Results of 10 Christmas Bird Counts Conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee during the 2012–2013 (113th) CBC Season
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| Field Sparrow photographed 17 December 2012 during the Russell-Adair, KY, CBC; photo Stephen J. Stedman. |
About 115 species of birds were registered on the 10 Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) conducted this CBC season in the Region (Table 1). One species (Northern Shrike) was recorded for the first time ever within the Region during this CBC season; two other species (Cackling Goose and Red Crossbill) were recorded for the first time ever on a Regional CBC.
The circles for the 10 CBCs conducted in the Region cover a total of c. 4580 square km (c. 1770 square mi); since the Region itself covers 26450 square km (10212 square mi), the 10 CBC circles represent c. 17% of the area within the Region, a percentage that probably equals or possibly exceeds the threshold required 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 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 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 conducted in the UCR during the 113th CBC season; for species recorded on count day during five or more counts, the high count for the season is bold-faced.
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
Cooke- ville |
White Co. |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Date (Dec/Jan) | 17 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 4 |
| Number Field Observers | 6 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Number Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number Parties | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8–11 | 5 | 8 | 4–5 | 4 | 3 |
| Number Party Hours | 32.75 | 14.5 | 50 | 46.5 | 77 | 51 | 66.75 | 49.25 | 39.25 | 28 |
| Total Species | 73 | 79 | 76 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 85 | 89 | 72 | 76 |
| Primary Compiler | RMD | WMM* | RMD | RMD | SJS | DAD | CDW | EKL | TMC | RGG |
| Snow Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | -- |
| White Morph | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Blue Morph | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Ross's Goose | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cackling Goose | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | 143 | 130 | 94 | 225 | 505 | 191 | 56 | 236 | 302 | 422 |
| Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- |
| Wood Duck | -- | 3 | 4 | -- | 7 | 9 | -- | 3 | 1 | -- |
| Northern Shoveler | 9 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 24 | -- | 17 | 12 | -- |
| Gadwall | 3 | 45 | 49 | 71 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 33 | 88 | 7 |
| American Wigeon | -- | 20 | -- | 6 | 3 | -- | 11 | 11 | -- | -- |
| Mallard | 7 | 712 | 259 | 175 | 288 | 75 | 44 | 182 | 95 | 89 |
| American Black Duck | 1 | 15 | 15 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | 22 | -- | 15 |
| Northern Pintail | -- | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | 45 | 11 | 7 | -- | -- | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| Canvasback | -- | 30 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 22 | -- | -- |
| Redhead | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 58 | 21 | -- | -- |
| Ring-necked Duck | -- | 10 | 17 | 37 | cw | 2 | 3 | 778 | 4 | -- |
| Lesser Scaup | -- | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | -- | 163 | 15 | -- | -- |
| Bufflehead | -- | 8 | -- | 10 | 17 | 3 | 87 | 211 | 31 | 1 |
| Common Goldeneye | -- | 2 | cw | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Hooded Merganser | 2 | 123 | 26 | 92 | 48 | 91 | 2 | 141 | 59 | 13 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Ruddy Duck | -- | 10 | cw | -- | 7 | -- | -- | 352 | -- | -- |
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
Cooke- ville |
White Co. |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Northern Bobwhite | -- | -- | 4 | -- | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Wild Turkey | 110 | -- | 190 | 19 | 97 | 52 | 37 | 15 | 82 | -- |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 2 | 67 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 12 | 36 | 218 | 13 | 6 |
| Horned Grebe | 7 | 5 | 4 | 79 | -- | -- | 112 | 1 | cw | 1 |
| American Coot | 8 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 3 | 313 | 468 | -- | 1 |
| Sandhill Crane | -- | 19 | cw | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 459 | 94 | 15 |
| Killdeer | 52 | 139 | 42 | 162 | 50 | 76 | 342 | 53 | 8 | 45 |
| Least Sandpiper | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Woodcock | 1 | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 5 |
| Wilson's Snipe | 17 | -- | -- | 2 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 29 | -- | 6 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | -- | 1019 | 2 | 56 | -- | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -- |
| Ring-billed Gull | 1 | 1119 | 6 | 23 | -- | 5 | 66 | 30 | 161 | -- |
| Herring Gull | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rock Pigeon | 10 | 90 | 244 | 43 | 129 | 122 | 123 | 8 | 144 | 112 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | cw | -- | -- | 4 | 1 | 45 | 3 | -- | -- | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 203 | 82 | 665 | 574 | 489 | 413 | 111 | 178 | 173 | 168 |
| Rufous Hummingbird | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
Cooke- ville |
White Co. |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Common Loon | 3 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | 33 | -- | 27 | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| Black Vulture | 258 | 39 | 65 | 94 | 212 | 148 | 227 | 6 | 7 | 222 |
| Turkey Vulture | 44 | 81 | 27 | 54 | 183 | 165 | 101 | 9 | 21 | 37 |
| Golden Eagle | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Harrier | 1 | cw | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Cooper's Hawk | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | -- | 2 | 2 |
| Accipiter sp. | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 6 | cw | 3 | -- | -- | 5 | 2 | 6 | -- |
| Adult | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 3 | -- |
| Immature | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 3 | -- |
