Spring Survey of Neotropical Migrants
in
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area--2000
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| Survey Site* | BMB | TA | NBC | YA | HC | HBBC | SCLF | Total |
| Date of Survey | 4-16 | 4-23 | 4-30 | 5-6 | 5-14 | 5-18 | 5-31 | |
| Start Time (EDT) | 1015- | 0800- | 0758- | 0828 | 0810 | 0812- | 0603- | |
| End Time (EDT) | 1227 | 1207 | 1345 | 1228 | 1201 | 1149 | 1103 | |
| Hrs. of Survey | 2.2 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 28.6 |
| Survey Miles | 4.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 40.5 |
| Observers** | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | |
| DLC | DLC | DLC | RGE | DLC | ||||
| Wood Duck | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Surf Scoter | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Ruffed Grouse | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Wild Turkey | -- | -- | 3 | x | -- | 1 | x | 4 |
| Green Heron | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | x | 5 | 5 | 6 | -- | x | 4 | 20 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | -- | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | -- | x |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 5 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 1 | -- | -- | x | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mourning Dove | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 6 | |
| Whip-poor-will | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Chimney Swift | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ruby-thr. Hummingbird | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 5 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 6 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | x | -- | 1 | 19 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 2 | -- | 2 | 5 | -- | x | 4 | 13 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 3 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | x | 1 | 9 |
| Northern Flicker | x | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 53 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Acadian Flycatcher | -- | -- | -- | 12 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 81 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -- | 3 | 21 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Eastern Kingbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 | -- | 7 | x | -- | x | -- | 8 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | x | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | -- | 19 | 81 | 78 | 45 | 51 | 168 | 442 |
| Blue Jay | x | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33 |
| American Crow | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| Purple Martin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 2 | 4 | 4 | x | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| Barn Swallow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Carolina Chickadee | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 60 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 87 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | x | -- | 1 | 7 | x | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Carolina Wren | 8 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 90 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Rudy-crowned Kinglet | 1 | 5 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 14 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 1 | x | 18 | 90 |
| Veery | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Wood Thrush | -- | 3 | 6 | 28 | -- | 1 | 25 | 63 |
| Eastern Bluebird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| American Robin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Gray Catbird | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Brown Thrasher | x | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| European Starling | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Cedar Waxwing | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Northern Parula | 10 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 88 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Black-thr. Green Warbler | 36 | 39 | 52 | 43 | 24 | 35 | 66 | 295 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 17 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 72 |
| Pine Warbler | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 30 |
| Prairie Warbler | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | x | x | 2 |
| Cerulean Warbler | -- | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 4 | 7 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 14 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 99 |
| American Redstart | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 4 | 7 |
| Prothonotary Warbler | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 1 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 69 |
| Swainson's Warbler | -- | -- | -- | x | x | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Ovenbird | 8 | 13 | 47 | 28 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 143 |
| Lousiana Waterthrush | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 44 |
| Kentucky Warbler | -- | -- | 4 | 1 | -- | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| Common Yellowthroat | -- | -- | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | 2 | 7 |
| Hooded Warbler | 14 | 12 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 19 | 138 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Summer Tanager | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Scarlet Tanager | -- | 6 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 84 |
| Eastern Towhee | -- | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | x | 4 |
| Chipping Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Field Sparrow | x | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x |
| Song Sparrow | x | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x |
| Swamp Sparrow | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| White-throated Sparrow | x | -- | 22 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 23 |
| Northern Cardinal | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | -- | -- | 1 | x | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Common Grackle | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | 1 |
| Purple Finch | x | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x |
| House Finch | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | x | 1 |
| Pine Siskin | x | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x |
| American Goldfinch | 15 | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| House Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | x | x |
| Total Species | 33 | 38 | 50 | 41 | 29 | 33 | 45 | 70 |
| Total Individuals | 203 | 254 | 508 | 414 | 220 | 257 | 626 | 2462 |
| Ind./Hr. | 92.3 | 61.9 | 87.6 | 103.5 | 71.4 | 51.3 | 125.2 | 86.1 |
x = not seen on transect but seen in BSFNRRA same day.
Key to initials:
| * | BMB = Burnt Mill Bridge Loop, TN |
| TA = Twin Arches Loop, TN | |
| NBC = No Business Creek Loop, TN | |
| YA = Yahoo Arch Loop, KY | |
| HC = Honey Creek Loop, TN | |
| HBBC = Huling Branch/Bear Creek Loop, KY | |
| SCLF = Station Camp to Leatherwood Ford | |
| ** | SJS = Stephen J. Stedman |
| DLC = Daniel L. Combs | |
| RGE = Robert G. Emmott |