Results of the 36th Putnam County, Tennessee, Spring Bird Count--9 May 2009

 

Location W NW NE ENE Cville SE ESE E SW Total
Party Leaders CDW MJH WAW RWS DAD DJS JEM BHS DLC YW
Party Members JuF NSL TMS CH AFM JaF EKL SJS
SP GKE MPO HO
MR
Number of Field Observers 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 0

19
Number of Field Parties 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9
Number of Feederwatchers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Start CDT 0730 0730 0600 0520 0600 0430 0600 0455 0800 0525 0430
End CDT 1815 1930 1800 1605 1900 1345 1745 1900 1930 1925 1930
    Hours by Car 10.25 11 10 2.25 13 7 9.75 13.25 7.5 0 84
    Hours on Foot 0 0 2 1.75 0 0 1 0 4 0 8.75
Total Daylight Hours in Field 10.25 11 12 4 13 7 10.75 13.25 11.5 0 92.75
     Miles by Car 112 60 78.5 18 109 66.75 40 78 75 0 637.25
     Miles on Foot 0 0 0 0.25 0 0 0.75 0 4 0 5
Total Daylight Miles in Field 112 60 78.5 18.25 109 66.75 40.75 78 79 0 642.25
Owling Hours 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.75 0 0 1.75
Owling Miles 0 0 0 0 0 3.25 0 10 0 0 13.25
Feederwatching Hours 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 17
Low Temperature (F) 62
High Temperature (F) 75
Sky A.M. over
Sky P.M. mclo
Precipitation A.M. rain
Precipitation P.M. none
Wind A.M. (mph) 0-5
Wind P.M. (mph) 0-10
Moon full
Canada Goose 12 19 30 22 48 4 5 32 2 174
Wood Duck 2 1 4 1 2 2 12
Mallard 2 6 1 6 12 2 29
Blue-winged Teal 1 1 2
Wild Turkey 3 1 3 1 8
Northern Bobwhite 6 2 4 12
Common Loon 1 1 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1 1
Great Blue Heron 6 2 6 2 2 7 1 26
Green Heron 2 2 5 1 1 3 14
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 1
Black Vulture 20 1 2 1 10 1 35
Turkey Vulture 30 9 12 2 4 26 8 9 27 1 128*
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 1 1 3 1 10
Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 3 2 1 8
Red-tailed Hawk 7 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 21
American Kestrel 2 1 1 4
American Coot 2 2
Killdeer 10 12 13 18 21 1 9 18 102*
Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 1 1 1 6
Solitary Sandpiper 1 3 1 1 2 8
Greater Yellowlegs 3 3*
Lesser Yellowlegs 3 3*
American Woodcock 1 1
Rock Pigeon 7 25 12 5 2 22 73
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 3 4
Mourning Dove 96 57 56 3 60 56 13 40 35 7 423
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 2 3
Barn Owl 1 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 1 2
Barred Owl 1 1
Common Nighthawk 5 1 2 8
Chuck-will's-widow 1 1
Whip-poor-will 1 1 2
Chimney Swift 9 6 34 37 1 20 23 3 133
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 1 1 3 3 2 13
Belted Kingfisher 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Red-headed Woodpecker 3 4 1 2 6 16
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 9 11 8 5 3 6 15 1 63
Downy Woodpecker 1 5 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 24
Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 8
Northern Flicker 5 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 24
Pileated Woodpecker 4 8 7 1 2 4 7 8 4 1 46**
Eastern Wood-Pewee 16 1 18 3 6 12 11 4 15 1 87
Acadian Flycatcher 8 1 8 2 7 6 32
Empid sp. 1 1 1 3
Eastern Phoebe 31 8 17 2 3 11 12 27 12 1 124**
Great Crested Flycatcher 5 6 2 1 10 6 15 13 11 1 70
Eastern Kingbird 10 10 4 8 33 6 5 14 90
White-eyed Vireo 35 3 16 1 3 3 2 20 5 1 89
Yellow-throated Vireo 5 1 4 1 1 6 3 3 24
Blue-headed Vireo 2 4 9 2 17
Philadelphia Vireo 1 1
Red-eyed Vireo 56 2 53 14 7 39 66 167 22 3 429
Blue Jay 10 18 14 5 43 16 14 31 21 8 180
American Crow 26 50 44 5 45 38 27 31 30 5 301
Horned Lark 2 2
Purple Martin 12 15 4 1 10 3 32 27 104
Tree Swallow 12 35 11 1 12 6 1 78*
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12 1 7 1 30 24 4 27 7 3 116**
Bank Swallow 4 4
Cliff Swallow 22 22
Barn Swallow 23 39 20 2 30 56 17 34 42 2 265
Carolina Chickadee 5 2 9 4 8 3 6 10 11 4 62
Tufted Titmouse 10 8 20 8 20 9 34 22 19 7 157
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 3 4 1 2 7 8 3 5 34
Brown-headed Nuthatch 7 7
