Results of Fall Bird Counts in Putnam County, Tennessee, 2000-present
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| Barn Owls, above, were recorded on five of the first eight Fall Bird Counts conducted in Putnam County; photo SJS. |
To see Fall Bird Count results by party for any of the years during which a count was held, click on one of the following links:
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Year |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Date (September) | 16 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | ||
| Number Field Observers | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 17 | ||
| Number Feederwatchers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Compiler | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | ||
| Party Hours | 34.5 | 43 | 39.25 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 47.5 | 65.25 | 75.25 | ||
| Party Miles | 305.5 | 338 | 291.5 | 331.75 | 441.5 | 420 | 438.75 | 524.75 | ||
| Owling Hours | 3 | 2.25 | 3.25 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| Owling Miles | 44 | 39 | 64 | 30 | 39 | 28 | 58 | 34 | ||
| Feederwatching Hrs. | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7.75 | 5 | 7.25 | 8.5 | ||
| Start CDT | 0500 | 0600 | 0430 | 0420 | 0400 | 0415 | 0415 | 0400 | ||
| End CDT | 1830 | 1850 | 1845 | 1830 | 1840 | 1815 | 1855 | 1845 | ||
| Total Species | 97 | 103 | 107 | 111 | 109 | 105 | 118 | 124 | ||
| Canada Goose | 546 | 178 | 125 | 100 | 115 | 241 | 211 | 97 | ||
| Wood Duck | 20 | 23 | 39 | 33 | 43 | 140 | 88 | 55 | ||
| Gadwall | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| American Wigeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| American Black Duck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Mallard | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 62 | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | 5 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Hooded Merganser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wild Turkey | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 51 | ||
| Northern Bobwhite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Double-crested Cormorant | 10 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Great Blue Heron | 17 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 19 | ||
| GTBH, white form | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Great Egret | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Green Heron | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Night-Heron sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Black Vulture | 16 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 20 | 42 | ||
| Turkey Vulture | 64 | 42 | 68 | 53 | 104 | 87 | 144 | 120 | ||
| Osprey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Northern Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Cooper's Hawk | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Accipiter sp. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 10 | ||
| Broad-winged Hawk | 0 | 65 | 27 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 10 | ||
| Buteo sp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| American Kestrel | 22 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 31 | ||
| Merlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Killdeer | 42 | 31 | 137 | 46 | 33 | 106 | 73 | 57 | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peep sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| American Woodcock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Rock Pigeon | 58 | 92 | 121 | 277 | 103 | 172 | 110 | 44 | ||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mourning Dove | 241 | 259 | 310 | 402 | 234 | 589 | 649 | 491 | ||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Barn Owl | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 22 | ||
| Great Horned Owl | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Barred Owl | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 7 | ||
| Common Nighthawk | 4 | 2 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Whip-poor-will | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chimney Swift | 95 | 40 | 95 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 195 | 43 | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 46 | 38 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 34 | 78 | 121 | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 16 | ||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 8 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 26 | 53 | 54 | 44 | 54 | 23 | 64 | 59 | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | 22 | 43 | 34 | 48 | 52 | 27 | 60 | 59 | ||
| Hairy Woodpecker | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | ||
| Northern Flicker | 20 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 33 | 20 | 29 | 34 | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker | 8 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 40 | 40 | ||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 12 | 22 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 57 | 37 | ||
| Acadian Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Least Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Empidonax sp. | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Eastern Phoebe | 34 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 60 | 53 | 113 | 98 | ||
| Great Cr. Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Loggerhead Shrike | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| White-eyed Vireo | 17 | 65 | 38 | 45 | 44 | 60 | 99 | 61 | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 5 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 22 | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Warbling Vireo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | ||
| Blue Jay | 151 | 228 | 279 | 183 | 235 | 227 | 345 | 230 | ||
| American Crow | 179 | 250 | 266 | 233 | 216 | 304 | 320 | 371 | ||
| Horned Lark | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tree Swallow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barn Swallow | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Carolina Chickadee | 111 | 144 | 106 | 113 | 117 | 133 | 176 | 225 | ||
| Tufted Titmouse | 86 | 106 | 101 | 90 | 101 | 132 | 156 | 215 | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 35 | 52 | 56 | 44 | 60 | 48 | 102 | 103 | ||
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Carolina Wren | 79 | 118 | 141 | 100 | 114 | 170 | 211 | 184 | ||
| House Wren | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Sedge Wren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marsh Wren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Eastern Bluebird | 193 | 179 | 218 | 217 | 238 | 242 | 360 | 255 | ||
| Veery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Swainson's Thrush | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 21 | ||
| Wood Thrush | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | ||
| American Robin | 41 | 61 | 114 | 41 | 58 | 112 | 118 | 55 | ||
| Gray Catbird | 14 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 21 | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | 20 | 34 | 47 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 71 | 67 | ||
| Brown Thrasher | 19 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 37 | 21 | 35 | 28 | ||
| European Starling | 1014 | 2510 | 2475 | 3024 | 2094 | 2529 | 1502 | 873 | ||
| Cedar Waxwing | 6 | 2 | 18 | 160 | 22 | 42 | 34 | 53 | ||
| Blue-winged Warbler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tennessee Warbler | 14 | 17 | 15 | 66 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 25 | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nashville Warbler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Northern Parula | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Yellow Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 3 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 34 | 15 | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | 25 | 59 | 36 | 53 | 52 | 50 | 90 | 70 | ||
| Cape May Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 7 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Pine Warbler | 5 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 23 | ||
| Prairie Warbler | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Palm Warbler | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 9 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 24 | ||
| American Redstart | 11 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 42 | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |