Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Tennessee

2009 Results: Tennessee

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Tennessee with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	8	5
Snow Goose	1,439	7
Cackling Goose	10	3
Canada Goose	5,478	325
Mute Swan	3	1
Wood Duck	153	43
Gadwall	1,162	43
American Wigeon	272	9
American Black Duck	78	13
Mallard	4,896	219
Northern Shoveler	806	19
Northern Pintail	48	9
Green-winged Teal	354	11
Canvasback	144	14
Redhead	57	12
Ring-necked Duck	959	43
Greater Scaup	143	3
Lesser Scaup	6,690	13
White-winged Scoter	2	2
Black Scoter	1	1
Long-tailed Duck	5	3
Bufflehead	373	26
Common Goldeneye	19	4
Hooded Merganser	196	29
Common Merganser	3	1
Red-breasted Merganser	3	3
Ruddy Duck	270	13
Ruffed Grouse	7	4
Wild Turkey	986	80
Northern Bobwhite	53	12
Common Loon	98	18
Pied-billed Grebe	209	50
Horned Grebe	637	16
American White Pelican	22	2
Double-crested Cormorant	164	13
Great Blue Heron	833	204
Great Egret	6	5
Black-crowned Night-Heron	16	3
Black Vulture	1,507	170
Turkey Vulture	1,708	296
Osprey	1	1
Bald Eagle	56	24
Northern Harrier	14	12
Sharp-shinned Hawk	58	52
Cooper's Hawk	108	98
Red-shouldered Hawk	155	112
Red-tailed Hawk	376	228
Rough-legged Hawk	1	1
American Kestrel	160	93
Merlin	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	4	4
American Coot	2,041	70
Sandhill Crane	3,311	32
Killdeer	582	158
Spotted Sandpiper	1	1
Greater Yellowlegs	2	2
Wilson's Snipe	25	7
American Woodcock	27	13
Bonaparte's Gull	106	9
Ring-billed Gull	6,058	101
Herring Gull	50	11
Rock Pigeon	1,545	124
Eurasian Collared-Dove	407	41
Mourning Dove	7,666	1,417
Barn Owl	3	3
Eastern Screech-Owl	24	20
Great Horned Owl	16	13
Barred Owl	27	19
Short-eared Owl	2	1
Rufous Hummingbird	4	4
Belted Kingfisher	140	110
Red-headed Woodpecker	119	73
Red-bellied Woodpecker	1,079	717
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	187	159
Downy Woodpecker	1,471	896
Hairy Woodpecker	240	172
Northern Flicker	303	200
Pileated Woodpecker	300	202
Eastern Phoebe	145	106
Loggerhead Shrike	16	12
Blue Jay	3,589	1,136
American Crow	5,762	842
Fish Crow	41	9
Common Raven	19	9
Horned Lark	71	15
Tree Swallow	66	9
Carolina Chickadee	4,121	1,313
Tufted Titmouse	3,627	1,210
Red-breasted Nuthatch	52	30
White-breasted Nuthatch	1,222	622
Brown-headed Nuthatch	129	40
Brown Creeper	78	62
Carolina Wren	1,863	877
House Wren	1	1
Winter Wren	103	49
Golden-crowned Kinglet	65	37
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	115	82
Eastern Bluebird	2,308	692
Hermit Thrush	77	49
American Robin	12,246	1,059
Gray Catbird	1	1
Northern Mockingbird	1,390	775
Brown Thrasher	118	101
European Starling	15,265	681
American Pipit	38	4
Cedar Waxwing	6,580	267
Orange-crowned Warbler	6	6
Yellow-rumped Warbler	801	184
Pine Warbler	91	63
Palm Warbler	7	5
Black-and-white Warbler	1	1
Eastern Towhee	931	485
American Tree Sparrow	2	2
Chipping Sparrow	407	110
Field Sparrow	1,035	207
Vesper Sparrow	4	1
Savannah Sparrow	187	38
Fox Sparrow	123	63
Song Sparrow	1,778	574
Swamp Sparrow	131	40
White-throated Sparrow	3,319	609
White-crowned Sparrow	391	109
Dark-eyed Junco	2,636	623
Lapland Longspur	1	1
Northern Cardinal	7,561	1,529
Red-winged Blackbird	10,642	262
Eastern Meadowlark	423	90
Western Meadowlark	1	1
Rusty Blackbird	110	14
Brewer's Blackbird	15	5
Common Grackle	20,337	394
Brown-headed Cowbird	1,025	121
Purple Finch	2,294	478
House Finch	4,310	898
Pine Siskin	6,231	428
American Goldfinch	13,576	1,153
House Sparrow	2,598	435
Total	196,571

A total of 137 species were reported.

See list of localities in Tennessee with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.