Results of the Glasgow Christmas Bird Counts in Barren County, Kentucky, for CBC Seasons from 1961–1962 to 1970–1971
Common Loons were recorded on 14 Glasgow CBCs during its 65-year history; this image includes about 80 migrant loons, a few of which probably remained through the winter on Barren River Lake; photo David L. Roemer (12 November 2014). |
Results of Glasgow CBCs from the 62nd season to the 71st season are presented below (Table 6). To view results of Glasgow CBCs from other decades, as presented in the Mid-Winter Bird Counts published in The Kentucky Warbler, click on the links below:
Note: Because the data collected during the history of the Glasgow CBC come from a circle 30 miles in diameter instead of the standard 15-mile diameter circle, comparison of the Glasgow CBC data to data from other Regional and continental CBCs is not recommended.
Table 6. Results of the Glasgow CBC from the 1961–1962 (62nd) season through the 1970–1971 (71st) season.
CBC Season | 1961– | 1962– | 1963– | 1964– | 1965– | 1966– | 1967– | 1968– | 1969– | 1970– |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
Date | 1 Jan | 1 Jan | 26 Dec | 1 Jan | 30 Dec | 29 Dec | 31 Dec | 1 Jan | 1 Jan | 30 Dec |
Number Observers | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Number Party Hours | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Total Species | 49 a | 41 | 47 | 56 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 53 | 58 | 58 |
Compiler | RS | RS | RS | RS | RS | RS | RS | RS | RS | RS |
Gr. White-fronted Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Snow Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Ross's Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Canada Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | cw | 80 |
Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Tundra Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Wood Duck | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 2 |
Gadwall | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Wigeon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Black Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63 | 30 |
Mallard | 3 | -- | -- | 12 | 16 | -- | -- | 9 | 19 | 121 |
Blue-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Northern Shoveler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Northern Pintail | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Canvasback | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Redhead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Ring-necked Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- |
Greater Scaup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Lesser Scaup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 23 | cw |
Long-tailed Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Bufflehead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Common Goldeneye | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Hooded Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw |
Common Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw |
Red-breasted Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Ruddy Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
1961– | 1962– | 1963– | 1964– | 1965– | 1966– | 1967– | 1968– | 1969– | 1970– | |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
Northern Bobwhite | 17 | -- | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 10 |
Wild Turkey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Common Loon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Pied-billed Grebe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Horned Grebe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | cw | 6 |
Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Great Blue Heron | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Green Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Black Vulture | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | cw |
Turkey Vulture | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -- | cw | 12 | 2 |
Northern Harrier | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- |
Cooper's Hawk | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Bald Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | cw |
Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Unknown | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | cw |
Red-shouldered Hawk | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | 2 | cw |
Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | -- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Golden Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Unknown | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Coot | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | cw |
Sandhill Crane | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Killdeer | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Least Sandpiper | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Dunlin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Wilson's Snipe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- |
Franklin's Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Bonaparte's Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- |
Ring-billed Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Herring Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | 2 | 4 | 20 |
1961– | 1962– | 1963– | 1964– | 1965– | 1966– | 1967– | 1968– | 1969– | 1970– | |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
Rock Pigeon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Mourning Dove | 35 | 71 | 116 | 80 | 60 | 64 | 32 | 135 | 113 | 122 |
Eastern Screech-Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Great Horned Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
Barred Owl | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Short-eared Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Rufous Hummingbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Belted Kingfisher | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | 3 | 4 | -- | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Red-headed Woodpecker | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 | 13 | -- | 28 | -- |
