Results of Pooled Data Event in Cumberland, DeKalb, Jackson, and Putnam Counties, Tennessee, Using Data Collected According to Great Backyard Bird Count Protocols13 February 2010

The image of this White-breasted Nuthatchdisplaying the classic foot-positioning that enables individuals of this species to move headfirst down a tree trunkwas captured near Alexandria, DeKalb County, Tennessee, not too long before the 2010 GBBC; photo Judy C. Fuson (31 January 2010).

 

The data below for 91 species of birds occurring in the Upper Cumberland Region during late winter 20092010 derive from results of the Pooled Data Event as recorded on Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) checklists from four Upper Cumberland Region countiesCumberland, DeKalb, Jackson, and Putnam counties, Tennessee.  All pooled data were collected 13 February 2010. Many thanks to all the observers who submitted checklists from these counties on that date; thanks are due also to observers from other UCR counties who submitted checklists for 13 February 2010but not in sufficient quantity, detail, or timeliness to reach the 10 checklists per county minimum necessary for inclusion belowand to all observers who submitted data from still other UCR counties for one or more of the other three days of the GBBC.

    To see a map (Figure 1) of the Upper Cumberland Region highlighting counties in which GBBC data were collected 13 February 2010, click on this link:

    All data provided below derive  from checklists representing a time frame between 15 minutes and 2 hours in duration. In all cases the data came to SJS as a forwarded copy of the checklist results sent to observers (on request) as e-mail generated by the GBBC data-entry program.  Observers listed their names and data collection sites in the "Comments" section of the checklist report.

    Note: Somewhat like the weather during the 2008 and 2009 versions of the Regional Pooled Data Event, weather during the 2010 version was relatively conducive to the collection of bird data (although very cold, causing most small bodies of water to be completely frozen, especially at higher elevations) and quite unlike the snowstorm-dominated conditions that characterized the Pooled Data Events of 2006 and 2007.

    Here are links to pages of this website for the GBBC Central Node and for a page comparing GBBC species totals with CBC species totals:

 

Table 1. GBBC Data from the Upper Cumberland Region during 2010.

Sites Cumberland DeKalb Jackson Putnam
Number of Sites 11 12 29 33
Observer(s) 2 3 7 7
Start CST 0615 0515 0645 0725
End CST 1730 1615 1700 1705
Total Hrs.:Min. 10:30 11:00 14:30 22:00
Canada Goose 137 2 13 130
Wood Duck 3 1
Gadwall 13 19 11
American Black Duck 2 2
Mallard 139 33
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 1
Canvasback 1 1
Ring-necked Duck 300 29
Lesser Scaup 3 1 1
Bufflehead 123 12
Hooded Merganser 146 2 37
Ruddy Duck 15 2
Wild Turkey 88
Northern Bobwhite 8
Common Loon 7
Pied-billed Grebe 20 2 3
Horned Grebe 8
Great Blue Heron 10 22 9
Black Vulture 56 53 41
Turkey Vulture 1 9 10 24
Bald Eagle 2 5
Northern Harrier 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 8 9
Red-tailed Hawk 2 3 8 8
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 4 4 11 10
American Coot 325 46
Killdeer 7 5 8
American Woodcock 3
Bonaparte's Gull 10
Ring-billed Gull 3 401 430
Rock Pigeon 43 27
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 37 91 55 102
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 6
Barred Owl 2 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1 7 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 3 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12 16 19 44
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 3 8 8
Downy Woodpecker 10 8 23 31
Hairy Woodpecker 1 10
Northern Flicker 8 13 8 15
Pileated Woodpecker 6 6 10 14
Eastern Phoebe 1 1 1 4
Blue Jay 16 39 73 136
American Crow 36 28 212 158
Horned Lark 9 20
Carolina Chickadee 23 15 36 83
Tufted Titmouse 31 29 54 96
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 21 11 17 30
Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1 2 2 3
Carolina Wren 15 12 32 59
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 2 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 9 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1 1 3
Eastern Bluebird 18 11 34 77
Hermit Thrush 4 5 6 7
American Robin 332 10 90 190
Northern Mockingbird 10 10 19 34
Brown Thrasher 2 1 10
European Starling 123 115 250 3347
Cedar Waxwing 100 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 5 14 23
Pine Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 3 7 27 47
Chipping Sparrow 2 3 10
Field Sparrow 10 10 22 41
Savannah Sparrow 1 1
Fox Sparrow 1 6 4
Song Sparrow 46 34 42 112
Swamp Sparrow 7 13 4 9
White-throated Sparrow 40 125 87 130
White-crowned Sparrow 17 1 14
Dark-eyed Junco 19 24 37 58
Northern Cardinal 60 70 153 185
Red-winged Blackbird 5 13 6 1
Eastern Meadowlark 8 36 36
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 16 5
Purple Finch 9 2 9
House Finch 3 32 5 83
American Goldfinch 27 90 80 138
House Sparrow 22 43
Total Individuals 2317 1497 2183 5913
Species Total 66 56 54 77

