Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: The 2001-2002 Chrishnas Bird Count season produced 150 species (plus one during count week) on 28 counts (TabIe I).Four hundred and forty-four participants across the s t a k logged 14E party hours and found over 387,000 individual birds (271.47 birds per party hour).The Reelfcat count again tallied the state's highcat totaI of species with 114 (plus 3 more during count week), followed by Savannah with 104.The weather cooperated, for the most part, by being relatively mild with little rain and light winds.Many counts started nearotbelow freezing.but warmed up nicely.Many counts got up into the 60's by the afternoon.Hiwassee was the only count that experienced single digit temperatures.The Jackson count did not repeat Iast year's amazing 2 milrion plus blackbirds, but sti I[ had over 20,000 American Crows.The Knoxville count had the state's highest number of participants with 48.The large turnout produccd state high totals for no less than 19 species and 14 Knoxville count records.Twenty-one species were Eound on only one count, while 15 species were represented by a single individual.INFORMATION ON THE COUNTS BRISTOL (36"35'N, 82OOB'W
Author: Hoff, Ron
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7149227233