Birds at the dock

August 22, 2026: 28 species identified by BirdNET listening to the dock microphone. Ruby-throated Hummingbird was the most active with 2h 40m 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.

☀ SUNRISE 7:03 AMSUNSET ☾ 8:19 PM01225375012 AM4 AM8 AMNOON4 PM8 PM

Species heard

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2h 40m active
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Carolina Wren
2h 21m active
Carolina Wren
Northern Cardinal
46 minutes active
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay
37 minutes active
Blue Jay
Eastern Bluebird
37 minutes active
Eastern Bluebird
Tufted Titmouse
36 minutes active
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
34 minutes active
Carolina Chickadee
Osprey
27 minutes active
Osprey
White-breasted Nuthatch
27 minutes active
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Crow
23 minutes active
American Crow
House Finch
23 minutes active
House Finch
Red-headed Woodpecker
23 minutes active
Red-headed Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
23 minutes active
American Goldfinch
Cedar Waxwing
20 minutes active
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
6 minutes active
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Hooded Warbler
6 minutes active
Hooded Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
5 minutes active
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
4 minutes active
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Downy Woodpecker
4 minutes active
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
4 minutes active
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Brown Thrasher
4 minutes active
Brown Thrasher
Mourning Dove
4 minutes active
Mourning Dove
Northern Mockingbird
3 minutes active
Northern Mockingbird
Red-tailed Hawk
2 minutes active
Red-tailed Hawk
2 minutes active
Green Heron
Pileated Woodpecker
2 minutes active
Pileated Woodpecker
Summer Tanager
2 minutes active
Summer Tanager
Sand Martin
2 minutes active
Sand Martin

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.