 

Table 2. GBBC Data from Cumberland County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Sites Lake Nichol- son L. Hia- Shad- ow L. Breck- Fred Sequat. Bear Tr. Cumb. Leffle Sher- wood  Total
Tansi Rd. watha Mt. Est.+ en- ridge Tollett Rd. Valley Golf C. Mt. SP Webb Rd. Farms
Number of Sites 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
Observer(s) EKL EKL EKL EKL EKL EKL EKL EKL EKL EKL AD 2
Start CST 0615 0800 0830 0900 1100 1145 1215 1345 1400 1530 1200 0615
End CST 0730 0830 0900 1045 1130 1200 1315 1400 1430 1730 1400 1730
Total Hrs.:Min. 1:15 0:30 0:30 1:45 0:30 0:15 1:00 0:15 0:30 2:00 2:00 10:30
Canada Goose 60 10 60 7 137
Gadwall 13 13
Am. Black Duck 2 2
Mallard 80 55 4 139
Northern Pintail 1 1
Canvasback 1 1
Ring-necked Duck 200 100 300
Lesser Scaup 3 3
Bufflehead 120 3 123
Hooded Merganser 140 6 146
Ruddy Duck 15 15
Pied-billed Grebe 20 20
Turkey Vulture 1 1
Northern Harrier 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 2
Rough-leg. Hawk 1 1
American Kestrel 1 2 1 4
American Coot 250 75 325
Killdeer 6 1 7
Ring-billed Gull 3 3
Mourning Dove 1 14 16 1 5 37
E. Screech-Owl 1 1
Belted Kingfisher 1 1
Red-h. Woodpeck. 1 1
Red-b. Woodpeck. 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 12
Yel.-bel. Sapsuck. 1 1
Downy Woodpeck. 1 3 1 3 2 10
Hairy Woodpecker 1 1
Northern Flicker 1 1 1 2 1 2 8
Pileated Woodp. 1 2 1 2 6
Eastern Phoebe 1 1
Blue Jay 3 2 5 1 3 2 16
American Crow 7 2 6 3 1 14 3 36
Horned Lark 9 9
Caro. Chickadee 3 2 4 1 6 5 2 23
Tufted Titmouse 3 1 4 3 4 6 4 6 31
Red-br. Nuthatch 2 2
White-br. Nuthatch 4 1 3 1 1 3 4 2 2 21
Brown Creeper 1 1
Carolina Wren 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 15
House Wren 1 1
Winter Wren 2 2
Golden-cr. Kinglet 3 3
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 1 1
Eastern Bluebird 1 8 3 6 18
Hermit Thrush 3 1 4
American Robin 175 4 3 70 15 1 45 3 16 332
N. Mockingbird 3 1 3 2 1 10
European Starling 14 8 100 1 123
Cedar Waxwing 100 100
Yellow-r. Warbler 6 6 1 13
Pine Warbler 1 1
Eastern Towhee 1 2 3
Chipping Sparrow 2 2
Field Sparrow 2 8 10
Savannah Spar. 1 1
Fox Sparrow 1 1
Song Sparrow 1 4 3 18 6 4 10 46
Swamp Sparrow 7 7
White-thr. Spar. 25 15 40
Dark-eyed Junco 1 10 1 7 19
Northern Cardinal 4 3 4 1 2 2 16 12 14 2 60
Red-w. Blackbird 5 5
E. Meadowlark 2 6 8
House Finch 3 3
Am. Goldfinch 1 1 8 1 16 27
Total Individuals 1238 49 41 240 341 5 146 8 93 78 78 2317
Total Species 34 17 14 19 15 4 22 6 17 20 19 66

