Upcoming counts and TOS State meeting dates…please make note.
For those who like to keep a long range calendar of events please note the following information:
2026 Spring NTOS Count is set for Saturday, April 25th.
2026 Fall NTOS Count will be set for Saturday, September 26th.
2026 Christmas Bird Count will be Saturday, December 19th.
TOS Meetings (which probably won’t make a difference to you all. 😉)
The Annual Spring TOS meeting is set for May 1-3 in Kingsport, TN – Keynote Speaker is Sheri L Williamson – hummingbird expert, author of NA Hummingbird book and soon to be released new version, Naturalist and all around fantastic person.
Joint Fall meeting with the Kentucky Ornithological group will take place on September 18-20 at KenLake State Park. – Keynote speaker will be Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch renowned Flycatcher experts and authors/illustrator of Flycatcher’s of North America.
Information and registration for the Kingsport TOS meeting can be found on the TOS webpage under Events or in the upcoming April Warbler. Or contact the Kingsport group – https://tnbirds.org/chapters/kingsport-birding/
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.)
