Transylvania County, NC                                                  
North American Migration Count
May 13, 2006

Compiler’s Comments: With 39 observers and fairly good weather conditions in our favor, the count for the day came to 118 species, one of the highest totals ever recorded here. Only the 1993 and 1999 scores of 119, and the 123 achieved in 1992, are higher for this area. Among the notable sightings of the day were Common Loon and Northern Shoveler at Ecusta pond; American Wigeon at a lake on See Off; and 2 Purple Finches and a White-throated Sparrow at various feeders. We were also able to record all three of the expected owl species (barred, great horned, and screech) from homeowners who hear them regularly at night.
Of course there are always a few that are missed, and among these were Eurasian Collared-Dove, which has been missing lately from its usual Brevard haunts, and both Winter Wren and Brown Creeper, which were silent and out of sight at Devil’s Courthouse when the Parkway team reached their neighborhood. The Cerulean Warbler has not been found this spring at Buck Spring trailhead and was not discovered anywhere else. Swainson’s Warbler could not be located on count day (though one has been, since). And the Hermit Thrush that was singing along the Parkway last year was silent – if it’s even present – and thus not added to our lists.
Warblers were found, for the most part, by those birders who can identify them by sound, and often missed by those who rely only on actual sightings, as the latter were hampered by the late date and the thickness of leaf cover. Norma Siebenheller, Compiler.

Data:
38 total observers (list follows): 14 at feeders for 21 total hours; 27 in 11 field parties.

In the field: Total Miles: 330 (309 by car, 21 on foot); Total Hours: 65 (47 by car, 18 on foot) Plus 2 hours owling.

Weather: 40-67 F.  Partly sunny; windy in p.m.

Participants:

Kathryn and Dennis Allen
Marvin and Michele Barg
Kathy Bartt
Dorothy Bauer
Dick Blee
Pat Bohan
Gladys and Art Brintnall
Kristin Connor
John Devlin
Elizabeth Galloway
Jeanne Grimmenga
Bill and Jean Hough
Jack Hudson
Nancy and Tom Iha
Morgan and Betty Jones
Mike Judd
Ludwig Kempe
Ruth Klock
Joe Kotowski
Nilsa Lobdell
Pam Maher
Betty McIlwain
Carolyn and Rick Mills
Beth and Speed Rogers
Mary Sauerteig
Ed Schwartzman
Norma and Bill Siebenheller
Sam and Marge Woodruff
Camille Ziegler


 Species List

Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 5
Green Heron 5
Canada Goose 59
Wood Duck 21
Mallard 22
Northern Shoveler 2
American Wigeon 5
Ring-necked Duck 2
Black Vulture 7
Turkey Vulture 53
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Broad-winged Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Ruffed Grouse 1
Wild Turkey 2
Northern Bobwhite 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 139
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
Great Horned Owl 1
Barred Owl 2
Whip-poor-will 2
Chimney Swift 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 28
Belted Kingfisher 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 24
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 17
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 9
Pileated Woodpecker 28
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Acadian Flycatcher 5
Willow Flycatcher 21
Eastern Phoebe 52
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Eastern Kingbird 13
Purple Martin 54
Tree Swallow 109
N. Rough-winged Swallow 67
Barn Swallow 170
Blue jay 84
American Crow 279
Common Raven 8
Carolina Chickadee 72
Tufted Titmouse 60
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 40
Carolina Wren 71
House Wren 24
Golden-crowned Kinglet 21
Glue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 92
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 27
American Robin 159
Gray Catbird 44
Northern Mockingbird 44
Brown Thrasher 40
Cedar Waxwing 174
European Starling 185
White-eyed Vireo 8
Blue-headed Vireo 34
Red-eyed Vireo 27
Northern Parula 30
Yellow Warbler 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 19
Magnolia Warbler 8
Cape May Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 8
Palm Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 8
American Redstart 12
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 14
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 5
Common Yellowthroat 28
Hooded Warbler 26
Canada Warbler 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 7
Scarlet Tanager 12
Northern Cardinal 164
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 71
Eastern Towhee 120
Chipping Sparrow 32
Field Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 198
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 13
Bobolink 59
Red-winged Blackbird 142
Eastern Meadowlark 23
Common Grackle 153
Brown-headed Cowbird 27
Orchard Oriole 7
Baltimore Oriole 2
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 41
American Goldfinch 206
House Sparrow 9
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