Results of the Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Spring BirdBlitz—1 May 2012

 

This count is dedicated to the memory of Barbara Hart Stedman, who had participated in many Spring BirdBlitzes conducted in the Region prior to her untimely death 20 March 2012.

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Table 1. Results of the 1 May 2012 Spring BirdBlitz in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

Location North (Rt. 30 & north) & Pikeville Southeast (Rt. 30 & south; Rt. 127 & east) Southwest (Rt. 30 & south; west of Rt. 127) Wesley Chapel Rd. area   
          Total
Party Leader SJS WAW EKL RH  
Field Observers JCF TMS   DM  
           
Number Field Parties 1 1 1 1 4
Number Field Observers 2 2 1 2 7
         
Start CDT         0400
End CDT         1800
    Hours on Foot 0.75 0 2 0 2.75
    Hours by Car 10 8.25 10 1 29.25
Total Party Hours 10.75 8.25 12 1 32
    Miles on Foot 0.5 0 0.5 0 1
    Miles by Car 111.5 57.5 135 5 309
Total Party Miles 112 57.5 135.5 5 310
Owling Hours 0.75 0 1.5 0 2.25
Owling Miles 5 0 25 0 30
         
Low Temperature (F)         59
High Temperature (F)         84
Wind Direction         SSW
Wind Speed (mph)         0-13
Sky AM         Partly cloudy
Sky PM         Partly cloudy
Precipitation AM         None
Precipitation PM         5-min. shower
Moon Phase         Near First Quarter
         
Location North (Rt. 30 & north) & Pikeville Southeast (Rt. 30 & south; Rt. 127 & east) Southwest (Rt. 30 & south; west of Rt. 127) Wesley Chapel Rd. area   
           
Canada Goose 27 14 14   55
Wood Duck 2   4   6
Mallard 4 2 2   8
Blue-winged Teal 3       3
Bufflehead     1   1
Northern Bobwhite 3 1 1 1 6
Wild Turkey 1   4   5
Great Blue Heron 2 1     3
Great Egret     2   2
Green Heron 1 1     2
Black Vulture 1 2     3
Turkey Vulture 19 24 18   61
Red-shouldered Hawk     2   2
Red-tailed Hawk 1 2     3
Semipalmated Plover 1       1
Killdeer 14 1 7   22
Spotted Sandpiper 5 1     6
Solitary Sandpiper 7 1 2   10
Greater Yellowlegs 1   1   2
Lesser Yellowlegs 3       3
Least Sandpiper 9       9
Rock Pigeon   2 1   3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 2 1   4
Mourning Dove 37 44 26   107
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 1 5   7
Barn Owl     1   1
Eastern Screech-Owl   3 5   8
Great Horned Owl     2   2
Barred Owl 2       2
Chuck-will's-widow 4   6   10
Eastern Whip-poor-will 2   2   4
         
Location North (Rt. 30 & north) & Pikeville Southeast (Rt. 30 & south; Rt. 127 & east) Southwest (Rt. 30 & south; west of Rt. 127) Wesley Chapel Rd. area   
           
Chimney Swift 8   13   21
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 1 3 1 1 6
Belted Kingfisher     1   1
Red-headed Woodpecker     5   5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 18 13   47
Downy Woodpecker   5 2   7
Hairy Woodpecker 1   1   2
Northern Flicker 1 1 4   6
Pileated Woodpecker 2 1 6   9
American Kestrel 1 1 4   6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6 5 15 1 27
Acadian Flycatcher 8   1   9
Eastern Phoebe 11 8 7   26
Great Crested Flycatcher 4 6 13   23
Eastern Kingbird 13 5 9   27
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 12       12
White-eyed Vireo 7 21 16   44
Yellow-throated Vireo 7 3 13   23
Blue-headed Vireo 3 1     4
Red-eyed Vireo 74 63 96   233
Blue Jay 13 12 19   44
American Crow 30 41 64   135
Purple Martin 15 25 13   53
Tree Swallow 4   1   5
N. Rough-winged Swallow 2 6 3   11
Cliff Swallow 31 20     51
Barn Swallow 40 41 27   108
Carolina Chickadee 15 9 20   44
Tufted Titmouse 23 39 42   104
White-breasted Nuthatch 6 7 7   20
         
