Results of Christmas Bird Counts Conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee during the 2004–2005 (105th) CBC Season
Wilson's Snipe photographed during the DeKalb County, Tennessee, CBC 28 December 2004; photo Judy C. Fuson. |
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Results of Regional CBCs for the 2004–2005 CBC season may be viewed in the context of results from earlier seasons at links available by clicking below:
Table 1. Data from CBCs conducted in the UCR during the 2004–2005 season.
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
Date (Dec/Jan) | 1 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 30 |
Number of Field Observers | 14 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
Number of Feederwatchers | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Number of Parties | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6–7 | 5 | 7 | 2–3 |
Number of Party Hours | 57 | 27.75 | 19 | 55.5 | 51 | 47.25 | 65.25 | 27.5 |
Number of Species | 79 | 83 | 70 | 80 | 83 | 89 | 79 | 71 |
Compiler | RMD | RMD | WMM | TMC | SJS | DAD | CDW | SJS |
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
Snow Goose, white form | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
Canada Goose | 321 | 644 | -- | 93 | 327 | 272 | 38 | 319 |
Mute Swan | -- | 21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Tundra Swan | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Wood Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
Gadwall | 12 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | -- | 8 |
American Wigeon | -- | 15 | 1 | -- | cw | 6 | -- | -- |
Mallard | 626 | 290 | 84 | 54 | 97 | 303 | 90 | 221 |
American Black Duck | 82 | 10 | 10 | -- | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
Northern Pintail | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Green-winged Teal | 3 | 5 | 2 | -- | cw | 1 | -- | -- |
Redhead | 10 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Ring-necked Duck | 29 | 37 | 1 | 28 | cw | 150 | 4 | 48 |
Lesser Scaup | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 | -- |
Scaup sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Bufflehead | -- | 18 | -- | 47 | 10 | 6 | -- | 2 |
Common Goldeneye | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Hooded Merganser | 71 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 89 | 3 | 6 |
Common Merganser | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
Ruddy Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- |
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
Northern Bobwhite | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | 11 | 6 | -- | -- |
Wild Turkey | 45 | 12 | -- | 43 | 26 | 66 | 28 | 11 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
Horned Grebe | -- | 36 | -- | 127 | 2 | -- | 225 | -- |
Rock Pigeon | 298 | 47 | 55 | 143 | 149 | 301 | 67 | 191 |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 3 |
Mourning Dove | 1069 | 256 | 60 | 203 | 273 | 396 | 130 | 206 |
Rufous Hummingbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
American Coot | 2 | 3 | -- | 145 | 9 | 4 | -- | 10 |
Sandhill Crane | -- | -- | -- | 349 | 14 | 260 | -- | -- |
Killdeer | 32 | 6 | -- | 99 | 68 | 30 | 47 | 46 |
American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Wilson's Snipe | 18 | 1 | -- | 4 | -- | 34 | 18 | 6 |
Bonaparte's Gull | 14 | 225 | 200 | 232 | cw | 17 | 56 | -- |
Ring-billed Gull | 147 | 42 | 4600 | 187 | cw | 150 | 580 | -- |
Herring Gull | 1 | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Common Loon | -- | -- | 2 | 18 | -- | 2 | 19 | -- |
Double-crested Cormorant | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Great Blue Heron | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 9 |
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
Black Vulture | 36 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 310 | 414 | 195 | 3 |
Turkey Vulture | 71 | 3 | 4 | 121 | 160 | 62 | 475 | 10 |
Northern Harrier | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
Golden Eagle | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Immature | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | -- |
Cooper's Hawk | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Accipiter sp. | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 1 |
Bald Eagle | -- | 3 | -- | 6 | -- | 1 | 3 | -- |
Adult | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | -- |
Immature | -- | 1 | -- | 5 | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
Red-shouldered Hawk | 10 | 2 | -- | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
Red-tailed Hawk | 36 | 17 | 12 | 40 | 42 | 65 | 65 | 23 |
Barn Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
Eastern Screech-Owl | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Great Horned Owl | 8 | 1 | -- | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Barred Owl | 1 | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
Belted Kingfisher | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
Red-headed Woodpecker | 2 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 3 | 1 | -- |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 52 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 40 | 34 | 16 |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 4 |
