Results of the Glasgow Christmas Bird Counts in Barren County, Kentucky, for CBC Seasons from 2001–2002 to 2010–2011
An immature Bonaparte's Gull in Barren County, Kentucky, 24 January 2012; photo David L. Roemer. |
To see results of the Glasgow CBC for the decade of counts beginning with the 2001–2002 CBC season and ending with the 2010–2011 CBC season, see below (Table 2). To view results of the Glasgow CBC from other decades, as presented in the Mid-Winter Bird Counts published in The Kentucky Warbler, click on the links below:
Table 2. Results of the Glasgow CBC from the 2001–2002 (102nd) season through the 2010–2011 (111th) season.
CBC Season | 2001– | 2002– | 2003– | 2004– | 2005– | 2006– | 2007– | 2008– | 2009– | 2010– |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
Date (Dec/Jan) | 29 | 20 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 31 |
Number Observers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Number Party Hrs. | 21 | 15.5 | 15 | 19 | 21.75 | 17 | 26 | 9.5 | 19 | 16.75 |
Total Species | 62 a | 57 | 53 b | 70 | 57 | 50 | 62 | 56 | 77 | 80 |
Compiler | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM |
Gr. White-fronted Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Snow Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Ross's Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Canada Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 14 | 67 | 45 |
Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Tundra Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Wood Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
Gadwall | [2] | -- | 12 | 27 | -- | -- | 17 | -- | 22 | 10 |
American Wigeon | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Black Duck | [1] | 7 | -- | 10 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 19 | 1 |
Mallard | [2] | 12 | -- | 84 | -- | -- | 35 | 3 | 410 | 25 |
Blue-winged Teal | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
Northern Shoveler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 |
Northern Pintail | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 124 | -- |
Canvasback | [1] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | 1 |
Redhead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
Ring-necked Duck | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Greater Scaup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Lesser Scaup | [1] | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Long-tailed Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Bufflehead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | 8 |
Common Goldeneye | [5] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Hooded Merganser | -- | -- | 3 | 1 | 5 | -- | 8 | 7 | 116 | 5 |
Common Merganser | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Red-breasted Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Ruddy Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2001– | 2002– | 2003– | 2004– | 2005– | 2006– | 2007– | 2008– | 2009– | 2010– | |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
Northern Bobwhite | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Wild Turkey | 20 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | 50 | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
Common Loon | [2] | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
Pied-billed Grebe | 2 | cw | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 43 | 50 |
Horned Grebe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 1 | -- | 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Great Blue Heron | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 |
Green Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Black Vulture | 5 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 8 | -- | 4 | 41 | 62 | 104 |
Turkey Vulture | 4 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 81 | 14 | 54 | 52 |
Northern Harrier | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 23 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Cooper's Hawk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Bald Eagle | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | cw | 1 | -- | 2 | 9 |
Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Unknown | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | cw | 1 | -- | 2 | 9 |
Red-shouldered Hawk | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
Rough-legged Hawk | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Golden Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Unknown | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Coot | 29 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 5 | 1 | 35 | -- |
Sandhill Crane | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 41 | 400 | 2000 | 800 |
Killdeer | 280 | 72 | 9 | -- | 4 | 25 | 17 | 32 | 21 | 75 |
Least Sandpiper | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- |
Dunlin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
Wilson's Snipe | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 1 | -- |
American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Franklin's Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Bonaparte's Gull | 123 | 71 | 50 | 200 | 14 | 435 | 40 | 18 | 300 | 280 |
Ring-billed Gull | 2000 | 642 | 403 | 4600 | 346 | 452 | 330 | 112 | 1000 | 2330 |
Herring Gull | 1 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 5 | -- |
2001– | 2002– | 2003– | 2004– | 2005– | 2006– | 2007– | 2008– | 2009– | 2010– | |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
Rock Pigeon | 121 | 34 | 42 | 55 | 37 | 43 | 9 | 64 | 22 | 65 |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Mourning Dove | 89 | 64 | 20 | 60 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 67 | 80 |
Eastern Screech-Owl | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Great Horned Owl | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- |
Barred Owl | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
Short-eared Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
