Results of the 28th Putnam County, Tennessee, Spring Bird Count—12 May 2001

 

Fourteen observers counted 126 species of birds during the 2001 Spring Bird Count (SBC) in Putnam County, Tennessee. Three species boldfaced below (Table 1) were observed for the first time on a SBC in the count.

 

Table 1. Results of Spring Bird Count in Putnam County, Tennessee.

Location W NW NNE NE SE SW  
               
Party Leader SJS GKE WAW RWS BHS DLC Total
Party Members   KLM CEW     MP  
    RJM GSK     TR  
      JCO        
      MPO        
               
Number Field Observers 1 3 5 1 1 3 14
Number Field Parties 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Number Feederwatcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
               
Start CDT             0400
End CDT             2015
Hours on Foot 0 8 4 5 1.5 4.5 23
Hours by Car 14.75 5.5 8 4 11 10 53.25
Total Party Hours 14.75 13.5 12 9 12.5 14.5 76.25
Miles on Foot 0 8 4 3 1 3 19
Miles by Car 168 60 75 39 128 43 513
Total Party Miles 168 68 79 42 129 46 532
Owling Hours 1.5 0 0 0 2 0.25 3.75
Owling Miles 30 0 0 0 32 1 65
Feeder-watching Hours 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
               
Low Temperature (F)             60
High Temperature (F)             79
Wind Direction             NW
Wind AM (mph)             0–10
Wind PM (mph)             0–15
Sky AM             overcast
Sky PM             mostly clear
Preciptation AM             int rain
Preciptation PM             none
Moon Phase             past full waning
               
Total Species 90 81 59 75 106 93 126
               
Location W NW NNE NE SE SW  
               
Canada Goose 2 27 55 2 24 17 127
Wood Duck         9   9
Mallard 1   5     6 12
Northern Bobwhite 4 4 2   3 5 18
Wild Turkey 2           2
Ring-necked Duck   1         1
Pied-billed Grebe   1         1
Double-crested Cormorant         24      * 24
Great Blue Heron 1 2       1 4
Green Heron 1 3 1   5 2 * 12
Black Vulture 2       2   4
Turkey Vulture 25 5 26   15 14 * 85
Mississippi Kite 1           1
Sharp-shinned Hawk   1         1
Cooper's Hawk 2       1   3
Accipiter sp. 1           1
Red-shouldered Hawk   3     4   7
Broad-winged Hawk       1 1   2
Red-tailed Hawk 2 3 1   2 3 11
Killdeer 2 8 1 2 7 8 28
Spotted Sandpiper   2     2 1 5
Solitary Sandpiper   1 1     1 3
Least Sandpiper           2 2
peep sp.       1     1
American Woodcock         1   1
               
Location W NW NNE NE SE SW  
               
Rock Pigeon 4 12   6 22 21 65
Mourning Dove 49 39 26 23 153 38 328
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1         1 2
Barn Owl           2 2
Eastern Screech-Owl         5   5
Great Horned Owl         1   1
Barred Owl 1     1     2
Common Nighthawk   8     2 1 * 11
Chuck-will's-widow 4       3 1 8
Eastern Whip-poor-will 2 1     1   4
Chimney Swift 21 12 14 10 43 16 116
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 2     4 4 15
Belted Kingfisher 1 4     4   9
Red-headed Woodpecker   3 1   1 1 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 15 18 8 7 9 22 79
Downy Woodpecker 3 3 3 2 6 3 19
Hairy Woodpecker 2     4 1 2 9
Northern Flicker 1 2 1 2 4 1 11
Pileated Woodpecker 9 3 1 4 8 2 27
American Kestrel 4 3   1 7 2 17
Eastern Wood-Pewee 28 5 3 18 19 15 88
Acadian Flycatcher 56     5 16 4 * * 81
Willow Flycatcher   1         1
Least Flycatcher         1   1
Eastern Phoebe 22 6 9 6 9 9 61
Great Crested Flycatcher 9 9 4 4 12 6 44
Eastern Kingbird 9 13 10 6 34 9 81
Loggerhead Shrike             cw
               
Location W NW NNE NE SE SW  
               
White-eyed Vireo 109 4 4 11 18 3 ** 149
Yellow-throated Vireo 21 2   4 7 5 39
Blue-headed Vireo       4 3   7
Warbling Vireo         1   1
Red-eyed Vireo 310 15 8 95 195 43 ** 666
Blue Jay 18 38 32 10 33 34 165
American Crow 55 68 35 20 95 33 * 306
Horned Lark         5   5
Purple Martin   5 8   23 12 48
Tree Swallow   15 8     1 * 24
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 7 10   29 7 57
Cliff Swallow 19           19
Barn Swallow 30 12 10 16 67 61 196
Carolina Chickadee 21 17 5 9 20 17 89
Tufted Titmouse 28 23 17 21 23 32 144
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 1   6 2 13
House Wren 2 5 6 1 8 10 ** 32
Carolina Wren 65 10 23 26 29 24 177
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 59 8   5 12 18 102
Eastern Bluebird 40 39 38 13 133 44 ** 307
Swainson's Thrush   5   1 1 1 8
Wood Thrush 44 12 9 6 29 5 105
American Robin 54 52 55 52 149 68 430
Gray Catbird 7 3 6 1 6 1 24
Northern Mockingbird 16 19 42 9 26 48 ** 160
Brown Thrasher 9 18 16 5 11 13 72
European Starling 106 226 108 63 270 102 875
Cedar Waxwing 29 10 9       48
               
