Results of the 41st Putnam County, Tennessee, Spring Bird Count—10 May 2014

 
 

Somewhat windy and occasionally rainy weather conditions prevailed most of the day during this Spring Bird Count (SBC) and proved to be less good for bird counting than was the case under somewhat similar conditions last year, with the result that 123 species were found within the boundaries of the county. The warm, clear, dry conditions taking place during the Monday through Thursday leading up to the count may account for the difference in results between the two counts.

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Table 1. Results of 41st Putnam County Spring Bird Count.

Location NE SE SW W Central NW1 NW2 NW3
                   
Party Leaders EKL NPM DLC SJS DAD JFuson LH JFinch Total
Party Members SNM TR NSL CDW GKE RCF
MJH
Number of Field Observers 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 15
Number of Field Parties 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Number of Feederwatchers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Start CDT 0420 0535 0545 0425 0515 0630 0555 0450 0420
End CDT 1650 1640 1645 1625 1645 1600 NA 1700 1700
    Hours on Foot 5.5 4.5 3 0.5 4 1 4.25 4 26.75
    Hours by Car 6 6.5 8 10 7 8 5.5 7.5 58.5
Total Daylight Hours in Field 11.5 11 11 10.5 11 9 9.75 11.5 85.25
     Miles on Foot 1 2.5 3 0.25 6 0.5 2.5 2.5 18.25
     Miles by Car 117 91.25 37 130 63 58 40.5 70.5 607.25
Total Daylight Miles in Field 118 93.75 40 130.25 69 58.5 43 73 625.5
Owling Hours 1 0 0 1 0.5 0 0 0.5 3
Owling Miles 15 0 0 12.25 2 0 0 4 33.25
Feederwatching Hours 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                   
Low Temperature (F) 61 64 NA 61 64 64 70 60 60
High Temperature (F) 75 77 NA 76 82 81 74 85 85
Sky AM clo to pclo clo to pclo NA pclo

over

 over cloudy variable cloudy
Sky PM clo to pclo pclo NA pclo to clo pclo to over NA pclo variable partly cloudy to overcast
Precipitation AM none none NA none none NA drizzle none none
Precipitation PM brief rain rain NA sprink. occ. rain NA none int. driz/rain intermittent rain
Wind AM (mph) 5-15 mph NA NA 0-10 0-10 light NA 0-25 0-15
Wind PM (mph) 5-15 mph NA NA 0-15 0-10 windy NA 0-25 0-15
Moon NA NA NA nearing full NA NA NA waxing gibbous waxing gibbous
                   
