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Chatham County 9/15 count results
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Chatham County 9/15 count results
- From: "Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:15:12 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
We had a record turnout of counters for the 2001 Chatham County Fall
Migration Count on September 15, but strong winds kept the birds lying
low for the most part. The 37 counters in 17 parties easily beat the old
record of 27 in 13 parties, and the number of party-hours, 132, beats the
old record by 50%. Not surprisingly, we counted a record number of
birds, 4895, in an average 103 species.
The number of birds per hour confirms the feeling most people had that
this was a slow day - 37.1 bph is the lowest by far of the six Chatham
counts, well below the average of 49.5. The day following a cold front
is reputed to be good for migrants, but the cold front that passed the
day before the count apparently blew more birds out than it blew in.
We set a large number of record highs due to the high level of
participation. Ones that are more than 50% above previous record highs
are Double-crested Cormorant, Black Vulture, Bald Eagle, Broad-winged
Hawk, Sanderling, Northern Waterthrush, Hooded Warbler, Chipping Sparrow,
Field Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, and American Goldfinch.
The highlight for many groups was seeing lots of Bald Eagles. No great
rarities or species new to the count were found. Ones we don't get every
year included Sanderling, Ring-billed Gull (only our second!), singing
Whip-poor-wills, Bay-breasted Warbler, and Yellow-breasted Chat.
Detailed results will be appearing in the Chapel Hill Bird Club
newsletter. Here are the totals:
232 Double-crested Cormorant
47 Great Blue Heron
50 Great Egret
2 Green Heron
43 Black Vulture
165 Turkey Vulture
136 Canada Goose
40 Wood Duck
1 American Black Duck
44 Mallard
1 Blue-winged Teal
18 Osprey
23 Bald Eagle
6 Sharp-shinned Hawk
19 Red-shouldered Hawk
4 Broad-winged Hawk
17 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
3 Wild Turkey
5 Killdeer
2 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Sanderling
1 Ring-billed Gull
4 Caspian Tern
7 Rock Dove
177 Mourning Dove
7 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Eastern Screech-Owl
3 Barred Owl
5 Whip-poor-will
161 Chimney Swift
13 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
14 Belted Kingfisher
32 Red-headed Woodpecker
104 Red-bellied Woodpecker
90 Downy Woodpecker
14 Hairy Woodpecker
46 Northern Flicker
17 Pileated Woodpecker
13 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Empidonax sp.
13 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
14 White-eyed Vireo
4 Yellow-throated Vireo
28 Red-eyed Vireo
267 Blue Jay
302 American Crow
5 Fish Crow
3 Swallow sp.
404 Carolina Chickadee
349 Tufted Titmouse
40 White-breasted Nuthatch
77 Brown-headed Nuthatch
180 Carolina Wren
1 House Wren
21 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
171 Eastern Bluebird
1 Swainson's Thrush
7 Wood Thrush
36 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
27 Northern Mockingbird
11 Brown Thrasher
34 European Starling
1 Blue-winged Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
23 Northern Parula
2 Yellow Warbler
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler
15 Magnolia Warbler
2 Cape May Warbler
8 Black-throated Blue Warbler
3 Black-throated Green Warbler
3 Blackburnian Warbler
2 Yellow-throated Warbler
224 Pine Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
7 Palm Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
30 Black-and-white Warbler
27 American Redstart
4 Ovenbird
5 Northern Waterthrush
37 Common Yellowthroat
11 Hooded Warbler
1 Yellow-breasted Chat
18 Summer Tanager
16 Scarlet Tanager
41 Eastern Towhee
65 Chipping Sparrow
41 Field Sparrow
267 Northern Cardinal
9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
14 Blue Grosbeak
116 Indigo Bunting
4 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Common Grackle
31 Brown-headed Cowbird
25 House Finch
259 American Goldfinch
3 House Sparrow
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Charles W. "Will" Cook w 919-660-7423
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook cwcook@duke.edu
Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Box 90340, Durham, NC 27708