2025 Spring Bird Count Tally
Here’s the tally of what we saw on the count which was last Saturday the 26th of April:
Canada Goose – 103
Wood Duck – 33
Mallard – 131
Blue-winged Teal – 1
Common Goldeneye – 1
Hooded Merganser – 1
Red-breasted Merganser – 1
Northern Bobwhite – 8
Wild Turkey – 42
Pacific Loon – 1
Common Loon – 66
Pied-billed Grebe – 3
Red-necked Grebe – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 241
Great Blue Heron – 82
Great Egret – 3
Little Blue Heron – 1
Green Heron – 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron – 5
Black Vulture – 229
Turkey Vulture – 145
Osprey – 20
Cooper’s Hawk – 5
Bald Eagle – 4
Red-shouldered Hawk – 11
Broad-winged Hawk – 7
Red-tailed Hawk – 25
American Coot – 16
Semipalmated Plover – 2
Killdeer – 24
Spotted Sandpiper – 6
Solitary Sandpiper – 3
American Woodcock – 1
Bonaparte’s Gull – 2
Ring-billed Gull – 25
Herring Gull – 5
Caspian Tern – 1
Forster’s Tern – 5
Rock Pigeon – 22
Eurasian Collared-Dove – 3
Mourning Dove – 99
Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 8
Eastern Screech-Owl – 2
Great Horned Owl – 3
Barred Owl – 15
Common Nighthawk – 2
Chuck-will’s-widow – 1
Whip-poor-will – 4
Chimney Swift – 109
Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 8
Belted Kingfisher – 12
Red-headed Woodpecker – 11
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 108
Downy Woodpecker – 48
Hairy Woodpecker – 6
Northern Flicker – 13
Pileated Woodpecker – 37
American Kestrel – 13
Peregrine Falcon – 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee – 13
Acadian Flycatcher – 14
Least Flycatcher – 2
Eastern Phoebe – 14
Great Crested Flycatcher – 29
Eastern Kingbird – 58
White-eyed Vireo – 152
Yellow-throated Vireo – 15
Blue-headed Vireo – 3
Warbling Vireo – 21
Red-eyed Vireo – 94
Blue Jay – 115
American Crow – 97
Fish Crow – 2
N. Rough-winged Swallow – 134
Purple Martin – 54
Tree Swallow – 109
Bank Swallow – 3
Barn Swallow – 104
Cliff Swallow – 122
Carolina Chickadee – 165
Tufted Titmouse – 212
White-breasted Nuthatch – 44
House Wren – 7
Sedge Wren – 2
Carolina Wren – 191
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 210
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 8
Eastern Bluebird – 123
Veery – 5
Gray-cheeked Thrush – 1
Swainson’s Thrush – 20
Hermit Thrush – 1
Wood Thrush – 63
American Robin – 196
Gray Catbird – 13
Northern Mockingbird – 91
Brown Thrasher – 31
European Starling – 308
Cedar Waxwing – 152
Ovenbird – 2
Worm-eating Warbler – 4
Louisiana Waterthrush – 4
Northern Waterthrush – 17
Blue-winged Warbler – 20
Golden-winged Warbler – 1
Black-and-white Warbler – 6
Prothonotary Warbler – 29
Tennessee Warbler – 86
Orange-crowned Warbler – 2
Nashville Warbler – 15
Kentucky Warbler – 20
Common Yellowthroat – 140
Hooded Warbler – 16
American Redstart – 6
Cape May Warbler – 6
Cerulean Warbler – 2
Northern Parula – 82
Bay-breasted Warbler – 5
Blackburnian Warbler – 2
Yellow Warbler – 11
Chestnut-sided Warbler – 7
Blackpoll Warbler – 33
Palm Warbler – 66
Pine Warbler – 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 115
Yellow-throated Warbler – 32
Prairie Warbler – 68
Black-throated Green Warbler – 15
Yellow-breasted Chat – 72
Eastern Towhee – 100
Chipping Sparrow – 57
Field Sparrow – 125
Savannah Sparrow – 11
Song Sparrow – 18
Lincoln’s Sparrow – 4
Swamp Sparrow – 13
White-throated Sparrow – 148
White-crowned Sparrow – 8
Summer Tanager – 63
Scarlet Tanager – 33
Northern Cardinal – 368
Rose-breasted Grosbeak – 42
Blue Grosbeak – 11
Indigo Bunting – 165
Red-winged Blackbird – 150
Eastern Meadowlark – 42
Common Grackle – 91
Brown-headed Cowbird – 144
Orchard Oriole – 62
Baltimore Oriole – 25
House Finch – 91
American Goldfinch – 76
House Sparrow – 11
Total Species – 153
Total Number of Birds – 7533
Barbara Harris
Nashville (Davidson Co.)
Immediate request for volunteer….Area Leader for January 1st Christmas Bird Count
2022 CBC Lake Count
The Hickory-Priest CBC, covering an area east of Nashville, was held on January 1, 2023. Twenty-six (26) birders in 4 parties tallied 98 species. This is slightly above the mid-low 90s average for this count. Mild weather – morning fog giving way to balmy skys, plus good participation made for a successful count. No rare loons were found, with Eared Grebe and Lapland Longspur among the few unusual species found. Thanks to all who came out to help and start the year off with some good birding! Special thanks to Scott Block as spreadsheet master/ co-compiler.
2022 Fall Count Results
The 2022 Fall Count Results
NTOS conducts bird counts in the spring and fall as well as participates in the annual Audubon Christmas bird counts. Everyone is invited to help out. For information on spring and fall counts contact Barbara Harris – harrbarbara@bellsouth.net and to help with the Christmas count contact Cyndi Routledge – routledges@bellsouth.net. Check out the results!