Canada Goose 20 14 36 2 31 17 22 39 181
Wood Duck 5 1 1 4 1 12
Blue-winged Teal 4 4
Northern Shoveler 2 2*
Mallard 2 10 6 2 9 4 4 6 43
Northern Bobwhite 5 4 3 4 4 20
Wild Turkey 5 5 4 2 2 1 2 8 29*
Rock Pigeon 20 1 8 2 11 1 3 24 70
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 9 12**
Mourning Dove 17 46 57 57 39 32 15 33 296
Common Nighthawk 2 2
Chuck-will's-widow 1 1 2 4
Eastern Whip-poor-will 12 2 14
Chimney Swift 22 15 13 6 48 3 14 6 127
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 4 1 1 1 2 1 10
American Coot 1 1
Killdeer 7 2 8 5 3 5 1 5 36
Least Sandpiper 15 15
Spotted Sandpiper 1 1 4 2 8
Solitary Sandpiper 1 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2 2
Double-cr. Cormorant 1 1 2
Great Blue Heron 1 5 8 4 1 3 4 26
Green Heron 2 5 3 2 2 14
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron 1 1 * (tie)
Black Vulture 3 19 48 6 7 4 87*
Turkey Vulture 15 10 12 20 14 7 8 12 98
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 1 1 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 3 2 2 9
Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 1 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1 6 1 3 4 5 20
Barn Owl 1 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 3 1 4
Belted Kingfisher 1 1 1 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 3 2 1 4 2 12
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 17 12 15 7 11 26 6 102
Downy Woodpecker 7 4 2 1 5 1 20
Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 1 2 1 2 8
Northern Flicker 4 1 1 2 3 5 16
Pileated Woodpecker 10 9 3 3 2 2 2 1 32
American Kestrel 2 2 2 1 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 7 9 13 9 8 10 13 8 77
Eastern Kingbird 14 6 6 15 14 13 15 12 95
Eastern Wood-Pewee 26 4 9 11 3 10 6 69
Acadian Flycatcher 1 3 4 40 1 1 50
    Empid sp. 1 1
Eastern Phoebe 14 11 6 12 2 7 7 6 65
Loggerhead Shrike 2 2
White-eyed Vireo 14 15 10 88 10 7 3 18 165
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 3 2 19 5 1 1 41
Blue-headed Vireo 5 1 6
Warbling Vireo 2 1 3** (tie)
Red-eyed Vireo 95 22 23 170 6 3 6 12 337
Blue Jay 25 16 29 15 23 15 18 15 156
American Crow 40 38 31 33 30 24 65 49 310
Purple Martin 15 15 1 10 17 5 8 25 96
Tree Swallow 2 2 5 2 26 4 3 4 48
N. Rough-winged Swallow 9 15 11 5 17 3 1 61
Bank Swallow 2 2
Cliff Swallow 1 6 7
Barn Swallow 15 49 17 11 55 28 17 11 203
Carolina Chickadee 23 4 10 26 18 3 23 10 117
Tufted Titmouse 36 49 13 30 18 14 38 46 244
White-breasted Nuthatch 7 3 1 3 3 2 2 4 25
Brown-headed Nuthatch 2 2
House Wren 13 1 11 7 6 4 4 46
Carolina Wren 29 28 31 96 24 23 21 17 269
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11 7 18 68 8 2 22 136
Eastern Bluebird 25 32 24 14 20 38 31 49 233
Veery 1 1 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 2
Swainson's Thrush 3 1 2 4 6 2 18
Wood Thrush 29 9 8 23 4 1 8 82
American Robin 93 32 64 47 300 150 63 88 837*
Gray Catbird 2 3 3 12 1 3 3 27
Brown Thrasher 12 5 5 8 16 16 8 14 84
Northern Mockingbird 12 16 26 31 42 51 39 39 256
European Starling 160 46 155 40 350 180 195 203 1329
Cedar Waxwing 10 49 8 37 20 52 30 206
House Sparrow 35 7 6 17 60 19 7 1 152
House Finch 4 11 2 5 9 5 5 10 51
American Goldfinch 11 12 3 8 7 1 4 6 52
Eastern Towhee 17 9 23 32 21 13 6 30 151
Chipping Sparrow 22 16 11 36 7 4 11 7 114
Field Sparrow 22 11 17 47 9 6 10 16 138
Song Sparrow 21 16 22 30 33 17 17 29 185
Yellow-breasted Chat 18 5 3 20 1 2 9 58
Eastern Meadowlark 16 13 27 12 35 33 10 16 162
Orchard Oriole 5 6 3 31 15 2 3 1 66
Baltimore Oriole 4 1 5
Red-winged Blackbird 29 40 64 35 85 30 62 33 378
Brown-headed Cowbird 24 10 14 12 20 3 9 11 103
Common Grackle 18 19 16 15 53 46 7 27 201
Ovenbird 42 4 1 6 1 54
Worm-eating Warbler 2 2 5 9
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 1 3 17 1 1 24**
Northern Waterthrush 1 2 3
Blue-winged Warbler 25 25
Black-and-white Warbler 8 2 2 2 1 1 16
Prothonotary Warbler 6 1 7
Tennessee Warbler 1 2 11 30 44
Kentucky Warbler 11 2 9 47 3 2 74
Common Yellowthroat 33 3 14 55 6 8 4 11 134
Hooded Warbler 26 1 4 27 1 1 60
American Redstart 3 2 3 48 2 1 59
Cape May Warbler 1 1
Cerulean Warbler 19 19
Northern Parula 1 2 10 46 5 3 67
Magnolia Warbler 1 1 2
Yellow Warbler 3 18 3 1 4 29
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2 2 6 10 3 23
Palm Warbler 1 2 1 4
Pine Warbler 3 1 1 4 1 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 4 5 12
Yellow-throated Warbler 32 2 8 13 7 3 65
Prairie Warbler 17 2 3 31 1 1 55
Black-thr. Green Warbler 1 1
Summer Tanager 11 5 16 23 2 4 6 9 76
Scarlet Tanager 14 8 12 3 1 6 44
Northern Cardinal 33 49 56 76 45 25 36 70 390
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 1 2 4
Blue Grosbeak 6 7 1 10 3 1 3 31
Indigo Bunting 37 22 52 164 12 17 14 23 341
                   
Total Individuals 1454 943 1157 2030 1754 1006 1035 1190 10569
                   
Total Species 88 83 82 92 89 72 76 80 123

 

Key to Observers:

Initials Name
DLC Daniel L. Combs
DAD Douglas A. Downs
GKE Ginger K. Ensor
JFinch Janie C. Finch
RCF Richard C. Finch
JFuson Judy C. Fuson
MJH Michael J. Hawkins
LH Linda Henderson
NSL Nancy S. Layzer
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
NPM N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
SNM Susan N. McWhirter
TR Thomas Roberts
SJS Stephen J. Stedman, compiler
CDW Carol D. Williams

Comments:

* = set or tied record high count for Putnam County Spring Bird Count (5 species); ** = set or tied record high count for Putnam County SBC and  record high count for Putnam County  (3 species).

The Northern Shovelers were the first for this count, increasing the cumulative species total to 206.

 

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