Results of Christmas Bird Counts Conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee during the 2015–2016 (116th) CBC Season
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About 112 species of birds were registered on eight Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) conducted this season in the Region (Table 1).
The circles for the eight CBCs conducted in the Region cover a total of xxx square km (xxx square mi); since the Region itself covers 26450 square km (10212 square mi), the eight CBC circles represent xx% of the area within the Region, a percentage that probably does not equal 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 eight CBCs were conducted this season, click on the following link, if active (underlined):
Map of UCR Highlighting CBC/CBB Sites
Click on the links below to access most data ever acquired at these Regional CBC sites:
Table 1. Results of CBCs conducted in the UCR during the 116th CBC season; for species recorded on five or more counts, the high count for the season is bold-faced.
| CBC Location | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Date (Dec/Jan) | 16 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 2 |
| Number of Field Observers | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
| Number of Feederwatchers | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Parties | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Number of Party Hours | 38.75 | 45 | 48.5 | 59.25 | 54.75 | 47.75 | 34.75 | 34 |
| Total Species | 79 | 77 | 79 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 73 |
| Primary Compiler | RMD | RMD | RMD | SJS | CDW | EKL | DAD | RGG |
| Snow Goose, white form | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | 150 | 162 | 206 | 565 | 105 | 368 | 343 | 282 |
| Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Wood Duck | -- | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Northern Shoveler | -- | 3 | 2 | 1 | -- | 28 | 31 | -- |
| Gadwall | 9 | 26 | 60 | 39 | 21 | 54 | 96 | 6 |
| American Wigeon | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- |
| Mallard | 12 | 75 | 143 | 124 | 97 | 217 | 104 | 34 |
| American Black Duck | -- | 2 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 |
| Northern Pintail | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | 5 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 52 | -- |
| Canvasback | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 24 | -- | -- |
| Redhead | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | 35 | 3 | -- |
| Ring-necked Duck | 3 | 35 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 517 | 153 | 30 |
| Lesser Scaup | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Scaup sp. | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- |
| Bufflehead | cw | 9 | 17 | 18 | 28 | 521 | 8 | -- |
| Common Goldeneye | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | cw |
| Hooded Merganser | 2 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 209 | 89 | 5 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | cw | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Ruddy Duck | -- | -- | 1 | 9 | -- | 205 | -- | -- |
| CBC Location | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Northern Bobwhite | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | 9 |
| Wild Turkey | -- | 38 | 93 | 121 | 24 | 44 | 45 | 53 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 31 | 75 | 10 | 5 |
| Horned Grebe | 8 | 14 | 2 | cw | 284 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Rock Pigeon | 20 | 53 | 341 | 408 | 20 | 15 | 290 | 94 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 2 | 8 | -- | 4 | 15 | 12 | 18 | -- |
| Mourning Dove | 259 | 246 | 735 | 450 | 228 | 255 | 230 | 164 |
| Virginia Rail | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
| American Coot | -- | 1 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 463 | 1 | 30 |
| Sandhill Crane | cw | 155 | -- | 2 | 8 | 43 | 146 | 126 |
| Killdeer | 41 | 5 | 13 | 75 | 462 | 139 | 83 | -- |
| American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | 18 | -- | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 22 | -- |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 250 | 6 | 2 | -- | 48 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 28 | 13 | 41 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Loon | 7 | -- | -- | -- | 68 | 10 | -- | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| CBC Location | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Black Vulture | 141 | 52 | 36 | 43 | 202 | 1 | 41 | 94 |
| Turkey Vulture | 102 | 97 | 75 | 197 | 319 | 56 | 127 | 198 |
| Golden Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | cw | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Accipiter sp. | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 1 | 3 | -- | 6 | 1 | cw | cw |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 15 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 16 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 42 | 9 | 35 | 25 |
| Barn Owl | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Great Horned | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | 3 | 1 |
| Barred Owl | 8 | -- | -- | 3 | 1 | 2 | -- | 3 |
