Results of Fall Migration Surveys in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee—Total Individuals Recorded by SJS during 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2001*
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Data from the fall migration surveys in the BSFNRRA are also presented in the following source—available for $15 (plus $2 postage) from Stephen and Barbara Stedman, 2675 Lakeland Dr., Cookeville, TN 38506:
Stedman,
S. J., and B. H. Stedman. 2002. Notes on the Birds of the Big South
Fork
National River and Recreation Area and Obed National Wild and Scenic River.
Privately printed,
Cookeville, Tennessee, 146 + viii pp.
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Year |
1995 |
1997 |
2000 |
2001 |
|
Species |
77 |
77 |
70 |
69 |
|
Individuals |
1227 |
1267 |
1179 |
1122 |
|
Hrs |
32.64 |
32.37 |
31.9 |
31 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Wood Duck |
3 |
1 |
2 |
-- |
|
Ruffed Grouse |
4 |
3 |
x |
2 |
|
Wild Turkey |
2 |
11 |
x |
4 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
|
Great Blue
Heron |
1 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
|
Black Vulture |
-- |
2 |
-- |
1 |
|
Turkey Vulture |
10 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
|
Osprey |
-- |
x |
1 |
-- |
|
Sharp-shinned
Hawk |
1 |
x |
-- |
-- |
|
Cooper’s
Hawk |
-- |
x |
-- |
-- |
|
Accipiter
sp. |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
|
Red-shouldered Hawk |
4 |
3 |
-- |
4 |
|
Broad-winged
hawk |
-- |
3 |
x |
x |
|
Red-tailed
Hawk |
-- |
1 |
-- |
2 |
|
American
Kestrel |
x |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Killdeer |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Wilson's
Snipe |
2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Mourning Dove |
x |
-- |
x |
1 |
|
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo |
2 |
-- |
2 |
-- |
|
Eastern Screech-Owl |
2 |
12 |
10 |
-- |
|
Barred Owl |
x |
1 |
x |
-- |
|
Chimney Swift |
x |
x |
2 |
-- |
|
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
1 |
-- |
2 |
-- |
|
Belted
Kingfisher |
6 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
|
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
14 |
19 |
17 |
29 |
|
Yellow-bellied
Sap |
6 |
x |
5 |
1 |
|
Downy
Woodpecker |
42 |
31 |
33 |
40 |
|
Hairy
Woodpecker |
15 |
14 |
20 |
21 |
|
Northern
Flicker |
14 |
15 |
27 |
18 |
|
Pileated Woodpecker |
60 |
51 |
56 |
70 |
|
woodpecker sp. |
-- |
-- |
6 |
-- |
|
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
8 |
10 |
8 |
4 |
|
Acadian
Flycatcher |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
| Empidonax sp. | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
|
Eastern Phoebe |
7 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
|
White-eyed
Vireo |
2 |
1 |
1 |
-- |
|
Yellow-throated
Vireo |
13 |
9 |
8 |
17 |
|
Blue-headed
Vireo |
21 |
24 |
20 |
28 |
|
Philadelphia
Vireo |
x |
-- |
2 |
1 |
|
Red-eyed Vireo |
7 |
16 |
4 |
7 |
|
Blue Jay |
58 |
112 |
53 |
68 |
|
American Crow |
36 |
36 |
41 |
41 |
|
Carolina
Chickadee |
235 |
156 |
118 |
128 |
|
Tufted
Titmouse |
108 |
101 |
94 |
91 |
|
Red-breasted
Nuthatch |
4 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
|
White-breasted
Nuthatch |
50 |
61 |
41 |
57 |
|
Brown Creeper |
-- |
1 |
-- |
4 |
|
Carolina Wren |
94 |
68 |
95 |
85 |
|
House Wren |
-- |
2 |
1 |
-- |
|
Winter Wren |
2 |
2 |
11 |
5 |
|
Golden-crowned
Kinglet |
13 |
3 |
52 |
32 |
|
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet |
8 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Eastern
Bluebird |
5 |
x |
-- |
x |
|
Veery |
-- |
-- |
1 |
-- |
|
Gray-cheeked
Thrush |
x |
2 |
6 |
7 |
|
Swainson’s
Thrush |
5 |
21 |
25 |
27 |
|
Hermit Thrush |
1 |
5 |
3 |
-- |
|
Wood Thrush |
11 |
50 |
37 |
27 |
|
American Robin |
7 |
x |
1 |
-- |
|
thrush sp. |
-- |
-- |
8 |
-- |
|
Gray Catbird |
3 |
14 |
6 |
3 |
|
Brown Thrasher |
1 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
|
European Starling |
x |
-- |
x |
-- |
|
Cedar Waxwing |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Blue-wing.
