Results of the Glasgow Christmas Bird Counts in Barren County, Kentucky, for CBC Seasons from 1971–1972 to 1980–1981
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| A group of Sandhill Cranes, including a leucistic individual (center back), in Barren County, Kentucky, 15 February 2010; photo David L. Roemer. |
Results of Glasgow CBCs from the 72nd season to the 81st season are presented below (Table 5). 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:
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 5. Results of the Glasgow CBC from the 1971–1972 (72nd) season through the 1980–1981 (81st) season.
| CBC Season | 1971– | 1972– | 1973– | 1974– | 1975– | 1976– | 1977– | 1978– | 1979– | 1980– |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
| Date | 2 Jan | 31 Dec | 1 Jan | 28 Dec | 3 Jan | 31 Dec | 26 Dec | 1 Jan | 30 Dec | 1 Jan |
| Number Observers | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Number Party Hours | 30 | 50 | 36.5 | 38 | 14.5 | 21 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 40 |
| Total Species | 53 | 58 | 48 a | 50 | 50 | 62 | 71 b | 56 | 66 | 63 |
| Compiler | RS | RS | RS | RS | MG | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM | WMM |
| Gr. White-fronted Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Snow Goose | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ross's Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | -- | -- | -- | 17 | 13 | -- | -- | 16 | -- | 5 |
| Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tundra Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wood Duck | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 |
| Gadwall | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Wigeon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Black Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 532 | 22 | -- | -- | 10 |
| Mallard | 11 | 4 | 11 | 2 | -- | 507 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 59 |
| Blue-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Shoveler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Pintail | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Canvasback | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Redhead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ring-necked Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Greater Scaup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lesser Scaup | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Long-tailed Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bufflehead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | 7 | -- |
| Common Goldeneye | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hooded Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 35 | -- | -- | 14 |
| Common Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-breasted Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ruddy Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1971– | 1972– | 1973– | 1974– | 1975– | 1976– | 1977– | 1978– | 1979– | 1980– | |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | 13 | 10 | 20 | -- | 17 | 35 | 65 | 1 | 4 | -- |
| Wild Turkey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Loon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 5 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 13 | 7 |
| Horned Grebe | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Green Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Black Vulture | -- | 3 | -- | 4 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 | 15 | -- | -- | 1 | 5 | 1 | -- | 3 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Immature | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Unknown | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Cooper's Hawk | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 2 | 4 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Golden Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Unknown | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Coot | -- | -- | 9 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Sandhill Crane | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Killdeer | 7 | 7 | -- | 9 | 4 | 13 | 11 | -- | 4 | 9 |
| Least Sandpiper | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Dunlin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | 1 | -- | 3 | 3 |
| American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Franklin's Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bonaparte's Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ring-billed Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 33 |
| Herring Gull | 3 | 6 | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | 10 | -- | 2 |
| 1971– | 1972– | 1973– | 1974– | 1975– | 1976– | 1977– | 1978– | 1979– | 1980– | |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
| Rock Pigeon | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 13 | 13 | 75 | 9 | 245 | 29 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mourning Dove | 42 | 285 | -- | 117 | 2 | 60 | 187 | 12 | 164 | 157 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 3 | 2 |
| Great Horned Owl | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Barred Owl | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Short-eared Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rufous Hummingbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Belted Kingfisher | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Red-headed Woodpecier | 42 | 1 | 9 | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | -- |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 35 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 31 | 55 | 18 | 40 | 30 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -- | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 16 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 18 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Northern Flicker | 13 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 37 | 13 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -- | 10 | 3 |