Red-bellied Woodpeck. | 27 | 10 | 41 | 35 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 48 |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | -- | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Downy Woodpecker | 26 | 18 | 26 | 33 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 23 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 4 | -- | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Northern Flicker | 18 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 12 | 31 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 17 |
Pileated Woodpecker | 12 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
American Kestrel | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 14 |
Eastern Phoebe | 1 | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Loggerhead Shrike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
1961– | 1962– | 1963– | 1964– | 1965– | 1966– | 1967– | 1968– | 1969– | 1970– | |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
Blue Jay | 75 | 43 | 78 | 80 | 29 | 61 | 45 | 76 | 78 | 65 |
American Crow | 151 | 77 | 153 | 180 | 87 | 188 | 53 | 39 | 94 | 101 |
Horned Lark | -- | 3 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -- | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Carolina Chickadee | 52 | 42 | 45 | 89 | 32 | 46 | 22 | 51 | 29 | 47 |
Tufted Titmouse | 57 | 46 | 59 | 74 | 31 | 49 | 44 | 68 | 42 | 43 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 5 | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Brown Creeper | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -- | 2 | cw | 1 | -- |
Winter Wren | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Bewick's Wren | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Carolina Wren | 8 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | cw | -- | 2 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Eastern Bluebird | 11 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 33 |
Hermit Thrush | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 |
American Robin | 4 | 58 | 4 | 147 | 54 | 75 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 29 |
Gray Catbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Brown Thrasher | 1 | cw | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | cw | cw | -- |
Northern Mockingbird | 18 | 21 | 16 | 34 | 24 | 29 | 22 | 35 | 29 | 28 |
European Starling | 492 | 574 | 554 | 1021 | 287 | 3193 | 311 | 572 | 2757 | 1282 |
American Pipit | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Cedar Waxwing | -- | 6 | -- | 72 | -- | 15 | cw | 6 | -- | cw |
1961– | 1962– | 1963– | 1964– | 1965– | 1966– | 1967– | 1968– | 1969– | 1970– | |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
Lapland Longspur | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Palm Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Pine Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 6 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 2 | cw | cw | 4 | 6 |
Henslow's Sparrow | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Tree Sparrow | -- | -- | 17 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | 9 |
Chipping Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Field Sparrow | 23 | 11 | 74 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 88 |
Fox Sparrow | 2 | -- | 2 | 15 | -- | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
Dark-eyed Junco | 106 | 72 | 176 | 92 | 167 | 236 | 187 | 163 | 67 | 133 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 15 | 9 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 33 |
White-throated Sparrow | 113 | 78 | 230 | 197 | 55 | 87 | 82 | 94 | 48 | 83 |
Vesper Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Savannah Sparrow | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 |
Song Sparrow | 44 | 24 | 104 | 99 | 21 | 43 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 83 |
Swamp Sparrow | 13 | -- | 47 | 51 | 3 | -- | 18 | 57 | 15 | 35 |
Eastern Towhee | 36 | 18 | 51 | 34 | 15 | 35 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 23 |
Northern Cardinal | 274 | 109 | 222 | 227 | 115 | 219 | 164 | 260 | 139 | 127 |
1961– | 1962– | 1963– | 1964– | 1965– | 1966– | 1967– | 1968– | 1969– | 1970– | |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
Red-winged Blackbird | -- | -- | 8 | 3 | -- | 1 | 8 | 42 | -- | 91 |
Eastern Meadowlark | 44 | 74 | 66 | 87 | 67 | 89 | 31 | 78 | 138 | 128 |
Rusty Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | 84 | -- | 55 |
Brewer's Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Common Grackle | -- | -- | 35 | 23 | 24 | 1653 | 24 | 3223 | 371 | 1188 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | -- | -- | 3 | 1 | -- | 33 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 3 |
House Finch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Purple Finch | 31 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 188 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 35 | cw |
Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Goldfinch | 49 | 28 | 89 | 226 | 24 | 144 | 63 | 91 | 82 | 63 |
Evening Grosbeak | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
House Sparrow | 130 | 92 | 131 | 60 | 116 | 61 | 231 | 124 | 110 | 35 |
Total Individuals | 1966 | 1549 | 2546 | 3257 | 1611 | 6521 | 1605 | 5553 | 4588 | 4376 |
Total Species | 49 a | 41 | 47 | 56 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 53 | 58 | 58 |
CBC Season | 1961– | 1962– | 1963– | 1964– | 1965– | 1966– | 1967– | 1968– | 1969– | 1970– |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
a Although the "Mid-Winter Bird Count, 1961–1962" (KW 38 [2]: 30–39) states that the species total was 50, only 49 species are actually listed.
Russell Starr (RS) compiled the Glasgow CBC during this decade.
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