and a companion remained to be counted during the Cookeville CBC.
Results of Christmas Bird Counts Conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee during the 2010–2011 (111th) CBC Season
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Trumpeter Swan photographed by Ed Schneider on City Lake, Putnam County,
Tennessee, 15 December 2010; this swan and a companion remained to be counted during the Cookeville CBC. |
About 119 species of birds were registered on the 10 Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) conducted this CBC season in the Region (Table 1). Two species not heretofore represented in the Regional CBC data were added this season: Dunlin and Short-eared Owl, both registered on the Glasgow CBC. Weather played a powerful role in determining the results of several counts, including Wayne County, KY, Clay County, TN, and Somerset, KY, where rain or wind or both were factors that depressed the species totals achieved on those counts. Snow cover also affected the count in Clay County, limiting access to some back roads usually covered more thoroughly than was the case this year. Very cold conditions seemed to reduce populations of some species normally found in higher numbers than was the case this year; Killdeer, for instance, was counted in quite low numbers of some of the Regional CBCs.
The circles for the 10 CBCs conducted in the Region cover a total of 4335 square km (1770 square mi); since the Region itself covers 26450 square km (10212 square mi), the 10 CBC circles represent 17.3% of the area within the Region, a percentage that probably equals or exceeds the threshold needed to allow the CBC data to be representative of the Regional birdlife as a whole.
Data from CBCs provide one of two major sources of data used in monitoring bird populations at the continental level, the other being data from the Breeding Bird Survey. At the Regional level, CBC/CBB data clearly have the same importance in monitoring bird populations, at least for species that can be classified as uncommon to common Regionally during winter. Here is a link to the Regional bird-monitoring plan:
To see a table comparing total species listed on CBCs with total species listed on Great Backyard Bird Counts (GBBCs) since the winter of 2003–2004, click on the following link:
To see a map (Figure 1) of the Upper Cumberland Region (UCR) showing locations of circles within which the 10 CBCs were conducted this season, click on the following link:
Click on the links below to access all data ever acquired at these Regional CBC sites:
Table 1. Results of CBCs and CBBs conducted in the UCR during the 111th CBC season; for species recorded on five or more counts, the high count for the season is bold-faced.
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Date (Dec/Jan) | 14 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 4 |
| Number of Field Observers | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Number of Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Parties | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7–8 | 7 | 7–9 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Number of Party Hours | 36.5 | 40.25 | 16.75 | 62.25 | 72 | 62.75 | 73.75 | 45.75 | 26.75 | 39.5 |
| Total Species | 82 | 77 | 80 | 75 | 96 | 82 | 90 | 87 | 74 | 74 |
| Primary Compiler | RMD | RMD | WMM | RMD | SJS | CDW | EKL | DAD | TMC | RGG |
| Snow Goose, blue form | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | 101 | 115 | 45 | 490 | 489 | 54 | 342 | 397 | 77 | 238 |
| Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 3 |
| Trumpeter Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wood Duck | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 67 | 1 | 14 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Blue-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Shoveler | 1 | -- | 2 | 12 | 4 | -- | 2 | 5 | 19 | -- |
| Gadwall | 7 | 8 | 1 | 126 | 33 | -- | 56 | cw | 9 | 8 |
| American Wigeon | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Mallard | 119 | 136 | 25 | 314 | 213 | 31 | 602 | 310 | 6 | 46 |
| American Black Duck | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | -- | 13 | 6 | -- | 18 |
| MALL x ABDU hybird | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Pintail | cw | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Teal sp. | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canvasback | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | cw | -- | 13 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Redhead | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Ring-necked Duck | 1 | -- | -- | 28 | 9 | -- | 667 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | 12 | -- | 22 | -- | -- | -- |
| Bufflehead | 2 | -- | 8 | 2 | 12 | -- | 240 | 28 | 4 | -- |
| Common Goldeneye | 3 | -- | 3 | -- | 4 | -- | 1 | cw | -- | -- |
| Hooded Merganser | cw | 3 | 5 | 27 | 88 | cw | 335 | 16 | -- | 33 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Ruddy Duck | 8 | -- | -- | -- | 16 | 2 | 380 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Russ.– Adair Co. |
Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Northern Bobwhite | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | 8 | -- | 4 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Wild Turkey | cw | 23 | -- | 84 | 104 | 5 | cw | -- | 19 | -- |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 4 | 7 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 39 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Horned Grebe | 56 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | 264 | 12 | -- | 5 | -- |
| Rock Pigeon | 14 | 11 | 65 | 398 | 204 | 173 | 9 | 260 | 95 | 128 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 9 | 3 | -- | -- | 10 | 56 | -- | 3 | -- | -- |
| Mourning Dove | 192 | 430 | 80 | 1181 | 541 | 316 | 279 | 347 | 133 | 170 |
| American Coot | 1 | 3 | -- | 2 | 84 | 92 | 561 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Sandhill Crane | 138 | 5 | 800 | -- | 31 | cw | 1 | 225 | -- | -- |
| Killdeer | 20 | 30 | 75 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Dunlin | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | 2 | -- | -- | cw | 1 | -- | 5 | 6 | -- | -- |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 43 | 4 | 280 | 1 | -- | 10 | 2 | 11 | -- | -- |
| Ring-billed Gull | 503 | 12 | 2330 | 124 | -- | 284 | 65 | 323 | 201 | 1 |
| Common Loon | cw | -- | -- | -- | cw | 67 | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 7 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. |
Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Black Vulture | 58 | 69 | 104 | 65 | 123 | 231 | 4 | 153 | 22 | 110 |
| Turkey Vulture | 37 | 2 | 52 | 12 | 157 | 62 | 14 | 105 | 18 | 20 |
| Golden Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Northern Harrier | 7 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 8 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Accipiter sp. | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | -- | 9 | cw | -- | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Adult | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 6 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Immature | 2 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | 5 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 12 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 10 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 63 | 25 | 38 | 14 | 31 |
| Buteo sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Barn Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Great Horned Owl | -- | -- | -- | cw | 4 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | 2 |
| Barred Owl | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 3 | 5 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Short-eared Owl | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Russ.– Adair Co. |
Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Belted Kingfisher | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 6 | -- | 2 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 48 | 41 | 18 | 57 | 126 | 108 | 76 | 90 | 43 | 59 |
| Yellow-bel. Sapsucker | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 41 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 20 | 22 | 11 | 44 | 50 | 56 | 54 | 21 | 22 | 17 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Northern Flicker | 35 | 30 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 45 | 41 | 32 | 31 | 20 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 13 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 10 |
| American Kestrel | 29 | 29 | 14 | 53 | 66 | 42 | 31 | 54 | 15 | 38 |
| Merlin | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 5 | 4 | -- | 8 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 120 | 226 | 32 | 321 | 446 | 254 | 129 | 228 | 108 | 183 |
| American Crow | 215 | 459 | 82 | 532 | 800 | 620 | 329 | 486 | 151 | 411 |
| Horned Lark | 16 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 6 | 339 | 62 | 43 | 40 | 70 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 24 | 41 | 23 | 128 | 115 | 182 | 228 | 66 | 47 | 44 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 78 | 57 | 28 | 135 | 147 | 148 | 281 | 76 | 40 | 100 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | 2 | cw | 13 | 6 | -- | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 29 | 11 | 3 | 37 | 53 | 101 | 136 | 41 | 30 | 15 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Russ.– Adair Co. |
Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Brown Creeper | -- | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| House Wren | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Winter Wren | 3 | -- | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 26 | 41 | 32 | 83 | 113 | 147 | 106 | 56 | 45 | 49 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 25 | 18 | 53 | 43 | 58 | 47 | 121 | 14 | 27 | 14 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | -- | 7 | -- | 4 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 4 | -- | 4 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 104 | 111 | 57 | 205 | 344 | 267 | 292 | 194 | 71 | 110 |
| Hermit Thrush | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 76 | 42 | 22 | 9 | 13 |
| American Robin | 103 | 192 | 595 | 353 | 596 | 2419 | 140 | 1161 | 678 | 1917 |
| Gray Catbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Brown Thrasher | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 54 | 55 | 7 | 112 | 173 | 107 | 82 | 116 | 38 | 94 |
| European Starling | 1935 | 1850 | 880 | 8426 | 8603 | 7625 | 834 | 6044 | 586 | 9690 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 4 | 50 | 3 | -- | 434 | 263 | 231 | 372 | 569 | 93 |
| House Sparrow | 46 | 125 | 52 | 40 | 56 | 80 | 32 | 49 | 19 | 32 |
| American Pipit | 2 | 6 | 1 | -- | 3 | 4 | 80 | 80 | -- | -- |
| House Finch | 28 | 45 | 7 | 129 | 177 | 81 | 53 | 11 | 17 | 23 |
| Purple Finch | -- | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 8 |
| Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 99 | 44 | 41 | 144 | 205 | 195 | 161 | 30 | 120 | 49 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. |
Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | |
| Eastern Towhee | 34 | 37 | 9 | 76 | 117 | 64 | 53 | 35 | 25 | 46 |
| American Tree Sparrow | cw | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Chipping Sparrow | 74 | 39 | 20 | 25 | 65 | 41 | 50 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Field Sparrow | 146 | 71 | 73 | 125 | 256 | 94 | 286 | 130 | 27 | 127 |
| Vesper Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Savannah Sparrow | 37 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 7 |
| Fox Sparrow | 11 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -- |
| Song Sparrow | 181 | 180 | 92 | 218 | 281 | 190 | 237 | 146 | 89 | 72 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Swamp Sparrow | 18 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 66 | 93 | 4 | 169 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 63 | 29 | 13 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 360 | 117 | 107 | 289 | 446 | 370 | 220 | 307 | 127 | 123 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 190 | 133 | 20 | 178 | 250 | 166 | 161 | 190 | 20 | 41 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 182 | 131 | 32 | 51 | 207 | 135 | 136 | 200 | 23 | 72 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | -- | -- | 34 | 24 | 220 | 142 | 2 | 530 | 150 | 132 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 63 | 3 | 15 | -- | 3 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 80 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 26 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 73 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Grackle | 7 | 10 | 113 | 3 | 784 | 14537 | 211 | 10007 | 10 | 2785 |
| Blackbird sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4000 |
| Common Yellowthroat | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Palm Warbler | cw | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Warbler | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 59 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 148 | 288 | 21 | 128 | 55 | 65 |
| Northern Cardinal | 328 | 146 | 70 | 543 | 335 | 317 | 290 | 195 | 192 | 166 |
| Total Individuals | 6249 | 5510 | 6679 | 15748 | 18448 | 31763 | 9210 | 23680 | 4243 | 21760 |
| Total Species | 82 | 77 | 80 | 75 | 96 | 82 | 90 | 87 | 74 | 74 |
| Russ.– Adair Co. |
Wayne Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. | |
| KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
Key to compiler initials:
TMC = Terry M. Campbell
RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
DAD = Douglas A. Downs
RGG = R. Gregg Garrison
EKL = Edmund K. LeGrand
WMM = Wayne M. Mason
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
CDW = Carol D. Williams
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