Results of Christmas Bird Counts Conducted in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee during the 2018–2019 (119th) CBC Season
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About 116 species of birds were registered on eight Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) conducted this season in the Region (Table 1).
Data from CBCs provide one of two major sources of data used in monitoring bird populations at the continental level, the other being data from the Breeding Bird Survey. At the Regional level, CBC/CBB data clearly have the same importance in monitoring bird populations, at least for species that can be classified as uncommon to common Regionally during winter. Here is a link to the Regional bird-monitoring plan:
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Table 1. Results of CBCs conducted in the UCR during the 119th CBC season; for species recorded on five or more counts, the high count for the season is bold-faced.
| CBC Location | Barren River Lake | Glas-gow | Russ.– Adair Cos. |
Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
White Co. |
Cross-ville | Warren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN |
| Date (Dec/Jan) | 17 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 2 |
| Number of Field Observers | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Number of Feederwatchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Parties | 1-3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -- | -- | 3 |
| Number of Party Hours | 29.75 | 7 | 48.25 | 33 | 46.25 | 49.75 | 40.5 | 26.75 |
| Total Species | 81 | 61 | 91 | 77 | 86 | 85 | 81 | 68 |
| Primary Compiler | SJS | TD | RMD | RMD | RMD | DAD | EKL | RGG |
| Snow Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Ross's Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Cackling Goose | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Canada Goose | 118 | 18 | 84 | 140 | 123 | 425 | 329 | 420 |
| Mute Swan | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Wood Duck | -- | -- | 7 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | 2 |
| Northern Shoveler | 28 | -- | 17 | -- | -- | 19 | 1 | -- |
| Gadwall | -- | 16 | 29 | 36 | 58 | 65 | 11 | -- |
| American Wigeon | 2 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- |
| Mallard | 45 | 23 | 54 | 225 | 88 | 163 | 78 | 44 |
| American Black Duck | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| Green-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 55 | -- | -- |
| Canvasback | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 105 | -- |
| Redhead | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 9 | 26 | 11 | 3 |
| Ring-necked Duck | -- | -- | -- | 109 | 6 | 68 | 474 | 3 |
| Greater Scaup | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | 7 | -- |
| Lesser Scaup | -- | -- | -- | 3 | cw | 1 | 4 | -- |
| Bufflehead | -- | -- | 10 | cw | 5 | 8 | 322 | -- |
| Common Goldeneye | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Hooded Merganser | 18 | -- | 13 | 28 | 14 | 247 | 201 | -- |
| Common Merganser | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Ruddy Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | 281 | -- |
| CBC Location | Barren River Lake | Glas-gow | Russ.– Adair Cos. | Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
White Co. |
Cross-ville | Warren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN |
| Wild Turkey | 5 | 200 | 22 | 5 | 45 | 53 | 6 | 52 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 61 | -- | 7 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 169 | 5 |
| Horned Grebe | 12 | -- | 151 | -- | 9 | -- | 2 | -- |
| Eared Grebe | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Rock Pigeon | 58 | 19 | 12 | 106 | 75 | 125 | 15 | 75 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | 3 | 15 | -- | -- |
| Mourning Dove | 191 | 342 | 164 | 1068 | 509 | 429 | 85 | 130 |
| Virginia Rail | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| American Coot | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 2 | 150 | -- |
| Sandhill Crane | 189 | 315 | 1 | -- | 9 | -- | 47 | -- |
| Killdeer | 20 | 37 | 34 | 101 | 73 | 360 | 18 | 46 |
| American Woodcock | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Wilson's Snipe | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | -- | 15 | 19 | -- |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 1000 | -- | 370 | cw | 1077 | -- | -- | -- |
| Ring-billed Gull | 4000 | 510 | 29 | 42 | 127 | 300 | -- | -- |
| Herring Gull | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Red-throated Loon | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Loon | 4 | -- | 11 | -- | 3 | -- | 2 | -- |
| Great Blue Heron | 9 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| Great Egret | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| CBC Location | Barren River Lake | Glas-gow | Russ.– Adair Cos. | Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
White Co. |
Cross-ville | Warren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN |
| Black Vulture | 40 | 25 | 274 | 98 | 47 | 37 | -- | 64 |
| Turkey Vulture | 150 | 56 | 220 | 23 | 147 | 70 | 14 | 55 |
| Osprey | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Golden Eagle | -- | -- | cw | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Northern Harrier | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Cooper's Hawk | -- | 3 | 5 | cw | 2 | -- | 1 | 2 |
| Bald Eagle | 2 | 3 | 3 | cw | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 16 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 14 |
| Barn Owl | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 1 | -- | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | 2 |
