Results of Spring BirdBlitz in Smith County, Tennessee—28 April 2007
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| 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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