Results of the Clay County, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Count, 1999-present
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| The Fox Sparrow, seen here cracking open a sunflower seed, is an uncommon but regular species on the Clay County CBC; photo Carol D. Williams. |
The Clay County Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was initiated December 22, 1999, mostly as a result of the efforts of Terry M. Campbell, a resident of Celina and employee at the National Fish Hatchery below Dale Hollow Dam. Continuation of this count for nearly a decade has also been a direct result of the planning and coordination efforts of Terry, who has compiled the results of this count every year since its inception.
About 105 species have been recorded on this CBC during the decade of its existence, offering a useful "window" on the avifauna of this site. Results for such species as Horned Grebe and Common Loon are especially helpful in monitoring the wintering populations of these species.
Some sites of interest lying within the Clay County CBC circle include Dale Hollow Dam and a large portion of Dale Hollow Lake east of the dam, Standing Stone State Park and Forest in Overton County, and Donaldson Park in Celina. Dale Hollow Lake has been designated an Important Bird Area in Tennessee by TWRA, mainly because of the fairly undeveloped nature of its considerable lakeshore, which hosts a small population of breeding Bald Eagles.
To see results of the Clay County CBC, peruse the table below; also to see results of this CBC in the context of results from other Regional CBCs conducted during any of the following CBC seasons, click on one of the links below:
| CBC Season | 1999- | 2000- | 2001- | 2002- | 2003- | 2004- | 2005- | 2006- | 2007- | 2008- |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Date (Dec) | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 18 | |
| No. Observers | 13 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
| No. Party Hrs. | 58.75 | 50.5 | 59.25 | 57.5 | 54.75 | 55.5 | 58.5 | 43.5 | 45.5 | |
| Compiler | TMC | TMC | TMC | TMC | TMC | TMC | TMC | TMC | TMC | |
| Total Species | 87 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 86 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 85 | |
| Species | ||||||||||
| Canada Goose | 56 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 94 | 93 | 60 | 161 | 67 | |
| Wood Duck | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -- | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| Gadwall | 7 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 11 | |
| American Wigeon | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Am. Black Duck | 5 | 16 | cw | 1 | 1 | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mallard | 139 | 167 | 87 | 58 | 114 | 54 | 183 | 48 | 99 | |
| CBC Season | 1999- | 2000- | 2001- | 2002- | 2003- | 2004- | 2005- | 2006- | 2007- | 2008- |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Northern Shoveler | 22 | 40 | -- | 5 | 9 | -- | 16 | -- | 6 | |
| Northern Pintail | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | 15 | -- | 8 | -- | -- | 11 | -- | |
| Ring-necked Duck | 91 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |
| Lesser Scaup | 200 | 191 | -- | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Bufflehead | 17 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 41 | 47 | 29 | 41 | 16 | |
| Common Goldeneye | 6 | 1 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Hooded Merganser | 9 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 31 | 38 | 20 | 73 | |
| Red-br. Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | |
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Wild Turkey | cw | 1 | 17 | 31 | 92 | 43 | 3 | 16 | 214 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | -- | -- | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | -- |
6 |
-- | |
| Common Loon | 50 | 30 | 88 | 17 | 38 | 18 | 46 |
57 |
48 | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 27 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 22 | |
| Horned Grebe | 114 | 10 | 51 | 97 | 13 | 127 | 88 | 86 | 27 | |
| Double-cr. Cormor. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | |
| CBC Season | 1999- | 2000- | 2001- | 2002- | 2003- | 2004- | 2005- | 2006- | 2007- | 2008- |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Great Blue Heron | 36 | 106 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 12 | |
| Bl.-cr. Night-Heron | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Black Vulture | 8 | -- | 20 | 56 | 155 | 46 | 31 | 93 | 54 | |
| Turkey Vulture | 7 | 14 | 428 | 102 | 191 | 121 | 25 | 148 | 36 | |
| Bald Eagle | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Adult | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | |
| Immature | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Northern Harrier | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | 4 | |
| Cooper's Hawk | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -- | 2 | 4 | |
| Red-sh. Hawk | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 32 | 23 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 40 | 21 | 22 | 22 | |
| Golden Eagle | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Adult | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Immature | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| American Kestrel | 51 | 33 | 56 | 46 | 48 | 61 | 57 | 39 | 50 | |
| American Coot | 123 | 173 | 53 | 28 | 7 | 145 | 32 | 101 | 81 | |
| CBC Season | 1999- | 2000- | 2001- | 2002- | 2003- | 2004- | 2005- | 2006- | 2007- | 2008- |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Sandhill Crane | 80 | 115 | 2 | -- | -- | 349 | cw | -- | 102 | |
| Killdeer | 33 | 24 | 34 | 135 | 86 | 99 | 42 | 10 | 8 | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Wilson's Snipe | 4 | -- | -- | 26 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -- | |
| American Woodcock | 1 | -- | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 25 | 18 | 288 | 20 | 107 | 232 | 111 | 17 | 108 | |
| Ring-billed Gull | 219 | 352 | 83 | 369 | 379 | 187 | 204 | 118 | 80 | |
| Herring Gull | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | |
| Rock Pigeon | 46 | 41 | 73 | 121 | 367 | 143 | 100 | 215 | 124 | |
| Eur. Collared-Dove | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | |
| Mourning Dove | 133 | 98 | 106 | 90 | 293 | 203 | 271 | 141 | 208 | |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 16 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | |
| Great Horned Owl | 4 | -- | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
| Barred Owl | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
| Belted Kingfisher | 12 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | |
| CBC Season | 1999- | 2000- | 2001- | 2002- | 2003- | 2004- | 2005- | 2006- | 2007- | 2008- |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Red-headed Woodp. | 6 | -- | 2 | -- | 3 | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | |
| Red-bell. Woodpeck. | 40 | 38 | 58 | 50 | 38 | 19 | 34 | 39 | 39 | |
| Yellow-b. Sapsucker | 34 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 15 | |
| Downy Woodpecker | 52 | 37 | 60 | 35 | 39 | 39 | 33 | 41 | 35 | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | |
| Northern Flicker | 41 | 34 | 76 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 43 | 24 | |
| Pileated Woodp. | 29 | 19 | 53 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 16 | |
| Eastern Phoebe | 19 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 14 | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 2 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Blue Jay | 418 | 59 | 250 | 90 | 244 | 98 | 58 | 66 | 106 | |
| American Crow | 373 | 671 | 573 | 392 | 343 | 539 | 1126 | 394 | 364 | |
| Horned Lark | -- | 2150 | -- | -- | 40 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | |
| Carolina Chickadee | 167 | 70 | 231 | 131 | 114 | 137 | 173 | 166 | 115 | |
| Tufted Titmouse | 117 | 42 | 162 | 92 | 61 | 126 | 85 | 106 | 120 | |
| CBC Season | 1999- | 2000- | 2001- | 2002- | 2003- | 2004- | 2005- | 2006- | 2007- | 2008- |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Red-br. Nuthatch | 25 | 2 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | |
| White-br. Nuthatch | 65 | 42 | 125 | 72 | 38 | 81 | 52 | 75 | 78 | |
| Brown Creeper | 14 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Carolina Wren | 119 | 61 | 154 | 117 | 71 | 139 | 83 | 113 | 144 | |
| House Wren | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | cw | 2 | |
| Winter Wren | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | |
| Golden-cr. Kinglet | 87 | 46 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 53 | 61 | 36 | 44 | |
| Ruby-cr. Kinglet | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | |
| Eastern Bluebird | 241 | 174 | 311 | 209 | 113 | 216 | 133 | 300 | 208 | |
| Hermit Thrush | 40 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 21 | 30 | |
| American Robin | 1534 | 2300 | 179 | 20 | 881 | 537 | 503 | 124 | 72 | |
| N. Mockingbird | 54 | 37 | 52 | 57 | 29 | 66 | 30 | 66 | 89 | |
| Brown Thrasher | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| European Starling | 1154 | 460 | 1189 | 918 | 2752 | 776 | 1053 | 851 | 930 | |
| American Pipit | 7 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 4 | 14 | cw | 1 | |
| CBC Season | 1999- | 2000- | 2001- | 2002- | 2003- | 2004- | 2005- | 2006- | 2007- | 2008- |
| 2000 | 2001 | 200 |