| CBC Location | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Belted Kingfisher | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 59 | 30 | 54 | 35 | 53 | 24 | 26 | 30 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 25 | 20 | 37 | 29 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 15 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| Northern Flicker | 17 | 17 | 32 | 31 | 22 | 39 | 29 | 30 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 10 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| American Kestrel | 45 | 51 | 70 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 39 | 57 |
| Merlin | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Phoebe | 17 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 10 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | 3 | -- |
| Blue Jay | 169 | 171 | 219 | 164 | 94 | 28 | 77 | 161 |
| American Crow | 214 | 286 | 608 | 458 | 133 | 307 | 697 | 276 |
| Horned Lark | -- | 14 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Carolina Chickadee | 81 | 91 | 92 | 107 | 100 | 144 | 37 | 33 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 82 | 91 | 88 | 96 | 111 | 91 | 56 | 72 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 42 | 28 | 39 | 46 | 49 | 57 | 26 | 17 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| CBC Location | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Brown Creeper | -- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| House Wren | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
| Winter Wren | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | -- |
| Carolina Wren | 20 | 29 | 31 | 78 | 79 | 91 | 30 | 42 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 31 | 41 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 11 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 32 | 5 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 91 | 52 | 140 | 108 | 49 | 78 | 85 | 123 |
| Hermit Thrush | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| American Robin | 866 | 746 | 292 | 333 | 1256 | 227 | 680 | 654 |
| Gray Catbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 | -- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 43 | 30 | 55 | 60 | 38 | 25 | 39 | 78 |
| European Starling | 3657 | 6605 | 5249 | 461 | 2704 | 924 | 1908 | 2476 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 42 | 31 | -- | 120 | 47 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| House Sparrow | 39 | 38 | 55 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 39 | 13 |
| American Pipit | 22 | -- | -- | 15 | 80 | -- | 61 | 190 |
| House Finch | 41 | 115 | 158 | 54 | 52 | 22 | 12 | 14 |
| Purple Finch | 4 | -- | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | -- | 2 |
| Pine Siskin | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | 17 | -- | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 73 | 96 | 151 | 98 | 128 | 61 | 33 | 101 |
| CBC Location | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
| Eastern Towhee | 55 | 31 | 23 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 8 | 29 | 58 | 38 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 37 |
| Field Sparrow | 30 | 24 | 126 | 76 | 29 | 74 | 71 | 160 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 6 | 2 | -- | 26 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 9 |
| Fox Sparrow | 1 | -- | 12 | 5 | 11 | -- | 3 | 4 |
| Song Sparrow | 95 | 77 | 126 | 144 | 192 | 110 | 128 | 78 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 3 | 2 | 13 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 64 | 10 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 8 | 43 | 121 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 72 | 95 | 128 | 105 | 307 | 66 | 106 | 105 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 115 | 125 | 300 | 81 | 130 | 48 | 85 | 75 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 76 | 49 | 43 | 69 | 78 | 120 | 117 | 82 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 11 | 2 | -- | 38 | 521 | 3 | 277 | 3 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 40 | -- | -- | 2 | 44 | 25 | 106 | -- |
| Rusty Blackbird | -- | 13 | -- | -- | 7 | -- | 45 | -- |
| Common Grackle | 408 | 3 | 1 | 861 | 2717 | -- | 101 | 3 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| American Redstart | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Palm Warbler | -- | -- | 13 | 1 | -- | -- | 20 | 3 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 102 | 127 | 46 | 79 | 96 | 24 | 102 | 64 |
| Northern Cardinal | 214 | 195 | 390 | 150 | 178 | 169 | 117 | 177 |
| Total Individuals | 8107 | 10511 | 10835 | 6534 | 11713 | 6430 | 7428 | 6558 |
| Total Species | 79 | 77 | 79 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 73 |
| CBC Location | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Wayne Co. |
Somer- set |
Cooke- ville |
De- Kalb Co. |
Cross- ville |
White Co. |
War- ren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN | TN | TN |
Key to compiler initials:
RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
DAD = Douglas A. Downs
RGG = R. Gregg Garrison
EKL = Edmund K. LeGrand
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
CDW = Carol D. Williams
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