Results of the Somerset Christmas Bird Count in Pulaski County, Kentucky, 1996-present

 

Besides the Somerset Christmas Bird Count (CBC) data that have been made available online in the bi-continental CBC database since the 1996-1997 CBC season (Tables 2 and 3), CBCs were also conducted at this site during a number of earlier CBC seasons, though none of the earlier data were incorporated into the bi-continental database.  Some general information about those earlier counts is provided below (Table 1); detailed species lists from these counts may be viewed via this link:

To see results of this CBC in the context of results from other Regional CBCs conducted during the same CBC seasons, click on one of the links below:

 

Table 1. General Information for Somerset CBCs Conducted 1979-1990.

Date # of Species Compiler Source Notes
16 December 1979 50 Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. KW 56 (1): 3-13 male BAOR; 1.5 mil. EUST; 1.5 mil COGR
4 January 1981 53 Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. KW 57 (1): 8-18
18 December 1982 59 Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. KW 59 (1): 3-12
31 December 1983 52 Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. KW 60 (1): 3-13 1000 RUBL; 3 EVGR
1 January 1986 47 Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. KW 62 (1): 9-20
3 January 1990 42 Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. KW 66 (1): 15-27

 

Table 2. Somerset CBC Data 2006/2007-2015/2016.

CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
 
Date (Dec) 30 29
No. Species 78 77
No. Party Hours 59.25 62
No. Observers 25 29
Compiler RMD RMD
 
Canada Goose 97 273
Mute Swan -- --
Wood Duck 7 cw
Gadwall 13 12
American Wigeon -- 2
Amer. Black Duck 70 33
Mallard 229 206
Northern Shoveler -- 4
Northern Pintail -- --
CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Green-winged Teal -- --
Canvasback -- --
Redhead -- --
Ring-necked Duck 17 18
Lesser Scaup -- cw
Long-tailed Duck -- --
Bufflehead 1 3
Common Goldeneye -- --
Hooded Merganser 43 37
Common Merganser -- --
Ruddy Duck -- 2
Duck sp. -- --
Wild Turkey 45 53
Northern Bobwhite -- --
CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Common Loon -- --
Pied-billed Grebe 15 47
Horned Grebe -- 1
Great Blue Heron 13 12
Black Vulture cw 14
Turkey Vulture 12 28
Bald Eagle 1 a cw
Northern Harrier 1 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 5
Cooper's Hawk 4 11
Accipiter sp. 1 2
Red-sh. Hawk 4 3
Red-tailed Hawk 31 35
Golden Eagle -- --
American Kestrel 51 61
Merlin 1 --
Large Falco sp. -- --
CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
American Coot 5 7
Sandhill Crane 12 2
Killdeer 36 4
Wilson's Snipe 24 5
American Woodcock 3 --
Bonaparte's Gull 45 cw
Ring-billed Gull 22 6
Herring Gull -- --
Rock Pigeon 273 183
Mourning Dove 1109 943
East. Screech-Owl 3 2
Great Horned Owl 4 --
Barred Owl 3 2
Belted Kingfisher 9 11
Red-headed Wood. 2 1
Red-bellied Wood. 77 62
Yellow-bellied Sap. 5 5
CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Downy Woodpecker 70 48
Hairy Woodpecker 10 7
Northern Flicker 36 44
Pileated Wood. 21 6
Eastern Phoebe 9 8
Flycatcher sp. -- --
Loggerhead Shrike 1 --
Blue Jay 217 247
American Crow 323 490
Horned Lark -- 6
Carolina Chickadee 246 188
Tufted Titmouse 97 200
Red-br. Nuthatch -- 7
White-br. Nuthatch 66 71
Brown Creeper 3 --
CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Carolina Wren 180 124
House Wren -- 1
Winter Wren 8 1
Marsh Wren -- --
Golden-cr. Kinglet 43 cw
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 2 --
Eastern Bluebird 265 292
Hermit Thrush 6 1
American Robin  506 52
Gray Catbird -- --
North. Mockingbird 113 101
Brown Thrasher 5 --
European Starling 6378 7642
American Pipit -- --
Cedar Waxwing -- 20
Yellow-rumped War. 109 31
Pine Warbler -- --
CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Palm Warbler -- 1
Eastern Towhee 61 41
Am. Tree Sparrow -- --
Chipping Sparrow 2 15
Field Sparrow 153 93
Savannah Sparrow 16 3
Fox Sparrow 21 20
Song Sparrow 409 474
Swamp Sparrow 47 39
White-thr. Sparrow 241 170
White-cr. Sparrow 192 150
Dark-eyed Junco 232 179
Lapland Longspur -- --
Northern Cardinal 491 618
Indigo Bunting -- --
CBC Season 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2013- 2014- 2015-
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Red-w. Blackbird 71 13
E. Meadowlark 53 80
Rusty Blackbird -- 5

Common Grackle 7659 36
Br.-headed Cowbird 13 13
Blackbird sp. -- --
Purple Finch 4 --
House Finch 83 173
Pine Siskin -- --
American Goldfinch 222 289
House Sparrow 78 111