Downy Woodpecker | 74 | 16 | 18 | 39 | 26 | 35 | 34 | 11 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 13 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Northern Flicker | 34 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 51 | 33 | 24 |
Pileated Woodpecker | 12 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 3 |
American Kestrel | 73 | 31 | 14 | 61 | 63 | 118 | 53 | 53 |
Large Falco | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Eastern Phoebe | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
Flycatcher sp. | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Loggerhead Shrike | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | -- | -- |
Blue Jay | 125 | 49 | 16 | 98 | 92 | 120 | 47 | 60 |
American Crow | 288 | 202 | 100 | 539 | 674 | 425 | 571 | 259 |
Horned Lark | 1 | -- | 30 | 2 | -- | 1 | 40 | -- |
Carolina Chickadee | 195 | 52 | 21 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 152 | 31 |
Tufted Titmouse | 149 | 33 | 18 | 126 | 114 | 151 | 98 | 41 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 | -- | 4 | -- | 4 | 5 | -- | -- |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 75 | 36 | 11 | 81 | 45 | 58 | 63 | 9 |
Brown-headed Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
Brown Creeper | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
House Wren | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 |
Winter Wren | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Sedge Wren | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
Marsh Wren | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
Carolina Wren | 199 | 25 | 44 | 139 | 153 | 145 | 101 | 54 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 39 | 12 | 14 | 53 | 30 | 36 | 62 | 13 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 4 | 2 | -- | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 |
Eastern Bluebird | 256 | 73 | 50 | 216 | 257 | 299 | 129 | 141 |
Hermit Thrush | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 5 |
American Robin | 221 | 17 | 87 | 537 | 162 | 143 | 388 | 221 |
Brown Thrasher | 2 | 1 | -- | 2 | 5 | 1 | -- | 2 |
Northern Mockingbird | 143 | 36 | 30 | 66 | 104 | 152 | 79 | 113 |
European Starling | 35738 | 6303 | 1175 | 776 | 3665 | 2853 | 3539 | 1916 |
Cedar Waxwing | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
House Sparrow | 65 | 49 | 39 | 72 | 55 | 23 | 65 | 14 |
American Pipit | -- | 2 | 72 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 9 | 52 |
House Finch | 98 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 61 | 26 | 34 | 20 |
Purple Finch | 3 | -- | 4 | 4 | cw | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | -- | -- |
American Goldfinch | 226 | 134 | 49 | 103 | 96 | 88 | 77 | 15 |
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
Eastern Towhee | 36 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 47 | 33 | 77 | 23 |
American Tree Sparrow | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Chipping Sparrow | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 143 | 62 | 9 |
Field Sparrow | 190 | 74 | 58 | 203 | 146 | 180 | 123 | 73 |
Savannah Sparrow | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 19 |
Fox Sparrow | 17 | -- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -- |
Song Sparrow | 401 | 106 | 56 | 260 | 280 | 376 | 87 | 57 |
Swamp Sparrow | 25 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 61 | 85 | 1 | 5 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 82 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 3 | -- |
White-throated Sparrow | 232 | 44 | 118 | 284 | 169 | 400 | 336 | 43 |
Dark-eyed Junco | 181 | 87 | 79 | 181 | 78 | 298 | 157 | 30 |
Eastern Meadowlark | 91 | 87 | 39 | 37 | 80 | 314 | 135 | 51 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 38 | 16 | 120 | 115 | 216 | 84 | 1150 | 22 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 3 | 54 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 33 | -- |
Rusty Blackbird | -- | 75 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
Common Grackle | 36120 | 15384 | -- | -- | 42 | -- | 2020 | 15050 |
Blackbird sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- |
Common Yellowthroat | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Palm Warbler | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
Pine Warbler | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 22 | -- | -- | 2 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 4 |
Northern Cardinal | 499 | 138 | 83 | 342 | 197 | 413 | 256 | 99 |
Total Individuals | 79077 | 25031 | 7643 | 6841 | 8886 | 10252 | 12389 | 19729 |
Total Species | 79 | 83 | 70 | 80 | 83 | 89 | 79 | 71 |
Location | Somer-set | Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Clay Co. |
Cooke-ville | White Co. |
DeKalb Co. |
Warren Co. |
Key to compiler initials:
TMC = Terry M. Campbell
RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
DAD = Douglas A. Downs
WMM = Wayne M. Mason
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
CDW = Carol D. Williams
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