Carolina Wren 27 10 29 9 30 16 11 36 23 4 195
House Wren 3 3 25 1 2 1 4 39
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 2 5*
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 5 19 1 13 3 10 15 13 1 86
Eastern Bluebird 34 26 64 1 11 65 10 34 46 6 297
Veery 1 1 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 1
Swainson's Thrush 1 1 4 2 8
Wood Thrush 1 6 4 4 3 5 40 3 2 68
American Robin 87 83 51 4 340 31 6 140 51 11 804*
Gray Catbird 1 1 2 10 2 1 7 2 2 28
Northern Mockingbird 25 40 38 3 43 24 6 4 27 3 213
Brown Thrasher 4 14 17 2 14 4 8 10 16 3 92
European Starling 150 180 200 1080 170 15 98 96 33 2022
Cedar Waxwing 106 85 40 44 16 2 2 37 25 357*
Blue-winged Warbler 4 4
Tennessee Warbler 1 2 1 4
Northern Parula 19 3 1 6 29
Yellow Warbler 1 2 3 2 2 2 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 1 4
Magnolia Warbler 1 1 3 3 3 11
Cape May Warbler 1 3 2 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 14 1 20
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1 5 7
Blackburnian Warbler 1 1 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 2 3 1 1 4 8 1 3 1 25
Pine Warbler 1 7 2 11 5 2 28
Prairie Warbler 11 3 5 1 7 10 3 40
Palm Warbler 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 12
Bay-breasted Warbler 1 5 6
Blackpoll Warbler 1 2 2 6 2 13
Cerulean Warbler 11 2 5 18
Black-and-white Warbler 3 2 2 6 19 6 2 40
American Redstart 7 1 1 1 6 5 5 26
Prothonotary Warbler 3 3
Worm-eating Warbler 2 2 1 1 6
Ovenbird 2 12 5 8 26 14 1 68
Northern Waterthrush 1 1 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 3 1 2 2 1 9
Kentucky Warbler 6 8 1 1 3 2 3 24
Common Yellowthroat 37 8 36 8 11 5 4 19 19 147
Hooded Warbler 8 1 9 6 7 24 3 2 60
Canada Warbler 1 1 1 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 17 8 9 1 1 1 4 6 8 55
Summer Tanager 13 6 18 2 1 3 1 17 13 74
Scarlet Tanager 4 1 4 6 11 16 12 1 55
Eastern Towhee 22 13 17 3 23 8 16 21 13 5 141
Chipping Sparrow 7 11 40 3 6 23 5 36 9 1 141
Field Sparrow 18 9 32 4 7 18 18 14 25 145
Savannah Sparrow 3 3
Grasshopper Sparrow 2 4 6
Song Sparrow 1 10 38 3 38 21 5 48 18 182
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 1 1 3*
Swamp Sparrow 1 1
White-throated Sparrow 1 2 1 4 1 9
White-crowned Sparrow 1 1
Northern Cardinal 47 23 73 11 90 36 15 63 45 13 416
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 5 1 3 1 11
Blue Grosbeak 4 1 7 1 10 2 9 5 39
Indigo Bunting 120 23 78 13 9 28 16 35 53 5 380
Dickcissel 1 1
Bobolink 1 4 5
Red-winged Blackbird 25 30 67 4 75 63 22 48 66 400
Eastern Meadowlark 21 29 68 1 19 18 3 17 42 218
Common Grackle 35 55 2 1 75 41 10 15 39 1 274
Brown-headed Cowbird 7 15 40 2 14 12 16 20 17 5 148
Orchard Oriole 1 2 6 1 6 2 3 9 30
Baltimore Oriole 1 2 1 2 1 2 9
House Finch 3 8 16 12 11 1 5 11 67
Pine Siskin 6 5 8 2 5 6 32*
American Goldfinch 8 3 27 2 5 9 11 11 15 9 100
House Sparrow 10 6 11 70 12 2 15 8 2 136
Total Individuals 1423 1065 1612 174 2553 1186 709 1448 1278 247 11695
Total Species 80 77 90 56 82 82 93 93 98 67 141

Key to Observers and Yard Watchers (YW):

Initials/Code Name
DLC Daniel L. Combs
DAD Douglas A. Downs
GKE Ginger K. Ensor
JaF Janie C. Finch
JuF Judy C. Fuson
MJH Michael J. Hawkins
CH Caleb Hubbard
NSL Nancy S. Layzer
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
AFM Anita F. Mast
JEM Joseph E. Mast
MPO Michael P. O'Rourke
HO Handley "Ozzie" Oswalt (YW)
SP Sarah Parker
MR Michele Ramsey (YW)
TMS Thomas M. Saya
RWS Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
DJS DJ Stanley
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman, compiler (YW)
WAW Winston A. Walden
CDW Carol D. Williams

Notes:

* = set or tied record high count for Putnam County Spring Bird Count (10 species); ** = set record high count for Putnam County Spring Bird Count and set or tied all-time high count for Putnam County (3 species).  One species never before recorded on the Putnam County SBC is denoted in red, bringing the all-time species total for the Putnam County SBC to 204.

The Black-crowned Night-Heron, a first for the Putnam County SBC, was an adult found on Hidden Cove Rd. (DJS, CH).