Rufous Hummingbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Belted Kingfisher | -- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Red-headed Woodpecker | 3 | cw | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Red-belliedWoodpecker | 16 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 18 |
Yellow-belliedSapsucker | 4 | cw | 3 | 1 | 2 | -- | 4 | -- | 6 | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker | 11 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
Northern Flicker | 8 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 15 |
Pileated Woodpecker | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
American Kestrel | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 |
Eastern Phoebe | 2 | cw | 1 | 4 | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 5 | -- |
Loggerhead Shrike | 1 | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
2001– | 2002– | 2003– | 2004– | 2005– | 2006– | 2007– | 2008– | 2009– | 2010– | |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
Blue Jay | 54 | 26 | 43 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 39 | 28 | 53 | 32 |
American Crow | 133 | 107 | 57 | 100 | 25 | 65 | 79 | 29 | 75 | 82 |
Horned Lark | -- | -- | -- | 30 | 27 | -- | -- | 3 | 135 | 11 |
Carolina Chickadee | 41 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 47 | 23 |
Tufted Titmouse | 36 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 14 | 40 | 28 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 7 | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | -- | 6 | -- | 1 | 2 |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | -- | 10 | 3 |
Brown Creeper | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Winter Wren | 1 | 5 | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bewick's Wren | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Carolina Wren | 25 | 21 | 25 | 44 | 14 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 44 | 32 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 10 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 53 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | 4 | -- |
Eastern Bluebird | 101 | 18 | 16 | 50 | 29 | 39 | 28 | 18 | 48 | 57 |
Hermit Thrush | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 12 | 2 |
American Robin | 346 | 49 | 133 | 87 | 126 | 51 | 6 | 19 | 63 | 595 |
Gray Catbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Brown Thrasher | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 25 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 7 |
European Starling | 3091 | 2775 | 209 | 1175 | 231 | 84 | 455 | 242 | 1725 | 880 |
American Pipit | -- | -- | -- | 72 | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | 1 |
Cedar Waxwing | 337 | 38 | 116 | -- | 33 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 |
2001– | 2002– | 2003– | 2004– | 2005– | 2006– | 2007– | 2008– | 2009– | 2010– | |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
Lapland Longspur | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
Palm Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Pine Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 48 | 3 | 20 | -- | 24 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 51 | 62 |
Henslow's Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Tree Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Chipping Sparrow | -- | -- | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 22 | 20 |
Field Sparrow | 2 | 15 | 5 | 58 | 26 | 34 | 39 | 33 | 58 | 73 |
Fox Sparrow | -- | 8 | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Dark-eyed Junco | 62 | 11 | 42 | 79 | 23 | 26 | 63 | 2 | 77 | 20 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 7 | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 8 | 4 |
White-throated Sparrow | 131 | 101 | 90 | 118 | 117 | 73 | 124 | 86 | 118 | 107 |
Vesper Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Savannah Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | 2 |
Song Sparrow | 55 | 81 | 32 | 56 | 27 | 31 | 53 | 29 | 50 | 92 |
Swamp Sparrow | -- | 2 | 2 | 14 | -- | -- | 4 | -- | 1 | 16 |
Eastern Towhee | 17 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Northern Cardinal | 94 | 57 | 57 | 83 | 38 | 55 | 59 | 21 | 97 | 70 |
2001– | 2002– | 2003– | 2004– | 2005– | 2006– | 2007– | 2008– | 2009– | 2010– | |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
Red-winged Blackbird | -- | 27 | 12 | 120 | 45 | -- | 44 | -- | 21 | 34 |
Eastern Meadowlark | 4 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 43 | 32 |
Rusty Blackbird | 20 | -- | -- | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Brewer's Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Common Grackle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 36 | 19 | -- | -- | 113 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | -- | -- | -- | 20 | 45 | 2 | 21 | -- | 1 | 15 |
House Finch | 55 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 22 | -- | 14 | 7 |
Purple Finch | 22 | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Goldfinch | 109 | 25 | 36 | 49 | 32 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 50 | 41 |
Evening Grosbeak | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
House Sparrow | 48 | 37 | 41 | 39 | 13 | 18 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 52 |
Total Individuals | 7859 | 4604 | 1724 | 7643 | 1490 | 1891 | 2028 | 1478 | 7481 | 6679 |
Total Species | 62 a | 57 | 53 b | 70 | 57 | 50 | 62 | 56 | 77 | 80 |
CBC Season | 2001– | 2002– | 2003– | 2004– | 2005– | 2006– | 2007– | 2008– | 2009– | 2010– |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
a Although the "Mid-Winter Bird Count, 2001–2002" (KW 78 [1]: 14–25) states that this count had 72 species, 62 are actually listed in the report; seven species with data (courtesy D. L. Roemer) placed in brackets are not listed in the report but were counted during this CBC.
b Results cited from Ferrell (2004).
Wayne M. Mason (WMM) was the compiler of the Glasgow, Kentucky, CBC during this decade.
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