High Counts for Species Registered on Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Counts

 

High counts and total Christmas Bird Count (CBC) registrations (i.e., the total number of counts on which a species has been observed on count day out of a possible 55), as well as additional count week registrations (i.e., the total number of counts when a species was observed during the three days before or after the count but not during count day), are listed below for each of the 136 species of birds registered during the history of the Cookeville CBC.

    Boldfaced species names (11) indicate species registered on all 55 CBCs conducted in Cookeville. Italicized species names (5) indicate species registered only during count week of one CBC.  Asterisked species (11) have been registered on count day of only one CBC.

    For a summary of Cookeville CBC data from the first season (1957–1958) to the present, click on these links:

 

Table 1. Count registrations (of 55 possible), count week registrations, high count, and year(s) of high count for the Cookeville CBC.

Species Count Registrations Additional Count Week Registrations High Count Year(s) of High Count
Greater White-fronted Goose 2 1 10 2011
Snow Goose 10 3 2002, 2003, 2016
Ross's Goose 1
Mute Swan * 1 2 2009
Trumpeter Swan * 1   2 2010
Canada Goose 30 809 2011
Wood Duck 27 2 67 2010
Blue-winged Teal 2 1 2001, 2002
Northern Shoveler 13 1 23 2011
Gadwall 23 79 2007
American Wigeon 7 4 2002
Mallard 36 288 2012
American Black Duck 20 2 9 1958, 2010
Northern Pintail 5 1 2 1997
Green-winged Teal 12 4 8 2010
Canvasback 4 1 3 1976
Redhead 5 1 22 2005
Ring-necked Duck 26 3 190 1958
Greater Scaup 2 2 1988
Lesser Scaup 19 1 12 2010
Long-tailed Duck 2 1 2000, 2003
Bufflehead 22 2 18 2015
Common Goldeneye 7 3 5 1976
Hooded Merganser 33 121 2016
Common Merganser * 1 2 1976
Red-breasted Merganser 3 2 5 2009
Ruddy Duck 20 27 2005
         
Northern Bobwhite 44 1 42 1977
Ruffed Grouse 2 1 1 1988, 1995
Wild Turkey 14 209 2009
Pied-billed Grebe 41 28 2012
Horned Grebe 8 3 4 1980
Rock Pigeon 38 408 2015
Eurasian Collared-Dove 12 26 2014
Mourning Dove 55 763 2007
Rufous Hummingbird 3 1 2 2003
Selasphorus sp. 1 1 2009
American Coot 22 1 217 2008
Sandhill Crane 18 3 2428 2003
Killdeer 52 164 2011
American Woodcock 15 1 4 2009
Wilson's Snipe 29 1 22 2012
Spotted Sandpiper * 1 1 1998
Greater Yellowlegs * 1 1 1976
Bonaparte's Gull 5 6 8 2014, 2016
Ring-billed Gull 11 5 45 2016
Herring Gull 2 4 1958
       
Common Loon 1 2 2 2006
Double-crested Cormorant 2 2 2009, 2015
Great Blue Heron 33 26 2006
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 24 1 394 2006
Turkey Vulture 44 289 2003
Northern Harrier 30 2 7 2010
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 5 2004, 2011
Cooper's Hawk 40 10 2004
Bald Eagle 1 1 1 1966
Red-shouldered Hawk 35 31 2011
Red-tailed Hawk 51 55 1994
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Barn Owl 12 3 2004
Eastern Screech-Owl 38 15 2010
Great Horned Owl 34 1 9 2006, 2007, 2011
Barred Owl 28 8 2005
Belted Kingfisher 42 1 16 2007
Red-headed Woodpecker 46 1 28 1996
Red-bellied Woodpecker 54 126 2010
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 50 43 2008
Downy Woodpecker 55 74 1999
Hairy Woodpecker 52 23 2002
Northern Flicker 54 79 2001
Pileated Woodpecker 52 40 2008
American Kestrel 53 96 1991
Merlin 1 1 1 2010
Eastern Phoebe 41 26 2006
Loggerhead Shrike 43 2 18 1991
       
Blue Jay 55 527 2008
American Crow 55 5677 2002
Horned Lark 13 1 31 1963
Carolina Chickadee 55 215 2006
Tufted Titmouse 55 248 2009
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20 4 23 1993
White-breasted Nuthatch 55 104 2008
Brown-headed Nuthatch 16 10 2008
Brown Creeper 45 2 9 1989
House Wren 12 1 8 1976
Winter Wren 43 1 19 2016
Marsh Wren * 1 1 2006
Carolina Wren 55 217 2008
Bewick's Wren 11 8 1965
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 113 1999
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 29 1 26 1994
Eastern Bluebird 55 530 2006
Hermit Thrush 35 1 45 2008
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 53 1812 2013
Gray Catbird 2 1 2 1968
Brown Thrasher 52 25 2010
Northern Mockingbird 53 219 2011
       
European Starling 51 150,000 1993
Cedar Waxwing 41 710 2012
House Sparrow 55 540 1981
American Pipit 17 2 102 2007
Evening Grosbeak 6 86 1975
House Finch 31 555 1989
Purple Finch 47 76 1980
Pine Siskin 14 2 64 1989
American Goldfinch 54 283 1999
Eastern Towhee 54 128 1976
American Tree Sparrow 2 2 1960
Chipping Sparrow 28 3 110 2016
Field Sparrow 54 355 2011
Vesper Sparrow 2 1 4 1971
Savannah Sparrow 32 1 37 1960
Fox Sparrow 45 14 1958, 2011
Song Sparrow 54 359 2005
Lincoln's Sparrow * 1 1 2006
White-crowned Sparrow 42 23 2010
White-throated Sparrow 54 446 2010
Swamp Sparrow 41 89 1989
Dark-eyed Junco 54 256 2002
       
Bobolink * 1 1 2003
Eastern Meadowlark 54 220 1987
Baltimore Oriole * 1 1 1998
Red-winged Blackbird 42 3800 1994
Rusty Blackbird 30 150 2016
Brewer's Blackbird * 1 19 1992
Brown-headed Cowbird 43 3000 1999
Common Grackle 53 300,000 1972
Ovenbird * 1 1 2003
Orange-crowned Warbler * 1 1 1997
Common Yellowthroat 3 1 1999, 2002, 2004
Palm Warbler 10 1 5 2013
Pine Warbler 10 5 2005
Yellow-rumped Warbler 45 1 304 2003
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 55 479 2011

Note: Cookeville CBC high counts are sometimes higher than Putnam County high counts because part of the Cookeville CBC circle lies in White County; consequently, birds recorded in White County on a Cookeville CBC may be included as part of the CBC high count but not as part of the Putnam County high count.

 

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