Results of Spring Bird Counts in Pulaski County, Kentucky, 2000–Present
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| First reported on the Pulaski County Spring Bird Count during 2005, Ruffed Grouse sometimes allow very close approach; photo Harold Bright. |
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Table 1. Results of Spring Bird Counts in Pulaski County 2010–2019.
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Date (May) | 8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Number Field Observers | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Number Field Parties | 6 | NA | 6 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Number Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Start EDT | 0530 | 0500 | 0542 | 0608 | 0630 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| End EDT | 2100 | 2115 | 1650 | 2101 | 2115 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hours on Foot | 18 | 4 | 8.75 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hours by Car | 38.5 | 34 | 42.75 | 38.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total Party Hours | 56.5 | 48 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 15.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Miles on Foot | 9.5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Miles by Car | 345 | 252.5 | 395 | 382 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total Party Miles | 354.5 | 254.5 | 400 | 387 | 68 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Owling Miles | 2.5 | NA | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Owling Miles | 10 | NA | 7 | 15 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Feeder-watching Hours | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Low Temperature (F) | 54 | NA | 50 | 56 | 62 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| High Temperature (F) | 65 | NA | 77 | 80 | 73 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind Direction | NA | W | NA | NA | NA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind Speed (mph) | 10–25 | 0–10 | NA | NA | 0–15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sky AM | mcle | over | mclo | NA | clo | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sky PM | mcle | over | mclo | NA | clo | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Precipitation AM | none | rain | none | NA | int rain | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Precipitation PM | none | rain | none | NA | int rain | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Compiler | RMD | RMD | RMD | RMD | RMD | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total Species | 113 | 113 | 120 | 123 | 119 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Brant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | 58 | 86 | 68 | 52 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wood Duck | 15 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Gadwall | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mallard | 18 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue-winged Teal | -- | -- | 1 | 4 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Redhead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ring-necked Duck | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Bobwhite | 1 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ruffed Grouse | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wild Turkey | 19 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Loon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pied-billed Grebe | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | 24 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Egret | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Green Heron | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Black Vulture | 11 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 56 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Turkey Vulture | 79 | 38 | 82 | 57 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Osprey | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bald Eagle | -- | -- | 1 ad | -- | 1 ad | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cooper's Hawk | 2 | -- | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 3 | 1 | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Virginia Rail | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Am. Coot | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sandhill Crane | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Semipalmated Plover | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Killdeer | 18 | 21 | 11 | 39 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Greater Yellowlegs | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | -- | --- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Least Sandpiper | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Peep sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Dunlin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Woodcock | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bonaparte's Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rock Pigeon | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mourning Dove | 144 | 155 | 177 | 121 | 55 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | -- | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Horned Owl | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Barred Owl | -- | 4 | -- | 4 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Nighthawk | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Chuck-will's-widow | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Chimney Swift | 411 | 76 | 34 | 42 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ruby-thr. Hummingbird | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 44 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Downy Woodpecker | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Flicker | 13 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Kestrel | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Peregrine Falcon | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 24 | 37 | 48 | 39 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Alder Flycatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Willow Flycatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Least Flycatcher | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Phoebe | 16 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 18 | 13 | 28 | 17 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Kingbird | 29 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Loggerhead Shrike | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-eyed Vireo | 49 | 27 | 45 | 52 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 19 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Warbling Vireo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Philadelphia Vireo | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 140 | 106 | 134 | 169 | 130 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Blue Jay | 53 | 53 | 57 | 70 | 29 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Crow | 84 | 73 | 143 | 71 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Horned Lark | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Purple Martin | 86 | 58 | 114 | 86 | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tree Swallow | 14 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| N. Rough-wing. Swallow | 73 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bank Swallow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cliff Swallow | -- | 20 | 26 | 2 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Barn Swallow | 153 | 105 | 106 | 147 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Carolina Chickadee | 24 | 18 | 49 | 23 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tufted Titmouse | 76 | 66 | 93 | 84 | 45 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 10 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| House Wren | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Carolina Wren | 36 | 43 | 71 | 62 | 49 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 47 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Bluebird | 71 | 62 | 81 | 88 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Veery | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Swainson's Thrush | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hermit Thrush | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wood Thrush | 16 | 18 | 45 | 42 | 19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Robin | 330 | 318 | 490 | 338 | 126 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Gray Catbird | 8 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Brown Thrasher | 34 | 29 | 27 | 37 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Mockingbird | 52 | 62 | 92 | 79 | 31 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| European Starling | 597 | 468 | 1014 | 472 | 120 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cedar Waxwing | -- | 54 | 31 | 4 | 52 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Ovenbird | 48 | 22 | 44 | 27 | 29 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 9 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 7 | 3 | -- | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Waterthrush | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Golden-winged Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 22 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Prothonotary Warbler | -- | 3 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Swainson's Warbler | 4 | 3 | 3 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Tennessee Warbler | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Nashville Warbler | -- | -- | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mourning Warbler | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Kentucky Warbler | 9 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Yellowthroat | 55 | 54 | 75 | 123 | 39 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hooded Warbler | 75 | 46 | 88 | 89 | 64 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Redstart | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cape May Warbler | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cerulean Warbler | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Parula | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Magnolia Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blackburnian Warbler | -- | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow Warbler | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Palm Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Warbler | 13 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 2 | 4 | -- | 9 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 25 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Prairie Warbler | 58 | 32 | 85 | 61 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wilson's Warbler | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 43 | 44 | 59 | 64 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Eastern Towhee | 50 | 38 | 77 | 57 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Chipping Sparrow | 42 | 48 | 30 | 62 | 25 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Field Sparrow | 42 | 45 | 67 | 70 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Savannah Sparrow | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 1 | -- | 7 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Song Sparrow | 47 | 88 | 78 | 80 | 39 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Swamp Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 | -- | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 2 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Summer Tanager | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Scarlet Tanager | 41 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Cardinal | 125 | 142 | 162 | 229 | 110 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue-Grosbeak | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indigo Bunting | 130 | 153 | 153 | 193 | 57 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Dickcissel | -- | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bobolink | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 201 | 187 | 303 | 304 | 124 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 72 | 98 | 148 | 92 | 69 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Grackle | 158 | 212 | 279 | 127 | 82 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Brown-head. Cowbird | 66 | 52 | 123 | 57 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Orchard Oriole | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Baltimore Oriole | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| House Finch | 16 | 8 | 32 | 15 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red Crossbill | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 92 | 61 | 71 | 137 | 63 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| House Sparrow | 13 | 35 | 45 | 53 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total Individuals | 4604 | 3945 | 5658 | 4673 | 2413 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Total Species | 113 | 113 | 120 | 123 | 119 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Table 2. Results of Spring Bird Counts in Pulaski County 2000–2009.
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Date (May) | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
| Number Field Observers | 12 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| Number Field Parties | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Number Feederwatchers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Start EDT | 0530 | 0600 | 0510 | 0500 | 0515 | 0600 | 0500 | 0550 | 0520 | 0530 |
| End EDT | 2130 | 2145 | 2145 | 2130 | 2130 | 2100 | 2102 | 2200 | 2115 | 2200 |
| Hours on Foot | 24.25 | 26.5 | 34.5 | 18.5 | 50.25 | 15.25 | 19 | 18.5 | 5 | 18 |
| Hours by Car | 13.5 | 18 | 27.75 | 20.25 | 21.75 | 29.25 | 28.25 | 38 | 15.25 | 31.5 |
| Total Party Hours | 37.75 | 44.5 | 62.25 | 38.75 | 72 | 44.5 | 47.25 | 56.5 | 20.25 | 49.5 |
