Central Node for TOS/UCR Forays in Fentress County, Tennessee

 

A Foray was conducted in Fentress County 14 June 1979 by members of the TOS.  Results of this Foray were published in The Migrant (Nicholson 1981) in conjunction with a list of all species then known to have occurred in Fentress County, so the following list of 97 species found in Fentress County during the 1979 Foray may be of interest to those who wish to view the Foray data in isolation.

    The general protocol for conducting a foray in the UCR may be consulted at pages accessible via these links:

    A map (Figure 1) showing major roadways and watercourses in Fentress County is accessible via the following link:

    A link to a map (Figure 2) of Fentress County showing the location of the USGS quadrangles that coincide with it is available below:

    To see maps (Figures 3 and 4) showing the "blocks" (i.e., areas consisting of one-sixth of a USGS quadrangle) that are available to be surveyed during a foray in that county and the blocks that were surveyed during the Tennessee Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA) project, click on the appropriate link below:

 

Table 1. Species Detected during Fentress County Foray14 June 1979.

Species # Counted; # Individuals/Stops on BBSs (of possible 94 stops)
Wood Duck 7, 0/0
Northern Bobwhite 54, 24/12
Ruffed Grouse 2, 0/0
Green Heron 9, 0/0
Black Vulture 2, 0/0
Turkey Vulture 99, 7/2
Red-shouldered Hawk 3, 0/0
Broad-winged Hawk 13, 0/0
Red-tailed Hawk 1, 0/0
American Kestrel 4, 0/0
Killdeer 5, 0/0
Spotted Sandpiper 4, 0/0 (probable migrants)
American Woodcock 1, 0/0
Rock Pigeon 41, 0/0
Mourning Dove 200, 52/26
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 36, 15/13
Black-billed Cuckoo 1, 0/0 (possible migrant)
Eastern Screech-Owl 1, 0/0
Great Horned Owl 4, 0/0
Eastern Whip-poor-will 20, 1/1
Chimney Swift 220, 3/2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9, 3/3
Belted Kingfisher 1, 0,0
Red-headed Woodpecker 4, 0/0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 15, 1/1
Downy Woodpecker 9, 5/4
Hairy Woodpecker 2, 2/2
Northern Flicker 49, 4/4
Pileated Woodpecker 19, 5/5
Eastern Wood-Pewee 49, 7/6
Acadian Flycatcher 110, 1/1
Willow Flycatcher 1, 0/0
Least Flycatcher 2, 0/0 (possible migrants)
Eastern Phoebe 30, 6/6
Great Crested Flycatcher 19, 4/4
Eastern Kingbird 58, 0/0
Loggerhead Shrike 2, 0/0
White-eyed Vireo 81, 13/12
Yellow-throated Vireo 53, 9/9
Red-eyed Vireo 238, 69/44
Blue Jay 91, 21/16
American Crow 145, 65/36
Horned Lark 13, 0/0
Purple Martin 250, 16/6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 34, 6/4
Barn Swallow 589, 63/19
Carolina Chickadee 60, 5/3
Tufted Titmouse 57, 20/19
White-breasted Nuthatch 10, 0/0
Carolina Wren 9, 2/2
House Wren 6, 0/0
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 54, 19/15
Eastern Bluebird 64, 11/7
Wood Thrush 80, 39/25
American Robin 208, 31/16
Gray Catbird 61, 8/8
Northern Mockingbird 65, 2/1
Brown Thrasher 54, 10/10
European Starling 222, 39/13
Cedar Waxwing 48, 6/2
Golden-winged Warbler 4, 1/1
Northern Parula 76, 1/1
Yellow Warbler 60, 6/5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1, 0/0
Black-throated Green Warbler 8, 1/1
Yellow-throated Warbler 87, 3/3
Pine Warbler 28, 15/10
Prairie Warbler 49, 6/5
Cerulean Warbler 25, 1/1
Black-and-white Warbler 78, 18/15
American Redstart 13, 2/2
Worm-eating Warbler 57, 5/4
Swainson's Warbler 4, 0/0
Ovenbird 93, 47/25
Louisiana Waterthrush 30, 2/2
Kentucky Warbler 54, 12/10
Common Yellowthroat 107, 25/21
Hooded Warbler 52, 10/8
Yellow-breasted Chat 68, 19/17
Eastern Towhee 59, 19/17
Chipping Sparrow 132, 37/25
Field Sparrow 61, 21/16
Song Sparrow 57, 9/6
Summer Tanager 62, 8/8
Scarlet Tanager 63, 14/12
Northern Cardinal 77, 21/16
Blue Grosbeak 15, 3/3
Indigo Bunting 321, 113/62
Bobolink 0, 1/1 (probable migrant [2 June 1979])
Red-winged Blackbird 282, 43/18
Eastern Meadowlark 161, 47/23
Common Grackle 322, 109/22
Brown-headed Cowbird 124, 12/9
Orchard Oriole 101, 13/11
Baltimore Oriole 1, 0/0
American Goldfinch 60, 27/8
House Sparrow 100, 13/6
Total Species 97 (Nicholson [1981] incorrectly cites 84 as the Foray total)

The participants in the 1979 Fentress County Foray included  Fred J. Alsop III, Michael Lee Bierly, James M. Campbell, Betty Reid Campbell, Sam Coward, Kathryn Coward, J. David Hassler, Robbie C. Hassler, Glen King, Thomas Laughlin, Doc Little, Johnnie Little, George Mayfield, Mark Mayfield, Rad Mayfield, Chuck Nicholson, Holly Overton, Paul Pardue, Rick Phillips, Thomas Phillips, Polly Ryder, and David F. Vogt.

 

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