| Unknown Age | 1 | 6 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 3 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 10 | 6 | 29 | 50 | 28 | 62 | 48 | 21 | 25 | 30 |
| Barn Owl | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 1 | -- | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Great Horned Owl | -- | -- | cw | -- | 3 | 2 | -- | 9 | -- | 4 |
| Barred Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | cw | 1 | 3 |
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
Cooke- ville |
White Co. |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Belted Kingfisher | 5 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 3 | -- | 5 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 39 | 17 | 96 | 65 | 91 | 116 | 82 | 67 | 45 | 65 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5 | 6 | -- | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 9 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 17 | 7 | 69 | 21 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 13 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Northern Flicker | 50 | 24 | 37 | 43 | 50 | 65 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 16 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 22 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 17 |
| American Kestrel | 29 | 15 | 62 | 45 | 53 | 51 | 43 | 19 | 32 | 39 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | cw | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Shrike | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Blue Jay | 119 | 55 | 281 | 213 | 357 | 227 | 105 | 173 | 58 | 156 |
| American Crow | 416 | 154 | 390 | 523 | 732 | 502 | 255 | 238 | 156 | 340 |
| Horned Lark | -- | 35 | -- | 39 | -- | -- | 78 | 6 | -- | 37 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 69 | 15 | 154 | 78 | 117 | 70 | 128 | 126 | 92 | 36 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 95 | 28 | 232 | 123 | 190 | 138 | 127 | 167 | 79 | 84 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -- | 20 | 5 | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 37 | 5 | 57 | 42 | 57 | 53 | 62 | 75 | 66 | 10 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
Cooke- ville |
White Co. |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Brown Creeper | 1 | 3 | cw | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -- |
| House Wren | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Winter Wren | 1 | -- | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 76 | 27 | 138 | 86 | 139 | 110 | 75 | 53 | 71 | 48 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 19 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 47 | 25 | 19 | 8 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2 | -- | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | -- | 2 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 210 | 61 | 232 | 219 | 423 | 221 | 201 | 158 | 94 | 124 |
| Hermit Thrush | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 21 |
| American Robin | 66 | 144 | 164 | 169 | 631 | 233 | 303 | 30 | 613 | 392 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 72 | 19 | 126 | 75 | 127 | 105 | 50 | 42 | 62 | 85 |
| European Starling | 1206 | 2941 | 7104 | 2526 | 3339 | 3167 | 4204 | 533 | 502 | 5404 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 5 | 17 | 7 | -- | 710 | 535 | 278 | 67 | 37 | 162 |
| House Sparrow | 63 | 20 | 87 | 96 | 41 | 49 | 34 | 24 | 44 | 30 |
| American Pipit | -- | 15 | -- | 25 | -- | 34 | 105 | 1 | -- | -- |
| House Finch | 53 | 8 | 89 | 73 | 94 | 33 | 135 | 48 | 18 | 19 |
| Purple Finch | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | 36 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Red Crossbill | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 93 | 47 | 159 | 102 | 129 | 60 | 143 | 125 | 78 | 40 |
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
Cooke- ville |
White Co. |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Eastern Towhee | 37 | 10 | 82 | 34 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 41 | 26 | 40 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 3 | 10 | 21 | -- | 77 | 43 | 96 | 22 | 46 | 9 |
| Field Sparrow | 62 | 32 | 201 | 67 | 188 | 124 | 90 | 108 | 74 | 205 |
| Savannah Sparrow | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 4 | 49 | 5 | 8 | -- | 17 |
| Fox Sparrow | 1 | -- | 25 | -- | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | 90 | 69 | 387 | 92 | 169 | 182 | 123 | 163 | 143 | 122 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 29 | 12 | 71 | 4 | 34 | 56 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 9 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 26 | -- | 148 | 64 | 19 | 84 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 5 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 111 | 97 | 393 | 98 | 252 | 203 | 410 | 103 | 96 | 137 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 212 | 63 | 409 | 219 | 224 | 61 | 196 | 167 | 41 | 74 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 46 | 7 | 59 | 202 | 63 | 117 | 65 | 103 | 84 | 52 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | -- | cw | 428 | 84 | 94 | 39 | 325 | 2 | -- | 51 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | -- | cw | 230 | 13 | 150 | -- | 78 | -- | -- | 44 |
| Rusty Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 41 | 25 | 1 | 6 | -- | -- |
| Common Grackle | -- | cw | 130 | -- | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1048 |
| Palm Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 32 | 42 | 27 | 16 | 75 | 137 | 188 | 21 | 84 | 51 |
| Northern Cardinal | 181 | 60 | 551 | 227 | 186 | 158 | 190 | 159 | 129 | 101 |
| Total Individuals | 4445 | 8052 | 14577 | 7633 | 11442 | 8932 | 10553 | 6727 | 4464 | 10391 |
| Total Species | 73 | 79 | 76 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 85 | 89 | 72 | 76 |
| Location | Russ.– Adair Co. |
Glas- gow |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
Cooke- ville |
White Co. |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
Clay Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | 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
* Results of the Glasgow CBC were obtained from Ferrell (2013).
Literature Cited:
Link to page with lists of species reported on all Regional CBCs:
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