| Miles on Foot | 13 | 12.75 | 8.25 | 13.75 | 16 | 5.5 | 12 | 7.5 | 2 | 6.75 |
| Miles by Car | 199 | 237 | 357.25 | 233 | 277 | 355 | 305 | 328 | 183 | 328 |
| Total Party Miles | 212 | 249.75 | 365.5 | 246.75 | 293 | 360.5 | 317 | 335.5 | 185 | 334.75 |
| Owling Hours | 1.75 | 2.75 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.75 | 0.75 | 5 | 3 | 1.75 | 2.25 |
| Owling Miles | 1.75 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 20 | 12.25 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 17 |
| Feeder-watching Hours | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Low Temperature (F) | 65 | 64 | 55 | 65 | 55 | 58 | 50 | 64 | 54 | 63 |
| High Temperature (F) | 74 | 75 | 86 | 90 | 88 | 82 | 68 | 88 | 78 | 76 |
| Wind Direction | Var. | Var. | Var. | SSW | SSW | NA | WSW | Var. | Var. | Var. |
| Wind Speed (mph) | NA | 0–10 | 5–10 | 0–20 | 0–5 | 0–30 | 0–25 | 0–5 | 0–10 | 0–15 |
| Sky AM | NA | NA | clo | pclo | cle | pclo | mclo | fog; mclo | clo | over |
| Sky PM | NA | NA | clo | pclo | cle | mclo | mclo | cle | cle | mcle |
| Precipitation AM | rain early | rain early | none | none | none | none | none | none | none | rain |
| Precipitation PM | none | none | none | none | none | rain | late showers | none | none | none |
| Compiler | RMD | RMD | RMD | RMD | RMD | CGH | RMD | RMD | RMD | RMD |
| Total Species | 109 | 116 | 128 | 110 | 121 | 107 | 119 | 131 | 118 | 122 |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Brant | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 42 |
| Wood Duck | 12 | 33 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| Mallard | 8 | 44 | 26 | 37 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 16 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Redhead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Northern Bobwhite | 19 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| Ruffed Grouse | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wild Turkey | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 8 | -- | 8 |
| Common Loon | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pied-billed Grebe | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | 18 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 21 |
| Great Egret | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Green Heron | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -- | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Black Vulture | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 5 |
| Turkey Vulture | 51 | 87 | 111 | 57 | 127 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 55 |
| Osprey | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bald Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Harrier | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Cooper's Hawk | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| Broad-winged Hawk | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | -- | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 12 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Virginia Rail | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Coot | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sandhill Crane | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Semipalmated Plover | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40 | -- | 4 |
| Killdeer | 20 | 8 | 47 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 24 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 1 | -- | 6 | -- | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 2 | -- |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 2 | -- |
| Least Sandpiper | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -- | 11 | 8 | 109 | 17 | 5 |
| Peep sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 19 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Dunlin | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 21 | -- | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rock Pigeon | 14 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Mourning Dove | 83 | 196 | 221 | 169 | 220 | 118 | 139 | 119 | 63 | 156 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 4 | -- | 11 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Great Horned Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Barred Owl | 1 | 1 | 5 | -- | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | 2 |
| Common Nighthawk | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Chuck-will's-widow | 2 | -- | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 3 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -- | 1 |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Chimney Swift | 39 | 51 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 194 | 239 | 13 | 72 | 223 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -- | 5 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 16 | 21 | 46 | 24 | 60 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 21 | 18 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 8 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | -- | 1 | 3 | -- | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Northern Flicker | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 9 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 15 | 18 | 33 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 5 |
| American Kestrel | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Peregrine Falcon | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 27 | 38 | 42 | 25 | 66 | 16 | 34 | 47 | 23 | 15 |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 16 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| Alder Flycatcher | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Willow Flycatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Least Flycatcher | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Phoebe | 14 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 55 | 37 | 47 | 28 | 10 | 21 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 21 | 18 | 31 | 21 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 16 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 23 | 16 | 65 | 21 | 67 | 33 | 22 | 43 | 20 | 21 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 2 | 1 | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| White-eyed Vireo | 34 | 23 | 61 | 23 | 74 | 31 | 45 | 49 | 28 | 21 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 2 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | -- | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Warbling Vireo | -- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | 2 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 94 | 115 | 164 | 91 | 205 | 69 | 77 | 114 | 89 | 89 |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Blue Jay | 60 | 44 | 83 | 53 | 93 | 66 | 51 | 69 | 34 | 36 |
| American Crow | 91 | 67 | 124 | 61 | 122 | 54 | 84 | 74 | 36 | 72 |
| Horned Lark | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 |
| Purple Martin | 1 | 20 | 142 | 54 | 98 | 10 | 58 | 58 | 84 | 109 |
| Tree Swallow | 2 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 3 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 20 | 32 | 77 | 13 | 52 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 23 |
