Results of Fall Bird Counts and a Fall BirdBlitz Conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region during 2006

A Tennessee Warbler--a species found on all fall counts and birdblitzes conducted in the Region during 2006--foraging in a clematis vine 12 October 2006 on Aspen Dr., Putnam County, Tennessee; photo Betty Hood.

  

Data for 139 species of birds were obtained during various efforts to monitor the birdlife of the Region this fall.  In the table below these species are listed with data from the various counts following the species' names.

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    For greater detail about the results of the Fall Bird Counts (FBC) in Putnam and White counties, Tennessee, and the Fall BirdBlitz (FBB*) in Macon County, Tennessee, or to return to the central node for FBCs or to the BirdPage, click on one of the following links:

 

 

County

 Putnam, TN White, TN Macon, TN
Type of Count FBC FBC FBB
Compiler SJS DAD SJS
Date 16 Sep 23 Sep 30 Sep
Number Field Observers 16 6 6
Number of Feederwatchers 3 0 0
Party Hours 65.25 42.75 27.5
Party Miles 438.75 399.75 269.5
Owling Hours 5 3.75 1
Owling Miles 58 56 6
Yard/Feederwatching Hrs. 7.25 0 0
Start CDT 0415 0415 0515
End CDT 1855 1820 1815
Total Species 118 109 91
Canada Goose 211 92 1
Wood Duck 88 50 2
American Black Duck 4 0 0
Mallard 7 21 0
Blue-winged Teal 2 1 5
Wild Turkey 22 0 30
Northern Bobwhite 1 0 0
Pied-billed Grebe 0 3 1
Double-crested Cormorant 10 0 0
Great Blue Heron 29 18 8
Great Egret 0 1 0
Green Heron 10 4 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 0 0
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 0 0
Night-Heron sp. 1 0 0
Black Vulture 20 56 15
Turkey Vulture 144 100 57
Osprey 5 1 0
Bald Eagle 0 1 0
Northern Harrier 1 1 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 4 0
Cooper's Hawk 6 3 2
Accipiter sp. 1 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 19 7 2
Broad-winged Hawk 5 0 2
Red-tailed Hawk 17 7 8
Buteo sp. 0 2 0
American Kestrel 26 35 57
Killdeer 73 129 17
Spotted Sandpiper 1 1 0
Solitary Sandpiper 0 1 0
Lesser Yellowlegs 0 5 0
Least Sandpiper 0 5 0
Pectoral Sandpiper 0 3 0
Wilson's Snipe 0 1 0
American Woodcock 4 0 0
Rock Pigeon 110 120 17
Eurasian Collared-Dove 0 12 2
Mourning Dove 649 376 156
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 0 9
Barn Owl 2 0 0
Eastern Screech-Owl 16 20 5
Great Horned Owl 11 4 2
Barred Owl 13 3 2
Common Nighthawk 10 5 1
Whip-poor-will 1 0 0
Chimney Swift 195 46 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 78 8 4
Belted Kingfisher 17 9 8
Red-headed Woodpecker 6 9 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 64 61 42
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 0 0 3
Downy Woodpecker 60 52 24
Hairy Woodpecker 14 8 3
Northern Flicker 29 25 39
Pileated Woodpecker 40 14 16
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 0 0
Eastern Wood-Pewee 57 40 16
Acadian Flycatcher 6 1 0
Least Flycatcher 1 0 0
Empidonax sp. 8 18 4
Eastern Phoebe 113 90 62
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 0 0
Eastern Kingbird 8 2 1
Loggerhead Shrike 0 3 0
White-eyed Vireo 99 30 7
Yellow-throated Vireo 29 15 2
Blue-headed Vireo 11 4 1
Philadelphia Vireo 0 1 2
Red-eyed Vireo 22 9 2
Blue Jay 345 241 151
American Crow 320 289 149
Horned Lark 1 0 0
Purple Martin 0 1 0
Tree Swallow 1 20 5
N. Rough-winged Swallow 0 1 256
Barn Swallow 0 22 0
Carolina Chickadee 176 155 72
Tufted Titmouse 156 152 58
White-breasted Nuthatch 102 67 19
Brown-headed Nuthatch 6 0 0
Carolina Wren 211 143 74
House Wren 1 7 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 2 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 0 0
Eastern Bluebird 360 356 127
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 0 0
Swainson's Thrush 13 6 6
Wood Thrush 7 7 4
American Robin 118 72 68
Gray Catbird 17 16 1
Northern Mockingbird 71 62 59
Brown Thrasher 35 25 4
European Starling 1502 1851 651
Cedar Waxwing 34 3 1
Blue-winged Warbler 2 0 0
Golden-winged Warbler 1 0 0
Tennessee Warbler 11 11 51
Nashville Warbler 0 0 1
Northern Parula 5 1 0
Yellow Warbler 1 1 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 34 4 4
Magnolia Warbler 90 77 33
Cape May Warbler 1 1 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 0 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 2 12 10
Blackburnian Warbler 1 1 0
Yellow-throated Warbler 2 3 1
Pine Warbler 26 12 0
Prairie Warbler 3 1 0
Palm Warbler 4 0 9
Bay-breasted Warbler 3 3 0
Black-and-white Warbler 21 18 6
American Redstart 13 14 8
Ovenbird 5 3 2
Northern Waterthrush 0 1 0
Common Yellowthroat 27 30 12
Hooded Warbler 17 2 0
Canada Warbler 2 1 0
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 0 0
Summer Tanager 40 42 19
Scarlet Tanager 12 25 9
Eastern Towhee 61 31 8
Chipping Sparrow 63 74 51
Field Sparrow 59 52 26
Grasshopper Sparrow 0 1 0
Song Sparrow 38 52 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 4 0 0
Swamp Sparrow 0 0 2
White-throated Sparrow 0 0 2
Northern Cardinal 310 246 88
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 23 60
Blue Grosbeak 2 6 0
Indigo Bunting 37 60 105
Red-winged Blackbird 1 66 50
Eastern Meadowlark 39 83 40
Common Grackle 472 2 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 10 11 0
House Finch 15 15 1
American Goldfinch 105 50 102
House Sparrow 35 34 11
Total Individuals 7454 6104 3085
Total Species 118 109 91

County

 Putnam, TN White, TN Macon, TN

Key to compilers: SJS = Stephen J. Stedman; DAD = Douglas A. Downs.

* A Fall BirdBlitz differs from a Fall Bird Count only in that the former is not an annually repeated count, while the latter is.