Results of Spring BirdBlitz in Smith County, Tennessee—28 April 2007
Osprey nest on a light pole in a ballfield located about 1 km south of the Cumberland River on Rt. 53, Smith County, Tennessee; photo Kathy Harville. |
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Location | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Feeder- watchers |
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Party Leader * | SJS | BHS | WAW | Total | |
Party Members * | DAD | JCF | MPO | KH | |
TS | BH | ||||
Number Field Participants | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Number Field Parties | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Number Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Start CDT | 0430 | 0550 | 0645 | 0900 | 0430 |
End CDT | 1830 | 1820 | 1745 | 1100 | 1830 |
Hours on Foot | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0 | -- | 1.75 |
Hours by Car | 12 | 11 | 11 | -- | 33.5 |
Total Party Hours | 12.75 | 11.5 | 11 | -- | 35.25 |
Miles on Foot | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | -- | 1 |
Miles by Car | 106 | 76 | 100 | -- | 282 |
Total Party Miles | 106.5 | 76.5 | 100 | -- | 283 |
Owling Hours | 1.25 | 0.25 | 0 | -- | 1.5 |
Owling Miles | 15 | 3 | 0 | -- | 18 |
Feeder-watching Hours | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Low Temperature (F) | 49 | ||||
High Temperature (F) | 76 | ||||
Wind Direction | Var. | ||||
Wind Speed (mph) | 0–15 | ||||
Sky AM | Overcast | ||||
Sky PM | Mostly Sunny | ||||
Precipitation AM | Light Rain | ||||
Precipitation PM | None | ||||
Moon Phase | NA | ||||
Total Species | 104 | 88 | 86 | 20 | 120 |
Location | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Feeder- watchers |
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Canada Goose | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
Mallard | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 2 |
Blue-winged Teal | 7 | -- | -- | -- | 7 |
Northern Bobwhite | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | 4 |
Wild Turkey | 13 | 5 | 4 | -- | 22 |
Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | 25 | -- | 25 |
Great Blue Heron | 10 | 2 | 11 | -- | 23 |
Great Egret | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 2 |
Green Heron | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | 4 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
Black Vulture | 8 | 14 | 18 | -- | 40 |
Turkey Vulture | 48 | 11 | 34 | -- | 93 |
Osprey | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
Cooper's Hawk | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Red-shouldered Hawk | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
Broad-winged Hawk | 7 | -- | 4 | -- | 11 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 4 | 6 | 6 | -- | 16 |
Killdeer | 14 | 10 | 5 | -- | 29 |
Solitary Sandpiper | 5 | 1 | 3 | -- | 9 |
Greater Yellowlegs | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
Lesser Yellowlegs | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
Rock Pigeon | 2 | 20 | 3 | -- | 25 |
Mourning Dove | 38 | 54 | 33 | 5 | 130 |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Eastern Screech-Owl | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | 5 |
Great Horned Owl | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Barred Owl | 6 | 1 | -- | -- | 7 |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Location | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Feeder- watchers |
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Chimney Swift | 17 | 5 | 14 | -- | 36 |
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird | -- | -- | 1 | 19 | 20 |
Belted Kingfisher | 2 | 3 | 1 | -- | 6 |
Red-headed Woodpecker | 1 | 6 | -- | -- | 7 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 32 |
Downy Woodpecker | 9 | 7 | 3 | -- | 19 |
Hairy Woodpecker | -- | 4 | -- | -- | 4 |
Northern Flicker | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
Pileated Woodpecker | 7 | 7 | 5 | -- | 19 |
American Kestrel | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | 6 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Acadian Flycatcher | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Eastern Phoebe | 32 | 20 | 10 | -- | 62 |
Great Crest. Flycatcher | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
Eastern Kingbird | 38 | 16 | 23 | -- | 77 |
White-eyed Vireo | 93 | 20 | 84 | -- | 197 |
Yellow-throated Vireo | 12 | 2 | 5 | -- | 19 |
Warbling Vireo | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 66 | 4 | 35 | -- | 105 |
Location | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Feeder- watchers |
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Blue Jay | 32 | 40 | 24 | 6 | 102 |
American Crow | 83 | 38 | 42 | 3 | 166 |
Horned Lark | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 2 |
Purple Martin | 47 | 28 | 11 | 30 | 116 |
Tree Swallow | 18 | 4 | 4 | -- | 26 |
N. Rough-winged Swallow | 25 | 8 | 3 | -- | 36 |
Cliff Swallow | 70 | -- | 122 | -- | 192 |
Barn Swallow | 58 | 34 | 46 | -- | 138 |
Carolina Chickadee | 47 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 90 |
Tufted Titmouse | 36 | 21 | 36 | -- | 93 |
White-br. Nuthatch | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
Carolina Wren | 63 | 52 | 27 | -- | 142 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 89 | 14 | 41 | -- | 144 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | 7 |
Eastern Bluebird | 36 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 122 |
Swainson's Thrush | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 |
Wood Thrush | 21 | 11 | 13 | -- | 45 |
American Robin | 39 | 82 | 26 | 1 | 148 |
Gray Catbird | 8 | -- | 2 | -- | 10 |
Northern Mockingbird | 28 | 58 | 29 | 2 | 117 |
Brown Thrasher | 13 | 12 | 7 | -- | 32 |
European Starling | 120 | 166 | 70 | 8 | 364 |
Cedar Waxwing | 10 | 4 | 3 | -- | 17 |
Location | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Feeder- watchers |
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Ovenbird | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | 4 |
Louisiana Waterthrush | 6 | -- | 1 | -- | 7 |
Northern Waterthrush | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 3 |
Blue-winged Warbler | 24 | -- | 3 | -- | 27 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Tennessee Warbler | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
Nashville Warbler | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Kentucky Warbler | 19 | 3 | 8 | -- | 30 |
Common Yellowthroat | 86 | 24 | 62 | -- | 172 |
Hooded Warbler | 13 | 2 | 5 | -- | 20 |
American Redstart | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Cape May Warbler | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 |
Cerulean Warbler | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Northern Parula | 37 | 1 | 4 | -- | 42 |
Yellow Warbler | 15 | 5 | 5 | -- | 25 |
Blackpoll Warbler | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 2 |
Palm Warbler | 3 | 1 | 2 | -- | 6 |
Pine Warbler | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 20 | 9 | 2 | -- | 31 |
Yellow-throated Warbler | 7 | 1 | 6 | -- | 14 |
Prairie Warbler | 86 | 5 | 83 | -- | 174 |
Black-thr. Green Warbler | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Yellow-breasted Chat | 27 | 7 | 16 | -- | 50 |
Location | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Feeder- watchers |
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Eastern Towhee | 103 | 47 | 73 | -- | 223 |
Chipping Sparrow | 19 | 40 | 4 | -- | 63 |
Field Sparrow | 106 | 63 | 62 | -- | 231 |
Savannah Sparrow | -- | 5 | -- | -- | 5 |
Grasshopper Sparrow | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Song Sparrow | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 44 |
Lincoln's Sparrow | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
Swamp Sparrow | 5 | -- | -- | -- | 5 |
White-throated Sparrow | 16 | 15 | 7 | -- | 38 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 6 | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
Summer Tanager | 16 | 9 | 9 | -- | 34 |
Scarlet Tanager | 12 | 2 | 1 | -- | 15 |
Northern Cardinal | 119 | 107 | 61 | 7 | 294 |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | -- | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Blue Grosbeak | 4 | 4 | 1 | -- | 9 |
Indigo Bunting | 63 | 35 | 31 | -- | 129 |
Bobolink | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 3 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 105 | 96 | 30 | 3 | 234 |
Eastern Meadowlark | 35 | 110 | 11 | 1 | 157 |
Common Grackle | 122 | 68 | 31 | -- | 221 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 44 | 66 | 19 | -- | 129 |
Orchard Oriole | 39 | 15 | 12 | -- | 66 |
Baltimore Oriole | 2 | 9 | 3 | -- | 14 |
House Finch | 2 | 6 | 1 | -- | 9 |
American Goldfinch | 77 | 70 | 45 | 23 | 215 |
House Sparrow | 18 | 26 | 7 | -- | 51 |
Total Individuals | 2636 | 1782 | 1536 | 136 | 6090 |
Total Species | 104 | 88 | 86 | 20 | 120 |
Location | Northeast | Northwest | Southeast | Feeder- watchers |
* Observers/Feederwatchers Taking Part in Smith County BirdBlitz:
DAD | Douglas A. Downs |
JCF | Janie C. Finch |
KH | Kathy Harville |
BH | Bettie Hubbard |
MPO | Michael P. O'Rourke |
TS | Tom Saya |
BHS | Barbara H. Stedman |
SJS | Stephen J. Stedman, compiler |
WAW | Winston A. Walden |
Comments:
Great Blue Heron: Two active nests in northeast sector of county.
Osprey: One adult brooding on a nest (see photograph above) built on top of a light pole at a ballfield located about 1 km south of the bridge over the Cumberland River on Rt. 53; first verified Smith County nest, but has apparently been active for several years.
Eastern Screech-Owl along the entrance road to Cordell Hull Lock and Dam (north side) during the 28 April 2007 Spring BirdBlitz in Smith County, Tennessee; photo SJS. |
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