| Great Horned | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Barred Owl | 2 | -- | 5 | 3 | 4 | -- | 2 | 4 |
| Short-eared Owl | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| CBC Location | Barren River Lake | Glas-gow | Russ.– Adair Cos. | Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
White Co. |
Cross-ville | Warren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN |
| Belted Kingfisher | 5 | -- | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 9 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 48 | 24 | 86 | 54 | 71 | 57 | 41 | 46 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 8 | -- | 10 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 14 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 12 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Northern Flicker | 30 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 43 | 58 | 18 | 48 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 14 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| American Kestrel | 37 | 22 | 69 | 42 | 63 | 46 | 16 | 51 |
| Peregrine Falcon | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Eastern Phoebe | 8 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| Blue Jay | 201 | 56 | 307 | 216 | 262 | 319 | 143 | 207 |
| American Crow | 96 | 17 | 220 | 319 | 388 | 245 | 259 | 92 |
| Horned Lark | 16 | 16 | -- | 1 | cw | -- | -- | -- |
| Carolina Chickadee | 47 | 3 | 100 | 85 | 96 | 42 | 77 | 14 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 45 | 24 | 84 | 71 | 135 | 65 | 91 | 55 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 13 | -- | 24 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 21 | 6 | 54 | 40 | 35 | 21 | 41 | 10 |
| CBC Location | Barren River Lake | Glas-gow | Russ.– Adair Cos. | Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
White Co. |
Cross-ville | Warren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN |
| Brown Creeper | 6 | -- | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| House Wren | 2 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Winter Wren | 2 | -- | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 61 | 17 | 82 | 68 | 60 | 72 | 55 | 30 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 10 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5 | -- | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 115 | 39 | 206 | 133 | 201 | 189 | 142 | 71 |
| Hermit Thrush | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| American Robin | 54 | 65 | 50 | 70 | 112 | 47 | 16 | 287 |
| Brown Thrasher | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 37 | 24 | 59 | 51 | 44 | 71 | 22 | 66 |
| European Starling | 599 | 2150 | 1382 | 4150 | 11214 | 2155 | 358 | 2955 |
| Cedar Waxwing | -- | 18 | 3 | cw | 32 | 31 | -- | 63 |
| House Sparrow | 26 | 15 | 90 | 86 | 32 | 17 | 12 | -- |
| American Pipit | -- | -- | 65 | -- | -- | 85 | 38 | 31 |
| House Finch | 20 | 35 | 119 | 58 | 90 | 10 | 31 | 19 |
| Purple Finch | 4 | -- | 26 | -- | 14 | 1 | -- | 6 |
| Pine Siskin | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| American Goldfinch | 83 | 16 | 194 | 91 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 84 |
| CBC Location | Barren River Lake | Glas-gow | Russ.– Adair Cos. | Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
White Co. |
Cross-ville | Warren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN |
| Eastern Towhee | 34 | 8 | 47 | 24 | 38 | 44 | 29 | 33 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 13 | -- | 43 | 24 | -- | 50 | 9 | 13 |
| Field Sparrow | 80 | 16 | 186 | 87 | 45 | 121 | 108 | 133 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 5 | -- | 9 | 26 | 11 | 31 | 22 | 5 |
| Fox Sparrow | 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Song Sparrow | 103 | 27 | 253 | 197 | 116 | 134 | 69 | 76 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 40 | 6 | 50 | 17 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 5 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 39 | 1 | 36 | 67 | 52 | 24 | 13 | 23 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 129 | 17 | 226 | 167 | 64 | 131 | 37 | 37 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 45 | 30 | 236 | 94 | 79 | 86 | 40 | 41 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 96 | 41 | 138 | 22 | 151 | 119 | 98 | 32 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 74 | 410 | 39 | 8 | 22 | 235 | -- | 76 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 | 1 | 133 | 15 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Rusty Blackbird | 331 | -- | 5 | -- | 4 | 11 | -- | -- |
| Brewer's Blackbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Grackle | 114 | 300 | 10 | -- | 20 | 2 | -- | 7 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | -- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Palm Warbler | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pine Warbler | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 16 | 8 | 39 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| Northern Cardinal | 93 | 34 | 370 | 315 | 215 | 205 | 110 | 125 |
| Total Individuals | 8855 | 5079 | 6919 | 8558 | 16454 | -- | -- | -- |
| Total Species | 81 | 61 | 91 | 77 | 86 | 85 | 81 | 68 |
| CBC Location | Barren River Lake | Glas-gow | Russ.– Adair Cos. | Somer- set |
Wayne Co. |
White Co. |
Cross-ville | Warren Co. |
| State | KY | KY | KY | KY | KY | TN | TN | TN |
Key to compiler initials:
RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
TD = Tom Durbin
EKL = Edmund K. LeGrand
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
DAD = D. A. Downs
RGG = R. G. Garrison
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