Location W NW NNE NE SE SW  
               
Ovenbird 2 3   17 19 3 44
Worm-eating Warbler 2     1 5 2 10
Louisiana Waterthrush 12     2 2 2 ** 18
Northern Waterthrush           1 1
Blue-winged Warbler 26           26
Black-and-white Warbler 3 1   5 20 3 32
Prothonotary Warbler 1           1
Tennessee Warbler 4     1 3 3 11
Mourning Warbler             cw
Kentucky Warbler 56     11 7 4 78
Common Yellowthroat 197 19 26 42 95 30 ** 409
Hooded Warbler 24     22 13 4 63
American Redstart 39     1 11   51
Cape May Warbler 2     1 1 3 7
Cerulean Warbler 35     2 9 3 ** 49
Northern Parula 38 1   2   8 49
Magnolia Warbler         1 3 4
Bay-breasted Warbler         2   2
Blackburnian Warbler       1 1   2
Yellow Warbler 22 2 3 2 5 3 37
Chestnut-sided Warbler         2 3 5
Blackpoll Warbler 6 1     4 3 14
Pine Warbler   2   4 6 4 16
Yellow-rumped Warbler             cw
Yellow-throated Warbler 7 1   11 8   27
Prairie Warbler 47 1   6 30 9 93
Black-throated Green Warbler       5 2 5 12
Wilson's Warbler         1   1
Yellow-breasted Chat 65 4 1 12 25 7 114
               
Location W NW NNE NE SE SW  
               
Eastern Towhee 74 20 18 13 19 8 ** 152
Chipping Sparrow 15 14 15 10 175 12 ** 241
Field Sparrow 62 10 10 15 19 20 136
Savannah Sparrow         1   1
Grasshopper Sparrow         2 6 8
Song Sparrow 42 40 26 63 91 33 * 295
White-throated Sparrow             cw
Summer Tanager 37 14 2 16 14 16 ** 99
Scarlet Tanager 20 1   7 8 11 47
Northern Cardinal 111 45 40 35 110 52 393
Rose-breasted Grosbeak         1 2 3
Blue Grosbeak 8   2 9 33 7 ** 59
Indigo Bunting 353 40 45 130 225 99 ** 892
Red-winged Blackbird 39 42 12 36 227 43 399
Eastern Meadowlark 25 46 19 22 117 50 279
Common Grackle 28 26 18 12 53 33 170
Brown-headed Cowbird 30 7 21 4 30 14 106
Orchard Oriole 31 5   6 46 13 101
Baltimore Oriole         3 1 4
House Finch 1 6 12 7 15 7 48
American Goldfinch 20 29 8 13 25 20 115
House Sparrow 18 10 5 26 62 35 * 156
               
Total Individuals 2842 1210 904 1049 3212 1389 10606
               
Total Species 90 81 59 75 106 93 126
               
Party Location W N NNE NE SE SW Total

Key to Observers:

DLC
GKE
GSK
RJM
KLM
MPO
JCO
MP
TR
RWS
BHS
SJS
CEW
WAW		 Daniel L. Combs
Ginger K. Ensor
Graham S. Kash
R. J. Moore
Kenneth L. Morgan
Michael P. O'Rourke
John C. Owens
Mary Peterson
Thomas Roberts
Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
Barbara H. Stedman
Stephen J. Stedman, compiler
Catherine E. Walden
Winston A. Walden

Comments:

Species (3) presented in bold red are new to the Spring Bird Count (SBC) in Putnam County. Species totals with an asterisk (*) are highest ever totals for the SBC in Putnam County; species totals with two asterisks (**) are all-time high counts for the county as well as highest ever totals for the SBC in Putnam County.

Double-crested Cormorant: noted by BHS in flock flying north over Rocky Point Rd.

Ring-necked Duck: female on Cane Creek Park lake since 7 May 2001; new late spring departure date for county; first SBC registration (190th cumulative species on SBCs in Putnam County).

Mississippi Kite: noted by SJS at end of Carr's Chapel Rd. on the Mine Lick Creek arm of Center Hill Lake; seen hawking for large aerial insects; second-year bird with narrow white bars on undertail; long, pointed wings; long tail; size noted in direct comparison with TUVUs; kite silhouette and flight characteristics unmistakable; SJS has seen dozens of MIKIs in Florida and a few in Tennessee; first Putnam County record and therefore first registration on SBC in county (191st species reported on cumulative county SBCs).

Barn Owl: noted by DLC, MP, TR at site of Barn Owl sighting during Dec. 2000 CBC in Cookeville.

Willow Flycatcher: noted by GKE, KLM, RJM at Cane Creek Park lake; had been found previous day by SJS; has been present and probably bred at this site last two years; new species for Putnam County SBC (192nd species reported on all county SBCs).

Least Flycatcher: noted by BHS on Mill Creek Rd.

Warbling Vireo: noted by BHS on Sheep Bluff Rd.

Horned Lark: noted by BHS on Rt. 62 east of Monterey; young birds probably also present.

Cliff Swallow: noted by SJS—15 birds at underpass on Rt. 96 at I-40 (exit 268); 4 birds on Spring Fork Rd.; the latter site is a new breeding site for this species in the county.

Mourning Warbler: noted during count week by RWS.

 

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