Location North (Rt. 30 & north) & Pikeville Southeast (Rt. 30 & south; Rt. 127 & east) Southwest (Rt. 30 & south; west of Rt. 127) Wesley Chapel Rd. area   
           
House Wren     3   3
Carolina Wren 30 31 23   84
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 22 21 22   65
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   1     1
Eastern Bluebird 28 37 27   92
Wood Thrush 19 1 12   32
American Robin 30 16 36   82
Gray Catbird   3     3
Northern Mockingbird 39 30 36   105
Brown Thrasher 7 11 11   29
European Starling 52 33 66   151
Cedar Waxwing 29   42   71
Ovenbird 10 4 25   39
Worm-eating Warbler 9   2   11
Louisiana Waterthrush 5   1   6
Northern Waterthrush 1     1 2
Black-and-white Warbler 12 3 12   27
Tennessee Warbler 4       4
Kentucky Warbler 7 4 6   17
Common Yellowthroat 26 20 21   67
Hooded Warbler 19 5 27   51
American Redstart 7 1     8
Northern Parula 6 1 9   16
Yellow Warbler 4       4
Blackpoll Warbler 7   4   11
Palm Warbler     3   3
Pine Warbler   2 6   8
Yellow-rumped Warbler     4   4
Yellow-throated Warbler 6 8 21   35
Prairie Warbler 13 16 29   58
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1     2
Yellow-breasted Chat 9 20 24   53
         
Location North (Rt. 30 & north) & Pikeville Southeast (Rt. 30 & south; Rt. 127 & east) Southwest (Rt. 30 & south; west of Rt. 127) Wesley Chapel Rd. area   
           
Eastern Towhee 14 5 14   33
Chipping Sparrow 10 11 35   56
Field Sparrow 39 32 14   85
Savannah Sparrow     2   2
Grasshopper Sparrow 2 3 1 2 8
Henslow's Sparrow     1   1
Song Sparrow 24 10 26   60
Summer Tanager 3 11     14
Scarlet Tanager 12 11 18   41
Northern Cardinal 50 45 32   127
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1   1
Blue Grosbeak 15 5 10   30
Indigo Bunting 101 121 81   303
Dickcissel       1 1
Bobolink 7 8     15
Red-winged Blackbird 54 94 32   180
Eastern Meadowlark 64 124 28   216
Common Grackle 18 21 32   71
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 22 16   40
Orchard Oriole 12   5   17
House Finch 3 7 4   14
American Goldfinch 4 6 6   16
House Sparrow 11 16 14   41
         
Total Individuals 1352 1264 1367 7 3990
           
Total Species 96 79 93 6 116
         
Location North (Rt. 30 & north) & Pikeville Southeast (Rt. 30 & south; Rt. 127 & east) Southwest (Rt. 30 & south; west of Rt. 127) Wesley Chapel Rd. area   

Key to Observers Initials:

JCF Janie C. Finch
RDH Ronald D. Hoff
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand, compiler
DAM DollyAnn Myers
TMS Thomas M. Saya
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
WAW Winston A. Walden

Comments: 

New species to county list (as maintained by Stephen Stedman): Bufflehead, Greater Yellowlegs, Northern Waterthrush, Henslow's Sparrow, and Bobolink.

Bufflehead male was in pond in southern part of the Sequatchie Valley along Old Hwy 28.

Barn Owl heard giving scream call at 4:10 AM along Upper East Valley Rd. about 1.5 miles south of Lowes Gap Rd. It flew in in response to recording and was seen  in flight by flashlight.

Scissor-tailed Flycatchers (10 adults) in the Ninemile area including 6 adults perched within 4 feet of each other on a wire at Walter Miller Curve (Old Hwy 28). Probable nest at original Ninemile Crossroad site. Two others with nest were at Akins Rd./Swafford Pond along Upper East Valley Road.

Henslow's Sparrow heard well at Debord Cemetery (end of Debord Cem. Rd. off Griffith Rd. on the main plateau).

Dickcissel seen and heard singing along Wesley Chapel Rd. 1.0 mile south of Rt. 30 and 1.0 mile north of Wesley Chapel. Two others were reported the same day at 11733 Lower East Valley Rd. by Steve and Gail Clendenen (not participants).

 

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