Results of the Fourth Annual Fall Bird Count in White County, Tennessee—29 September 2007
The fourth annual Fall Bird Count (FBC) in White County took place September 29, 2007, with 9 field observers taking part in this effort to monitor the bird populations in the county. These observers tallied 5595 individuals of 111 species during the course of this day-long event.
A public site that was included in the coverage of the county undertaken last Saturday was Rock Island State Park. Many miles of public roadsides were also covered by observers on count day.
Results of this count are not only compiled locally, but they are also incorporated into a state-wide database as a means of assisting land managers in making long-term decisions that might affect bird populations.
Some species of interest encountered during the day are mentioned in the Comments section (below).
No Loggerhead Shrikes were found during the count , a sign that this predatory songbird is not maintaining much of a population in the county. Clearing of hedgerows and roadsides has probably been a major factor in the decline of this species in many other areas.
Observers included Douglas Downs (compiler), Nancy S. Layzer, Edmund LeGrand, Anita Mast, Joseph Mast, Michael O'Rourke, Barbara Stedman, Stephen Stedman, and Winston Walden.
To see a table of results for all fall counts conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region during 2005 or a table with results of all FBCs conducted in White County, click on one of the following links:
| Party Leaders | WAW | SJS | BHS | DAD | SJS | JEM | Totals |
| Party Members | MPO | EKL | NSL | DAD | AFM | ||
| EKL | |||||||
| Number of Field Observers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | [3] | 2 | 9 |
| Start CDT | 630 | 515 | 550 | 400 | 1630 | 700 | 400 |
| End CDT | 1430 | 1535 | 1850 | 1600 | 1830 | 1130 | 1850 |
| Hours by Car | 8 | 9.25 | 10.5 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | 41.25 |
| Hours on Foot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total Daylight Hours in Field | 8 | 9.25 | 10.5 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 43.25 |
| Miles by Car | 88 | 86 | 99 | 85 | 0 | 15 | 373 |
| Miles on Foot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Total Daylight Miles in Field | 88 | 86 | 99 | 85 | 1.5 | 15 | 374.5 |
| Owling Hours | 0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Owling Miles | 0 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Low Temperature (F) | 44 | ||||||
| High Temperature (F) | 87 | ||||||
| Sky A.M. | high clouds | ||||||
| Sky P.M. | high clouds | ||||||
| Precipitation A.M. | none | ||||||
| Precipitation P.M. | none | ||||||
| Wind A.M. (mph) | 0–10 | ||||||
| Wind P.M. (mph) | 0–10 | ||||||
| Moon | past first | ||||||
| quarter waxing | |||||||
| Canada Goose | 0 | 97 | 66 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 255 |
| Wood Duck | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| Mallard | 35 | 29 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Northern Bobwhite | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Wild Turkey | 0 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Great Blue Heron | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Green Heron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Black Vulture | 13 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 70 |
| Turkey Vulture | 18 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 78 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| American Kestrel | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Killdeer | 13 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 101 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Least Sandpiper | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sandpiper sp. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wilson's Snipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| American Woodcock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rock Pigeon | 3 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mourning Dove | 53 | 33 | 135 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 275 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 0 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Great Horned Owl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Barred Owl | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chimney Swift | 0 | 41 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 13 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 56 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 2 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 60 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Northern Flicker | 7 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 55 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 3 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 37 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Empidonax sp. | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 19 | 11 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 82 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Blue Jay | 75 | 39 | 130 | 34 | 30 | 36 | 344 |
| American Crow | 133 | 28 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 33 | 316 |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Barn Swallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 15 | 30 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 164 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 15 | 17 | 60 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 129 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 3 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 66 |
| Carolina Wren | 34 | 25 | 65 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 154 |
| House Wren | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Winter Wren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 32 | 19 | 165 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 262 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Swainson's Thrush | 0 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| Wood Thrush | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| American Robin | 6 | 10 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 20 | 16 | 52 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 110 |
| Brown Thrasher | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| European Starling | 110 | 180 | 390 | 115 | 100 | 21 | 916 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 0 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Ovenbird | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Tennessee Warbler | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Hooded Warbler | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| American Redstart | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Cape May Warbler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Parula | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Magnolia Warbler | 0 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow Warbler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Palm Warbler | 14 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Pine Warbler | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Black-thr. Green Warbler | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| Eastern Towhee | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 41 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 0 | 13 | 15 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 99 |
| Field Sparrow | 5 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 39 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Song Sparrow | 4 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 69 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Summer Tanager | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Northern Cardinal | 19 | 31 | 160 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 241 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 42 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Indigo Bunting | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 37 | 5 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 104 |
| Common Grackle | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| House Finch | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| American Goldfinch | 11 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 56 |
| House Sparrow | 13 | 10 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Total Individuals | 786 | 991 | 2143 | 969 | 311 | 395 | 5595 |
| Total Species | 45 | 83 | 90 | 67 | 44 | 54 | 111 |
Key to Observers:
| DAD | Douglas A. Downs, compiler |
| NSL | Nancy S. Layzer |
| EKL | Edmund K. LeGrand |
| AFM | Anita F. Mast |
| JEM | Joseph E. Mast |
| MPO | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| BHS | Barbara H. Stedman |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
| WAW | Winston A. Walden |
Comments:
Solitary Sandpiper—found at Randolph Pond.
Spotted Sandpiper—found at Randolph Pond.
Least Sandpipers—4 found at pond on Hickory Valley Road, 1 at Randolph.
Pectoral Sandpipers—found at pond on Hickory Valley Road.
Wilson's Snipe—found at Randolph Pond.
Eastern Screech-Owl—all-time high for White County Fall Bird Count, White County, and possibly for Region.
Acadian Flycatcher—found singing on Hwy. 84 along Calfkiller River.
Philadelphia Vireo—found near Boiling Pond.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow—found on wires at Great Falls area of Rock Island State Park.
Winter Wren—found on Hwy. 84 along Calfkiller River.
Blue-winged Warbler—found at Three Islands landing on Center Hill Lake.
Golden-winged Warbler—found on Hwy. 84 along Calfkiller River.
Orange-crowned Warbler—found in brush near Will Thompson Ponds.
Cape May Warbler—found on Walnut Grove Road near Hill Road.
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