Earliest riser
Wild Turkey
First heard at 2:41 AM.
Birds at the dock
November 3, 2026: 23 species identified by BirdNET listening to the dock microphone. American Crow was the most active with 29 minutes active.
Minutes active by hour
Each bar counts the 1-minute windows in which BirdNET identified a species at high confidence (its minutes active), bucketed by Eastern Time hour. The dawn chorus typically peaks between 6 and 8 a.m.
Fun stats
A few things the microphone noticed. Every number below comes from high-confidence detections, and any stat that could not be measured cleanly is left off rather than guessed.
The day's rhythm
Last call
White-throated Sparrow
Still calling at 7:44 AM.
Busiest minute
6 species at once
At 6:56 AM: Golden-crowned Kinglet, House Finch, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse.
Weather watchers
Fair-weather singer
American Crow
100% of its active minutes came during calm air.
Fair-weather singer
Blue Jay
100% of its active minutes came during calm air.
Character and company
The regular
Carolina Wren
Heard every day for 157 days running.
Duet partners
American Crow and Fish Crow
Calling in the same minute 39% of the time this week.
Rising star
Belted Kingfisher
Up 2h 36m active on last week.
Records
Busiest day
13h 18m active
Set on 2026-07-06.
Most species in a day
51 species
Recorded on 2026-07-06.
Longest streak
157 days
Carolina Wren, ending 2026-11-03.
Species heard
29 minutes active
American Crow
27 minutes active
Carolina Wren
21 minutes active
Tufted Titmouse
21 minutes active
Carolina Chickadee
20 minutes active
Golden-crowned Kinglet
19 minutes active
Northern Cardinal
17 minutes active
Eastern Bluebird
16 minutes active
Eastern Phoebe
15 minutes active
Red-bellied Woodpecker
15 minutes active
White-breasted Nuthatch
14 minutes active
Red-headed Woodpecker
14 minutes active
White-throated Sparrow
12 minutes active
House Finch
10 minutes active
Cedar Waxwing
10 minutes active
Yellow-rumped Warbler
9 minutes active
Blue Jay
5 minutes active
Great Blue Heron
4 minutes active
Northern Mockingbird
4 minutes active
American Goldfinch
3 minutes active
Belted Kingfisher
2 minutes active
Northern Flicker
2 minutes active
Fish Crow
2 minutes active
Wild Turkey
How this works
A microphone is mounted at the dock at Tennessee River Mile 559.5, listening to the lake 24/7. Audio runs through BirdNET from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, an open-source neural network that identifies bird species by sound. Detections at high confidence are tallied here.
Bird photos are pulled automatically from Wikipedia and cropped to the bird with YOLOv8 object detection. Individual photo credits are on each species' Wikipedia page.