Spring Survey of Neotropical Migrants in
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area--1994
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These data are published in the following source:
Stedman, S. J. 1995. Spring Neotropical migrant survey in the Big
South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Kentucky Warbler 71 (2): 27-32.
Survey Site* |
BMB |
TA |
NBC | YA | HC | HBBC | SCLF | Total |
Date of Survey |
4-16 | 4-23 | 4-30 | 5-5 | 5-10 | 5-13 | 5-25 | |
Start Time (EDT) |
1007 | 0807 | 0832 | 0828 | 0712 | 0747 | 0640 | |
End Time (EDT) |
1242 | 1233 | 1413 | 1328 | 1141 | 1301 | 1216 | |
Hrs. |
2.6 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 33.0 |
Survey Miles |
4.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 40.5 |
Observers** |
SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | |
| RGE | RGE | RGE | RGE | RGE | ||||
| Wood Duck | -- | x | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Ruffed Grouse | -- | 1 | 3 | -- | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Wild Turkey | -- | 1 | x | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Black Vulture | -- | x | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x |
| Turkey Vulture | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | -- | 5 | 19 |
| Red-shoulder. Hawk | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | x | -- | x | 1 | -- | x | -- | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| American Woodcock | -- | x | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1+ | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | -- | 1 | -- | x | 1 | -- | 4 | 6 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | -- |
-- |
-- | x | -- | -- | -- | x |
| Yellow-bill. Cuckoo | -- | -- | 1 | -- | x | 2 | 18 | 21 |
| Chimney Swift | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
| Ruby-thr. Humming. | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | 4 |
| Belted Kingfisher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Red-bellied Wood. | -- | 5 | -- | 8 | -- | x | 1 | 14 |
| Downy Woodpecker | -- | x | 3 | 3 | x | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | 3 |
| N. Flicker | -- |
-- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 2 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 53 |
| Olive-sided Fly. | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | -- | x |
| E. Wood-Pewee | -- | -- |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | -- | -- | 4 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 76 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 | 6 | 4 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Gr. Cr. Flycatcher | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 |
| Eastern Kingbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | x |
| White-eyed Vireo | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | x | -- | -- | 5 |
| Yellow-thr. Vireo | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -- | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 | 4 | -- | 9 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 1 | 52 | 97 | 105 | 58 | 112 | 199 | 624 |
| Blue Jay | -- | 4 | x | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| Am. Crow | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| N. Rough-w. Swal. | -- | 4 | 2 | 3 | x | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Barn Swallow | -- | -- | -- | x | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 10 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 80 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 52 |
| Red-br. Nuthatch | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| White-br. Nuthatch | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | 1 | 12 |
| Carolina Wren | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 40 |
| House Wren | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Ruby-cr. Kinglet | x | 6 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 |
| Bl.-gr. Gnatcatcher | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 64 |
| Eastern Bluebird | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x | -- | x |
| Swainson's Thrush | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 5 | -- | 7 |
| Wood Thrush | -- |
6 |
8 |
19 |
-- |
17 |
22 |
72 |
| Am. Robin | x | -- | -- | x | x | x | -- | x |
| Gray Catbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | x |
| Brown Thrasher | -- | -- | -- | x | x | x | 1 | 1 |
| European Starling | x | -- | -- | x | x | x | -- | x |
| Blue-winged Warb. | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Tennessee Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Northern Parula | 3 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 67 |
| Yellow Warbler | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | -- | x |
| Chestnut-s. Warbler | -- | -- | 1 | x | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Cape May Warbler | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | -- | x |
| Yellow-rump. Warb. | -- | 1 | x | x | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Bl.-thr. Gr. Warb. | 17 | 41 | 54 | 35 | 25 | 48 | 56 | 276 |
| Yellow-thr. Warb. | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 52 |
| Pine Warbler | 2 | 4 | 2 | x | 1 | 1 | -- | 10 |
| Prairie Warbler | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | x | -- | 1 | 3 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Cerulean Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Black-and-white W. | 5 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 102 |
| American Redstart | -- | x | 1 | 7 | x | -- | -- | 8 |
| Prothonotary Warb. | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Worm-eating Warb. | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 77 |
| Swainson's Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ovenbird | 9 | 18 | 41 | 36 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 160 |
| L. Waterthrush | -- | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| Kentucky Warbler | -- | -- | 11 | 7 | -- | -- | 14 | 32 |
| Com. Yellowthroat | -- | -- | 11 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 15 |
| Hooded Warbler | 10 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 14 | 147 |
| Canada Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Yellow-br. Chat | -- | -- | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 5 |
| Summer Tanager | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 1 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 33 | 123 |
| Eastern Towhee | -- | 2 | x | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 5 |
| Chipping Sparrow | -- | 1 | -- | x | x | x | -- | 1 |
| Song Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Swamp Sparrow | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| White-thr. Sparrow | -- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | 7 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Northern Cardinal | -- | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| Rose-br. Grosbeak | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 6 |
| Indigo Bunting | -- | -- | 27 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 90 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | x | -- | -- | x | x | x | -- | x |
| E. Meadowlark | x | -- | -- | x | x | -- | -- | x |
| Common Grackle | x | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Brown-head. Cowb. | x |
-- |
-- | x | -- | x | -- | x |
| Orchard Oriole | -- |
-- |
-- | -- | x | -- | -- | x |
| Northern Oriole | -- |
-- |
-- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Am. Goldfinch | -- | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | x | 2 | 18 |
| House Sparrow | x | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | x |
| Total Species | 20 | 40 | 47 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 47 | 79 |
| Other Species (x) | 15 | |||||||
| Total Individuals | 87 | 292 | 501 | 412 | 219 | 427 | 648 | 2586 |
Birds/Hr. |
33.5 |
66.4 |
87.9 | 82.4 | 48.7 | 82.1 | 115.7 | 78.4 |
*** Species in bold-faced type are Neotropical migrants; species in italic type are partial Neotropical migrants.
Key to initials:
| * | BMB = Burnt Mill Bridge Loop |
| TA = Twin Arches Loop | |
| NBC = No Business Creek Loop | |
| YA = Yahoo Arch Loop | |
| HC = Honey Creek Loop | |
| HBBC = Huling Branch/Bear Creek Loop | |
| SCLF = Station Camp to Leatherwood Ford | |
| ** | SJS = Stephen J. Stedman |
| RGE = Robert G. Emmott |