Results of Bird Inventory in the Obed Wild and Scenic River, Morgan County, Tennessee, August 2004 to November 2005

 

Under contract with the National Park Service, Barbara and Stephen Stedman conducted a bird inventory of this park service unit for each season of the year, beginning the inventory during fall 2003 and completing it at the end of fall 2005.

   If you have data about any bird species not noted below or for any seasons without records in the table below, even if from a year before 2003, please contact us at the following e-mail address with the particulars of the sighting, including as accurate a date as possible:

                sstedman@tntech.edu

    Fall 2004 data were collected by BHS on the following dates: 13 and 31 August, 1-2, 17, and 30 September, 5 and 22 October, and 10 and 29 November.  x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.

    Winter 2004-2005 data were collected by BHS on the following dates: 3 and 22 December 2004, 10, 14, and 21 January 2005, and 5-6, 12, and 25 February 2005.  x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.

    Spring 2005 data were collected by BHS on the following dates: 15 and 28 March 2005; 5, 18, and 25 April 2005; 6 and 16 May 2005. x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.

    Summer 2005 data were collected by BHS on the following dates:  31 May; 5-8, 14, 16, 18, 21, and 22 June 2005.  Summer 2005 point count data reflect results of 30 stops surveyed 10 minutes each by BHS. x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.

    Fall 2005 data were collected mainly by BHS on the following dates: 21, 29, and 30 September; 17 October; and 29 November 2005. x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.

    Codes for breeding evidence follow (a date is provided with codes for probable and confirmed breeding):

        Possible Breeders:

            X = present

        Probable Breeders:

            T = territorial (present at same site on dates at least a week apart)
            P = pair
            A = agitated behavior (presumably near nest or young)
            C = courtship or copulation

        Confirmed Breeders:

            DD = distraction display
            CN = adult carrying nest material
            NB = adult building nest
            UN = used nest
            FY = adult carrying food for young
            BG = begging young
            FL = fledged young
              FS = fecal sac removed from nest by adult
            ON = adult on nest incubating
            NE = nest with eggs
            NY = nest with young

    A checklist of the birds of the OWSR is available at this link:

    The following table summarizes bird inventory work at the Obed Wild and Scenic River from August 2004 to July 2005.

Species Fall

Winter

 Spring Summer Fall
2004 2004-2005 2005 2005 Point Counts Breeding 2005
Stops Individuals Evidence
Canada Goose x x x x 2 14
Wood Duck x x x x 1 1 P 02-25 x
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser x
Ruffed Grouse x x x 1 2
Wild Turkey x x x x 2 2 x
Northern Bobwhite x x 2 2
Great Blue Heron x x x x 2 2 x
Green Heron x
Black Vulture x x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x 3 19 x
Osprey x x
Bald Eagle x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x x 1 1 x
Cooper's Hawk x x 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk x x x x 2 2 x
Broad-winged Hawk x x x 3 3 x
Red-tailed Hawk x x x x x
American Kestrel x x x x
Merlin x
Peregrine Falcon 
Sandhill Crane x x
Killdeer x
Spotted Sandpiper x x
American Woodcock x x x 1 1 x
Rock Pigeon x x 1 2
Mourning Dove x x x x 15 41 CN 02-12 x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x 11 14
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl x x x x x
Great Horned Owl x x x x
Barred Owl x x x x x
Northern Saw-whet Owl x
Common Nighthawk x
Chuck-will'-widow x x 1 1
Whip-poor-will x x 1 1
Chimney Swift x x 1 2 x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x 3 3
Belted Kingfisher x x x x 7 7 x
Red-headed Woodpecker x x x
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x x x 10 13 x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x x x
Downy Woodpecker x x x x 4 4 x
Hairy Woodpecker x x x x 6 8 x
Northern Flicker x x x x 5 8 x
Pileated Woodpecker x x x x 10 18 x
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x 2 2 x
Acadian Flycatcher x x x 16 28
Eastern Phoebe x x x x 9 11 x
Great Crested Flycatcher x x x 2 2
Eastern Kingbird x
White-eyed Vireo x x x 8 15 x
Yellow-throated Vireo x x x 7 7 x
Blue-headed Vireo x x x 23 51 x
Warbling Vireo x
Philadelphia Vireo x x
Red-eyed Vireo x x x 28 67 x
Blue Jay x x x x 19 37 x
American Crow x x x x 20 60 x
Horned Lark x x
Purple Martin x 1 1
Tree Swallow x x
N. Rough-winged Swallow x x x 4 13 ON 04-18
Barn Swallow x x
Carolina Chickadee x x x x 17 32 x
Tufted Titmouse x x x x 19 33 x
Red-breasted Nuthatch x x x
White-breasted Nuthatch x x x x 8 16 x
Brown Creeper x x
Carolina Wren x x x x 24 59 x
House Wren x x
Winter Wren x x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x x 7 11 x
Eastern Bluebird x x x x 1 1 x
Veery x
Gray-cheeked Thrush x
Swainson's Thrush x x
Hermit Thrush x x x x
Wood Thrush x x x 24 39 x
American Robin x x x x 2 3 x
Gray Catbird x x x 1 1 x
Northern Mockingbird x
Brown Thrasher x x x 3 3 x
European Starling x x x 1 7
American Pipit x
Cedar Waxwing x x x
Blue-winged Warbler x x
Golden-winged Warbler x x
Tennessee Warbler x x
Orange-crowned Warbler x
Northern Parula x x x 9 10 x
Chestnut-sided Warbler x x x
Magnolia Warbler x x
Cape May Warbler x
Black-throated Blue Warbler x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x x x 13 14 x
Blackburnian Warbler x x
Yellow-throated Warbler x x x 11 14 x
Pine Warbler x x x x 6 11 x
Prairie Warbler x x x 1 1
Palm Warbler x x
Bay-breasted Warbler x x
Blackpoll Warbler x
Cerulean Warbler x
Black-and-white Warbler x x x 10 12 x
American Redstart x x x
Worm-eating Warbler x x x 12 16 x
Swainson's Warbler x x 3 3
Ovenbird x x x 17 27 x
Northern Waterthrush x x
Louisiana Waterthrush x x x 11 17
Kentucky Warbler x x x 3 6
Common Yellowthroat x x x x
Hooded Warbler x x x 25 43 x
Wilson's Warbler x x
Canada Warbler x
Yellow-breasted Chat x x x 2 4
Summer Tanager x x 1 2 x
Scarlet Tanager x x x 22 37 x
Eastern Towhee x x x x 6 17 x
Chipping Sparrow x x x 2 4 x
Field Sparrow x x x x x
Fox Sparrow x x x
Song Sparrow x x x x 2 2 x
Swamp Sparrow x x
White-throated Sparrow x x x x
Dark-eyed Junco x x x x
Northern Cardinal x x x x 23 67 x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x x
Blue Grosbeak x x x
Indigo Bunting x x x 14 35 x
Red-winged Blackbird x x x 1 1
Eastern Meadowlark x
Common Grackle x x x 1 2 x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x 1 1
Purple Finch x x x x
House Finch x x x
Pine Siskin ** x x
American Goldfinch x x x x 4 8 x