Key to Observer Initials for Cumberland County, Tennessee:

Initials Name
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
AD Ann Drothler

 

Table 3. GBBC Data from DeKalb County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Sites Hurri- cane Stud- ent's JCF Yard Co. House Lonnie CDW Love New   Hope Rd., Buff- alo Edgar Evins  Har- bor Lib- erty Total
Ridge Rd. Home Rd. (SHRd.)  Rd. Cantrell Rd. Yard Col. Rd. Alexan- dria Valley NT SP Pointe
Number of Sites 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Observer(s) JCF JCF JCF JCF JCF JCF JCF JCF MJH MJH MJH MAC 3
Start CST 0515 0830 0845 0945 1115 1230 1330 1445 0845 1130 1200 1515 0515
End CST 0800 0845 0915 1045 1200 1300 1415 1530 1015 1200 1245 1615 1615
Total Hrs.:Min. 2:45 0:15 0:30 1:00 0:45 0:30 0:45 0:45 1:30 0:30 0:45 1:00 11:00
Canada Goose 2 2
Common Loon 1 3 3 7
Pied-billed Grebe 2 2
Horned Grebe 8 8
Great Blue Heron 10 10
Black Vulture 1 55 56
Turkey Vulture 6 3 9
Bald Eagle 2 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 1 3
American Kestrel 1 2 1 4
Bonaparte's Gull 10 10
Ring-billed Gull 400 1 401
Mourning Dove 1 40 15 10 8 11 3 3 91
Barred Owl 2 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 3 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 16
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 1 3
Downy Woodpecker 1 2 2 2 1 8
Northern Flicker 3 4 2 2 1 1 13
Pileated Woodpecker 2 1 1 1 1 6
Eastern Phoebe 1 1
Blue Jay 1 1 6 4 12 3 4 1 3 4 39
American Crow 1 3 1 2 2 2 5 3 9 28
Horned Lark 20 20
Carolina Chickadee 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 15
Tufted Titmouse 4 1 4 5 4 4 2 1 4 29
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 1 3 2 3 11
Brown Creeper 1 1 2
Carolina Wren 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1
Eastern Bluebird 3 1 1 1 3 2 11
Hermit Thrush 2 2 1 5
American Robin 2 2 3 2 1 10
Northern Mockingbird 1 1 4 2 1 1 10
Brown Thrasher 2 2
European Starling 30 20 11 50 4 115
Cedar Waxwing 1 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 1 2 1 5
Eastern Towhee 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
Chipping Sparrow 3 3
Field Sparrow 1 8 1 10
Song Sparrow 2 1 2 2 3 1 14 9 34
Swamp Sparrow 13 13
White-throated Sparrow 12 30 10 1 41 29 2 125
White-crowned Sparrow 9 8 17
Dark-eyed Junco 2 22 24
Northern Cardinal 9 2 1 10 4 6 6 3 4 25 70
Red-winged Blackbird 2 3 8 13
Eastern Meadowlark 30 2 4 36
Common Grackle 2 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 12 4 16
Purple Finch 1 2 2 1 3 9
House Finch 13 8 6 5 32
American Goldfinch 10 10 50 8 4 8 90
House Sparrow 12 2 8 22
Total Individuals 53 138 110 46 50 194 66 56 600 50 71 63 1497
Total Species 16 12 17 19 16 23 16 19 30 14 18 14 56

Key to Observer Initials for DeKalb County, Tennessee:

Initials Name
MAC Mary Anne Carpenter
JCF Judy C. Fuson
MJH Michael J. Hawkins

 

Table 4. GBBC Data from Jackson County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Observers WAW/TMS NSL/JL MJH LH/JM Total
Number of Sites 15 6 4 4 29
Number of Observer(s) 2 2 1 2 7
Start CST 0700 0645 1415 1030 0645
End CST 1645 1230 1700 1515 1700
Total Hrs.:Min. 8:00 3:15 1:45 1:30 14:30
Canada Goose 3 10 13
Wood Duck 3 3
Gadwall 3 16 19
Lesser Scaup 1 1
Hooded Merganser 2 2
Wild Turkey 65 23 88
Northern Bobwhite 8 8
Great Blue Heron 9 8 4 1 22
Black Vulture 12 41 53
Turkey Vulture 6 4 10
Bald Eagle 3 2 5
Cooper's Hawk 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 5 1 8
Red-tailed Hawk 4 1 1 2 8
American Kestrel 6 3 2 11
Killdeer 5 5
Ring-billed Gull 96 220 114 430
Rock Pigeon 11 32 43
Mourning Dove 19 11 3 22 55
Belted Kingfisher 5 2 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10 3 1 5 19
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7 1 8
Downy Woodpecker 11 3 9 23
Northern Flicker 3 1 2 2 8
Pileated Woodpecker 8 1 1 10
Eastern Phoebe 1 1
Blue Jay 39 17 3 14 73
American Crow 158 42 12 212
Carolina Chickadee 15 4 3 14 36
Tufted Titmouse 26 3 8 17 54
White-breasted Nuthatch 10 1 6 17
Brown Creeper 1 1 2
Carolina Wren 29 1 2 32
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 3 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1
Eastern Bluebird 17 6 1 10 34
Hermit Thrush 4 1 1 6
American Robin 68 9 13 90
Northern Mockingbird 9 6 1 3 19
Brown Thrasher 1 1
European Starling 80 105 65 250
Yellow-rumped Warbler 14 14
Eastern Towhee 16 4 7 27
Field Sparrow 20 2 22
Fox Sparrow 2 2 1 1 6
Song Sparrow 29 8 3 2 42
Swamp Sparrow 4 4
White-throated Sparrow 54 5 20 8 87
White-crowned Sparrow 1 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1 6 1 29 37
Northern Cardinal 92 15 10 36 153
Red-winged Blackbird 6 6
Purple Finch 2 2
House Finch 5 5
American Goldfinch 7 28 45 80
Total Individuals 1000 606 232 345 2183
Species Total 48 34 29 27 54

Key to Observer Initials for Jackson County, Tennessee:

Initials Name
MJH Michael J. Hawkins
LH Linda Henderson
JL James Layzer
NSL Nancy S. Layzer
JM Janice Montgomery
TMS Thomas M. Saya
WAW Winston A. Walden

Sites Surveyed in Jackson County, Tennessee:

  WAW/TMS        Two areas near Roaring River Recreation Area; two sections of Roaring
                              River Rd.; New Hope Rd.; Greenwood Ridge Rd.; Gaw Branch Rd.;
                              two sections of Big Bottom Rd.; intersection of Trace Creek Rd. and 
                              Rt. 262; Wartrace Park; two sections of Smith Bend Rd.; Brooks Bend
                              Rd.; and Cook's Lane.

      NSL/JL         Bullington Lane; Roaring River Recreation Area; Hurricane Creek and Port
                             Authority; Sugar Creek; White's Bend Rd.; and Fort Blount Ferry Rd.

            MJH         Martin's Creek Boat Launch; Granville Bridge; Holleman's Bend Rd.; and
                             Shady Grove Rd.

              LH          Gentry Lane; Albert Swift Rd.; and Blackburn Fork Rd.

              JM          Cummins Mill Rd.

 

Table 5. GBBC Data from Putnam County, Tennessee, during 2010.

Observer(s) SJS BHS JCF MPO/MO BD, GKE Total
Number of Sites 16 8 4 3 2 33
Number of Observer(s) 1 1 1 2 2 7
Start CST 0725 0755 0800 0730 0800 0725
End CST 1748 1705 1215 1130 1130 1705
Total Hrs.:Min. 7:25 6:05 3:45 3:15 2:30 22:00
Canada Goose 15 108 2 5 130
Wood Duck 1 1
Gadwall 11 11
American Black Duck 2 2
Mallard 27 6 33
Northern Shoveler 15 15
Green-winged Teal 1 1
Canvasback 1 1
Ring-necked Duck 25 4 29
Lesser Scaup 1 1
Bufflehead 4 8 12
Hooded Merganser 8 29 37
Ruddy Duck 2 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2 1 3
Great Blue Heron 2 7 9
Black Vulture 41 41
Turkey Vulture 6 3 4 10 1 24
Northern Harrier 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 5 2 1 9
Red-tailed Hawk 6 2 8
American Kestrel 5 2 3 10
American Coot 1 45 46
Killdeer 8 8
American Woodcock 3 3
Rock Pigeon 4 23 27
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 2
Mourning Dove 24 28 15 18 17 102
Eastern Screech-Owl 2 4 6
Barred Owl 1 1
Great Horned Owl 1 1
Belted Kingfisher 1 2 1 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 2 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 15 4 7 2 44
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 3 2 1 1 8
Downy Woodpecker 7 14 3 4 3 31
Hairy Woodpecker 4 3 1 2 10
Northern Flicker 2 5 4 3 1 15
Pileated Woodpecker 6 6 1 1 14
Eastern Phoebe 2 2 4
Blue Jay 38 52 18 16 12 136
American Crow 50 68 13 19 8 158
Carolina Chickadee 22 31 4 20 6 83
Tufted Titmouse 21 36 17 12 10 96
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 8 10 5 4 3 30
Brown-headed Nuthatch 3 3
Brown Creeper 1 1 1 3
Carolina Wren 29 12 3 8 7 59
Winter Wren 5 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8 2 2 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 2 3
Eastern Bluebird 10 39 11 11 6 77
Hermit Thrush 2 2 1 1 1 7
American Robin 21 67 50 45 7 190
Northern Mockingbird 11 13 1 7 2 34
Brown Thrasher 2 5 1 1 1 10
European Starling 424 2585 74 264 3347
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 4 4 8 23
Eastern Towhee 17 17 7 6 47
Chipping Sparrow 7 3 10
Field Sparrow 14 27 41
Savannah Sparrow 1 1
Fox Sparrow 3 1 4
Song Sparrow 55 48 3 5 1 112
Swamp Sparrow 8 1 9
White-throated Sparrow 63 49 3 8 7 130
White-crowned Sparrow 14 14
Dark-eyed Junco 23 27 8 58
Northern Cardinal 43 86 17 27 12 185
Red-winged Blackbird 1 1
Eastern Meadowlark 28 8 36
Brown-headed Cowbird 5 5
Purple Finch 5 4 9
House Finch 9 64 10 83
American Goldfinch 3 115 1 10 9 138
House Sparrow 5 24 4 10 43
Total Individuals 1202 3749 277 550 135 5913
Total Species 63 63 31 33 26 77

Key to Observer Initials for Putnam County, Tennessee:

Initials Name
BD Bettie Doyle
GKE Ginger K. Ensor
JCF Janie C. Finch
MPO Michael P. O'Rourke
MO Michelle O'Rourke
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

Sites Surveyed in Putnam County, Tennessee:

  SJS        Boring Pond; Cookeville Golf Course; Shipley Farm; Verble Sherrell Rd.; Burgess
                  Falls State Natural Area; Window Cliff Rd.; Old Mill & Ball Hill Rds.; Medlin Rd.;
                  Nash Rd.; Water Plant Rd.; Rt. 96; Ensor Hollow Rd.; Little Indian Creek Rd.;
                  Stanton Rd.; Bates Rd.; and Cane Creek Park (dusk).

  BHS       City Lake; Cane Creek Park (morning); Double Springs; Lexus Pond; Dry Valley Rd.;
                  Victory View Rd.; Monterey Lakes; and Hackworth Farm.

  JCF        Allen Hollow Rd.; Walnut Park; Ensor Sink Natural Area; and Dogwood Park.

  MPO       Shenandoah subdivision; Green Mountain Rd.; and Paragon Rd.

  GKE        Dry Creek Meadows.

    BD        Dakota Ave., Cookeville.

 

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