | 80 |
| Palm Warbler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -- | 5 | -- | -- |
| Pine Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 146 | 53 | 124 | 200 | 309 | 114 | 13 | 52 |
| Northern Cardinal | 143 | 108 | 380 | 207 | 174 | 144 | 140 | 147 |
| Total Individuals | 7927 | 8386 | 11869 | 12753 | 17116 | 8450 | 7235 | 8000 |
| Total Species | 80 | 84 | 88 | 84 | 91 | 83 | 88 | 87 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. | Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
White Co. |
Cross- ville |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
Key to compiler initials:
RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
DAD = Douglas A. Downs
RGG = R. Gregg Garrison
EKL = Edmund K. LeGrand
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
CDW = Carol D. Williams
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