Warbler |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Golden-wing. Warbler |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Tennessee
Warbler |
30 |
17 |
18 |
29 |
|
Orange-crowned
Warbler |
-- |
-- |
1 |
-- |
|
Northern
Parula |
2 |
1 |
2 |
-- |
|
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
8 |
17 |
5 |
11 |
|
Magnolia
Warbler |
31 |
23 |
18 |
19 |
|
Black-throated
Blue Warbler |
-- |
1 |
1 |
-- |
|
Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
26 |
3 |
38 |
5 |
|
Black-thr. Green Warbler |
13 |
20 |
13 |
13 |
|
Blackburnian Warbler |
3 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
|
Yellow-throated Warbler |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pine Warbler |
9 |
12 |
7 |
15 |
|
Palm Warbler |
x |
x |
-- |
x |
|
Bay-breasted Warbler |
20 |
45 |
24 |
22 |
|
Black-and-white Warbler |
7 |
13 |
10 |
6 |
|
American
Redstart |
16 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
|
Worm-eating Warbler |
-- |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Ovenbird |
5 |
17 |
6 |
5 |
|
Northern Waterthrush |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
|
Common
Yellowthroat |
3 |
5 |
x |
1 |
|
Hooded Warbler |
44 |
62 |
45 |
51 |
|
warbler sp. |
-- |
-- |
1 |
-- |
|
Canada Warbler |
1 |
1 |
-- |
2 |
|
Eastern Towhee |
4 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
|
Chipping
Sparrow |
x |
x |
-- |
-- |
|
Field Sparrow |
1 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
|
Fox Sparrow |
1 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
|
Song Sparrow |
5 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
|
Swamp Sparrow |
4 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
|
White-throated Sparrow |
20 |
12 |
31 |
2 |
|
White-crowned
Sparrow |
-- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
|
Dark-eyed
Junco |
4 |
2 |
-- |
1 |
|
Summer Tanager |
1 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
|
Scarlet
Tanager |
7 |
9 |
22 |
5 |
|
Northern
Cardinal |
31 |
25 |
31 |
22 |
|
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak |
2 |
15 |
8 |
8 |
|
Indigo Bunting |
1 |
1 |
x |
1 |
|
House Finch |
2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Pine Siskin |
-- |
-- |
1 |
-- |
|
American
Goldfinch |
23 |
2 |
8 |
11 |
|
House Sparrow |
-- |
-- |
x |
-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Species |
77 |
77 |
70 |
69 |
|
Species
Noted with x |
9 |
9 |
10 |
3 |
|
Total Individuals |
1227 |
1265 |
1179 |
1122 |
|
Hrs |
32.64 |
32.37 |
31.9 |
31 |
|
Ind./Hr |
37.59 |
39.07 |
36.95 |
36.19 |
* Results from seven walking transects totaling 40.5 miles.
x = recorded in the BSF on at least one of the survey dates but not during a transect.
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Sites
Surveyed: |
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Burnt Mill Bridge Loop, TN |
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Honey Creek Loop, TN |
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Twin Arches Loop, TN |
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Yahoo Arch Loop, KY |
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Huling Branch/Bear Creek Loop, KY |
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Station Camp to Leatherwood Ford, TN |
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No Business Creek Loop, TN |
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