| Bank Swallow | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cliff Swallow | 7 | 26 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 14 |
| Barn Swallow | 62 | 53 | 199 | 79 | 293 | 113 | 111 | 157 | 37 | 45 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 41 | 40 | 50 | 33 | 55 | 49 | 41 | 54 | 13 | 13 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 43 | 48 | 103 | 45 | 80 | 42 | 55 | 76 | 24 | 54 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 17 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| House Wren | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Carolina Wren | 26 | 33 | 72 | 49 | 47 | 40 | 79 | 59 | 32 | 40 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 46 | 48 | 118 | 71 | 195 | 50 | 58 | 73 | 33 | 30 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 90 | 91 | 174 | 54 | 118 | 80 | 59 | 44 | 33 | 78 |
| Veery | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 3 |
| Swainson's Thrush | 3 | -- | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | -- |
| Hermit Thrush | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wood Thrush | 19 | 27 | 46 | 20 | 47 | 32 | 42 | 88 | 19 | 13 |
| American Robin | 157 | 228 | 434 | 156 | 521 | 277 | 313 | 265 | 134 | 259 |
| Gray Catbird | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 6 |
| Brown Thrasher | 27 | 13 | 38 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 27 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 60 | 38 | 171 | 54 | 110 | 37 | 69 | 52 | 25 | 54 |
| European Starling | 617 | 277 | 609 | 416 | 744 | 291 | 271 | 298 | 236 | 418 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 55 | 37 | 20 | -- | 4 | -- | 24 | 52 | 1 | 48 |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Ovenbird | 52 | 40 | 47 | 17 | 82 | 26 | 42 | 38 | 22 | 23 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 12 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 8 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Northern Waterthrush | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Golden-winged Warbler | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 24 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 50 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 10 |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Swainson's Warbler | 1 | 2 | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Tennessee Warbler | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 4 | 4 | -- |
| Nashville Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mourning Warbler | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Kentucky Warbler | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 14 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 37 | 46 | 97 | 68 | 164 | 62 | 84 | 101 | 40 | 59 |
| Hooded Warbler | 44 | 27 | 43 | 30 | 82 | 72 | 41 | 60 | 28 | 22 |
| American Redstart | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Cape May Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| Cerulean Warbler | 11 | 8 | 5 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Northern Parula | 10 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 |
| Magnolia Warbler | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Blackburnian Warbler | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Yellow Warbler | -- | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -- |
| Chestnut-sided Warb. | -- | -- | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- |
| Blackpoll Warbler | -- | 1 | 14 | 6 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Palm Warbler | 7 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 12 | -- | 1 |
| Pine Warbler | 11 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 6 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | -- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | -- | 2 | 3 | 3 | -- |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 10 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 |
| Prairie Warbler | 31 | 31 | 95 | 24 | 121 | 34 | 37 | 43 | 43 | 34 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 31 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Wilson's Warbler | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 22 | 21 | 76 | 33 | 87 | 30 | 45 | 39 | 30 | 21 |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Eastern Towhee | 28 | 27 | 68 | 33 | 96 | 39 | 48 | 70 | 25 | 27 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 40 | 43 | 88 | 38 | 150 | 56 | 23 | 64 | 32 | 34 |
| Field Sparrow | 45 | 33 | 67 | 38 | 111 | 28 | 57 | 65 | 37 | 26 |
| Savannah Sparrow | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 6 | -- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 13 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 18 | -- | 7 |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 |
| Song Sparrow | 49 | 52 | 138 | 53 | 106 | 43 | 87 | 94 | 43 | 58 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- |
| Swamp Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| White-throated Sparrow | -- | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15 | -- | 5 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| Summer Tanager | 5 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 50 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 11 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 28 | 13 | 45 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 18 |
| Northern Cardinal | 127 | 125 | 191 | 87 | 203 | 138 | 164 | 187 | 73 | 122 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | -- | -- | 4 | -- | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Blue-Grosbeak | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Indigo Bunting | 132 | 159 | 276 | 189 | 282 | 81 | 146 | 206 | 83 | 101 |
| Dickcissel | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bobolink | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 85 | 74 | 226 | 112 | 346 | 121 | 171 | 166 | 103 | 209 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 129 | 76 | 305 | 70 | 231 | 81 | 52 | 81 | 34 | 120 |
| Common Grackle | 87 | 102 | 173 | 154 | 178 | 144 | 159 | 186 | 69 | 171 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 33 | 83 | 68 | 39 | 91 | 54 | 44 | 102 | 25 | 61 |
| Orchard Oriole | 1 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| House Finch | 23 | 15 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| Red Crossbill | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30 |
| American Goldfinch | 76 | 67 | 142 | 48 | 118 | 53 | 55 | 82 | 62 | 30 |
| House Sparrow | 67 | 64 | 115 | 21 | 135 | 71 | 40 | 25 | 50 | 37 |
| Total Individuals | 3370 | 3304 | 6416 | 3278 | 7153 | 3425 | 4060 | 4544 | 2349 | 3661 |
| Total Species | 109 | 116 | 128 | 110 | 121 | 107 | 119 | 131 | 118 | 122 |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
Roseanna M. Denton (RMD) and C. Gay Hodges (CGH) have been the compilers of the Pulaski County, Kentucky, Spring Bird Count.
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