Results of the Fall BirdBlitz in Bledsoe County, Tennessee—24 September 2011
A Fall BirdBlitz was conducted in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 24 September 2011, the first such count to be conducted in that county.
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Table 1. Results of Fall BirdBlitz in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, 24 September 2011.
| Territory Location | W. Plateau | N. Sequatchie Valley/ NW Plateau | S. Sequatchie Valley/ Pikeville | E. Plateau | Total |
| Party Leader | BHS | SJS | DAD | EKL | |
| Field Observer | AL | ||||
| Number Field Observers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Number Field Parties | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Number Feeder watchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Start CDT | 0515 | ||||
| End CDT | 1800 | ||||
| Hrs. by Car | 9 | 10 | 8.75 | 9.5 | 37.25 |
| Hrs. on Foot | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 3.75 |
| Total Party Hrs. | 10 | 10.75 | 9.75 | 10.5 | 41 |
| Miles by Car | 76 | 101 | 75 | 140 | 392 |
| Miles on Foot | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 |
| Total Party Miles | 77 | 101.5 | 76 | 140.5 | 395 |
| Hrs. Owling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.75 | 2.75 |
| Miles Owling | 6 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| Hrs. at Feeders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Low Temperature (F) | 43 | ||||
| High Temperature (F) | 73 | ||||
| Wind Direction | ESE | ||||
| Wind Speed (mph) | 0–8 | ||||
| AM Sky | Patchy Fog/Partly Cloudy | ||||
| PM Sky | Clear/Partly Cloudy | ||||
| AM Precipitation | None | ||||
| PM Precipitation | None | ||||
| Moon | Waning Crescent AM | ||||
| Canada Goose | 38 | 4 | 42 | ||
| Wood Duck | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Northern Bobwhite | 6 | 6 | |||
| Wild Turkey | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Great Blue Heron | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Green Heron | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 1 | |||
| Black Vulture | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Turkey Vulture | 6 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 52 |
| Osprey | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 2 | 12 | 14 | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Killdeer | 1 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | |||
| American Woodcock | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rock Pigeon | 84 | 19 | 103 | ||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 2 | 25 | 27 | ||
| Mourning Dove | 18 | 35 | 58 | 32 | 143 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 2 | 2 | |||
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| Great Horned Owl | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Barred Owl | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Chimney Swift | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 59 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Northern Flicker | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| American Kestrel | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| Empidonax sp. | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Eastern Phoebe | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 32 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | 1 | 1 | |||
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | |||
| Loggerhead Shrike | 1 | 1 | |||
| White-eyed Vireo | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 1 | 1 | |||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Blue Jay | 127 | 45 | 65 | 40 | 277 |
| American Crow | 144 | 39 | 95 | 63 | 341 |
| Barn Swallow | 6 | 6 | |||
| Carolina Chickadee | 39 | 38 | 16 | 31 | 124 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 41 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 104 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 28 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 61 |
| House Wren | 1 | 1 | |||
| Carolina Wren | 19 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 95 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2 | 2 | |||
| Eastern Bluebird | 87 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 143 |
| Veery | 3 | 3 | |||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | |
| Swainson's Thrush | 7 | 39 | 16 | 62 | |
| Wood Thrush | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| American Robin | 46 | 80 | 2 | 7 | 135 |
| Gray Catbird | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 55 |
| Brown Thrasher | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| European Starling | 203 | 40 | 550 | 550 | 1343 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| Ovenbird | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | 1 | 1 | |||
| Golden-winged Warbler | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 12 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Tennessee Warbler | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Hooded Warbler | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| American Redstart | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| Northern Parula | 1 | 1 | |||
| Magnolia Warbler | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 1 | 1 | |||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Palm Warbler | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Pine Warbler | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 2 | 2 | |||
| Prairie Warbler | 2 | 2 | |||
| Black-thr. Green Warbler | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | 1 | 1 | |||
| Eastern Towhee | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 115 | 11 | 6 | 45 | 177 |
| Field Sparrow | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| Song Sparrow | 23 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 34 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 | 1 | |||
| Summer Tanager | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 20 | 2 | 6 | 28 | |
| Northern Cardinal | 44 | 51 | 30 | 18 | 143 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| Indigo Bunting | 3 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 49 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 24 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 74 |
| Common Grackle | 1 | 1 | |||
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 | 1 | |||
| House Finch | 8 | 1 | 23 | 32 | |
| American Goldfinch | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| House Sparrow | 19 | 3 | 9 | 31 | |
| Total Individuals | 1413 | 747 | 1134 | 1172 | 4466 |
| Total Species | 91 | 76 | 53 | 63 | 103 |
Key to Observers:
| DAD | Douglas A. Downs |
| AL | Andrew Lambert |
| EKL | Edmund K. LeGrand, compiler |
| BHS | Barbara H. Stedman |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
Comments:
The Black-crowned Night-Heron was located at a pond near the intersection of Upper East Valley Rd. and Robnett Rd.
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was located on Old Rt. 28 about 2 km south of intersection with Ninemile Crossroad.
The Loggerhead Shrike was located on a side road off of Mill Dam Rd.
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