| American Kestrel | 21 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 13 | 33 | 30 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 1971– | 1972– | 1973– | 1974– | 1975– | 1976– | 1977– | 1978– | 1979– | 1980– | |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
| Blue Jay | 63 | 58 | 82 | 41 | 15 | 51 | 84 | 7 | 94 | 47 |
| American Crow | 76 | 209 | 51 | 173 | 51 | 58 | 305 | 70 | 160 | 180 |
| Horned Lark | 11 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 58 | 3 | 23 | -- |
| Carolina Chickadee | 36 | 38 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 66 | 39 | 49 | 37 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 41 | 23 | 36 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 54 | 36 | 56 | 33 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 7 | -- | 6 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 7 | 33 |
| Brown Creeper | 6 | 3 | -- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Winter Wren | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Bewick's Wren | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Carolina Wren | 14 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 10 | -- | 1 | 3 | -- |
| Eastern Bluebird | 45 | 44 | 40 | 25 | 18 | 63 | 39 | -- | 9 | 20 |
| Hermit Thrush | cw | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | 2 |
| American Robin | 17 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 144 | 210 |
| Gray Catbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Brown Thrasher | cw | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -- |
| Northern Mockingbird | 41 | 42 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 25 | 32 |
| European Starling | 722 | 577 | 2729 | 35000 | 1035 | 484 | 1500 | 149 | 1434 | 700 |
| American Pipit | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cedar Waxwing | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 57 | 53 | 8 | 40 | -- |
| 1971– | 1972– | 1973– | 1974– | 1975– | 1976– | 1977– | 1978– | 1979– | 1980– | |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
| Lapland Longspur | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Palm Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -- | 39 | 14 | 13 | 31 | 1 |
| Henslow's Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Tree Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
| Chipping Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Field Sparrow | 13 | 43 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 68 | 99 | 146 | 23 |
| Fox Sparrow | -- | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 204 | 111 | 106 | 40 | 28 | 117 | 156 | 115 | 78 | 147 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 7 | 2 | 5 | -- | -- | 18 | 10 | 49 | 4 | -- |
| White-throated Sparrow | 59 | 58 | 110 | 49 | 10 | 74 | 171 | 401 | 208 | 95 |
| Vesper Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- |
| Savannah Sparrow | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 56 | 4 | -- |
| Song Sparrow | 31 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 42 | 48 | 253 | 44 | 83 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 214 | 19 | 9 |
| Eastern Towhee | 8 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 14 | 23 | 7 |
| Northern Cardinal | 74 | 129 | 157 | 135 | 42 | 90 | 165 | 243 | 136 | 126 |
| 1971– | 1972– | 1973– | 1974– | 1975– | 1976– | 1977– | 1978– | 1979– | 1980– | |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | -- | -- | 342 | 4000 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 95 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 138 | 125 | 53 | 41 | 7 | 97 | 77 | 8 | 62 | 11 |
| Rusty Blackbird | cw | 140 | 200 | 500 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 150 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Grackle | 1100 | 372 | 5625 | 60000 | 259 | 8 | 431 | 321 | 165 | 1680 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | -- | -- | 352 | 500 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 60 | 175 | 100 |
| House Finch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Purple Finch | 45 | 37 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 38 | 42 | 5 | 36 | 70 |
| Pine Siskin | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 20 | 25 | 19 | 38 | 17 | 61 | 91 | 14 | 9 | 71 |
| Evening Grosbeak | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| House Sparrow | 119 | 91 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 56 | 81 | 95 | 103 | 9 |
| Total Individuals | 3185 | 2760 | 10278 | 111043 | 1802 | 2856 | 4274 | 2507 | 3996 | 4448 |
| Total Species | 53 | 58 | 48 a | 50 | 50 | 62 | 71 b | 56 | 66 | 63 |
| CBC Season | 1971– | 1972– | 1973– | 1974– | 1975– | 1976– | 1977– | 1978– | 1979– | 1980– |
| 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
a Although the "Mid-Winter Bird Count, 1973–1974" (KW 50 [1]: 9–17) states that the species total was 49, only 48 species are listed.
b One Common Tern was also reported on the December 26, 1977, Glasgow CBC (KW 54 [1]: 3–14).
Russell Starr (RS) compiled this CBC during the first four CBC seasons of this decade; Marquita Gillenwater (MG) compiled it during the 1975–1976 CBC season; and Wayne M. Mason (WMM) compiled it during the last five CBC seasons of the decade.
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