High Counts for Species Registered on the Putnam County, Tennessee, Spring Bird Count During 41 Counts (1961–1978 and 1992–2014)
High counts are listed below for each of 205 species of birds registered during the 40-year history of the Cookeville Spring Bird Count (SBC).
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| Species | High Count | Year(s) of High Count |
| Snow Goose | 1 | 1999 |
| Canada Goose | 271 | 2012 |
| Wood Duck | 47 | 1998 |
| American Wigeon | 9 | 1993 |
| Mallard | 60 | 2010 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 9 | 2013 |
| Northern Shoveler | 2 | 2014 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 2 | 2012 |
| Lesser Scaup | 5 | 1963 |
| Long-tailed Duck | 1 | 2002 |
| Hooded Merganser | 1 | 1994 |
| Common Merganser | 2 | 1961 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1 | 1998 |
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | 1999, 2006 |
| Northern Bobwhite | 68 | 1977 |
| Ruffed Grouse | 3 | 1994 |
| Wild Turkey | 29 | 2014 |
| Common Loon | 5 | 2003 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 3 | 1965, 2013 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 24 | 2001 |
| Great Blue Heron | 41 | 2012 |
| Great Egret | 6 | 2010 |
| Little Blue Heron | 1 | 1961, 1975 |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 2006, 2007 |
| Green Heron | 24 | 2012 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 2009 |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 |
| Black Vulture | 87 | 2014 |
| Turkey Vulture | 153 | 2010 |
| Osprey | 1 | twelve years |
| Mississippi Kite | 1 | 2001 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 1993, 2012 |
| Northern Harrier | 3 | 1976 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 | 1993, 1995, 1999 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 7 | 1997, 2008 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 17 | 2010 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 12 | 1999 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 33 | 2010 |
| Sora | 2 | 2008, 2013 |
| American Coot | 6 | 1966, 1972 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 21 | 2013 |
| Killdeer | 102 | 2009 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 24 | 2012 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 9 | 2008 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 3 | 2009, 2013 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 4 | 2013 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 7 | 2013 |
| Least Sandpiper | 20 | 2013 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 | 1994 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 8 | 2010 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 1 | 2005 |
| Wilson's Snipe | 8 | 1966, 1977 |
| American Woodcock | 6 | 1976 |
| Forster's Tern | 1 | 2002 |
| Rock Pigeon | 140 | 2000 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 12 | 2014 |
| Mourning Dove | 472 | 2012 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 14 | 2005 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 4 | 1994 |
| Barn Owl | 2 | 1961, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 7 | 2010 |
| Great Horned Owl | 6 | 2006 |
| Barred Owl | 11 | 1998, 1999 |
| Common Nighthawk | 11 | 2001 |
| Chuck-will's-widow | 16 | 1993 |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 30 | 1993 |
| Chimney Swift | 238 | 2008 |
| Ruby-thr. Hummingbird | 51 | 2007 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 10 | 2004, 2012 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 25 | 2008 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 122 | 2008 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 8 | 1965 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 46 | 2007 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 15 | 2004 |
| Northern Flicker | 40 | 1965 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 46 | 2008, 2009 |
| American Kestrel | 25 | 2000 |
| Merlin | 1 | 2013 |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 2 | 2012 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 126 | 2006 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 81 | 2001 |
| Willow Flycatcher | 1 | 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| Least Flycatcher | 2 | 2008 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 124 | 2009 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 80 | 2004 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 130 | 2008 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 9 | 1992 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 250 | 2007 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 66 | 2008 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 34 | 2008 |
| Warbling Vireo | 3 | 2008, 2014 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 1 | 1997, 2009 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 691 | 2006 |
| Blue Jay | 269 | 2007 |
| American Crow | 405 | 2013 |
| Horned Lark | 12 | 1997 |
| Purple Martin | 230 | 2008 |
| Tree Swallow | 78 | 2009, 2010 |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 116 | 2009 |
| Bank Swallow | 67 | 1992 |
| Cliff Swallow | 44 | 2010 |
| Barn Swallow | 323 | 2008 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 158 | 2007 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 270 | 2013 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4 | 1970 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 57 | 2008 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 10 | 2006 |
| Brown Creeper | 3 | 1961, 1965 |
| House Wren | 65 | 2005 |
| Winter Wren | 4 | 1962 |
| Sedge Wren | 2 | 2008 |
| Marsh Wren | 1 | 1977 |
| Carolina Wren | 288 | 2005 |
| Bewick's Wren | 15 | 1966 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 7 | 1976 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5 | 2009 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 226 | 2008 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 342 | 2008 |
| Veery | 7 | 1967 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 5 | 1998 |
| Swainson's Thrush | 39 | 1997 |
| Wood Thrush | 179 | 2008 |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 | 1972, 1975 |
| American Robin | 837 | 2014 |
| Gray Catbird | 62 | 2008 |
| Brown Thrasher | 111 | 2008 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 296 | 2013 |
| European Starling | 2451 | 2012 |
| American Pipit | 25 | 2008 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 357 | 2009 |
| Ovenbird | 175 | 1998 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 35 | 2005 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 24 | 2014 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 5 | 1992, 1998 |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 4 | 1995 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 31 | 1998 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 126 | 1998 |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 8 | 2008 |
| Swainson's Warbler | 2 | 1998 |
| Tennessee Warbler | 61 | 1998 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 2 | 1961, 1977 |
| Nashville Warbler | 5 | 1998 |
| Connecticut Warbler | 1 | 1994, 2006 |
| Mourning Warbler | 2 | 1992 |
| Kentucky Warbler | 99 | 2008 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 409 | 2001 |
| Hooded Warbler | 131 | 2005, 2006 |
| American Redstart | 68 | 2004 |
| Cape May Warbler | 15 | 1997 |
| Cerulean Warbler | 49 | 2001 |
| Northern Parula | 84 | 2007 |
| Magnolia Warbler | 30 | 2008 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 26 | 1998 |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 7 | 1999, 2007 |
| Yellow Warbler | 104 | 1998 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 13 | 1992, 1997 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 57 | 1998 |
| Black-thr. Blue Warbler | 2 | 1996, 2011 |
| Palm Warbler | 18 | 1992 |
| Pine Warbler | 35 | 2007 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 75 | 1992 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 69 | 2008 |
| Prairie Warbler | 131 | 2002 |
| Black-thr. Green Warbler | 42 | 1998 |
| Canada Warbler | 7 | 1994 |
| Wilson's Warbler | 4 | 1992 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 147 | 2000 |
| Eastern Towhee | 248 | 2007 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 5 | 1961 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 270 | 2005 |
| Field Sparrow | 259 | 2008 |
| Vesper Sparrow | 2 | 1962, 1967, 2010 |
| Lark Sparrow | 2 | 1966 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 13 | 1974 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 12 | 2008 |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 2 | 2007 |
| Fox Sparrow | 1 | 1978, 1993 |
| Song Sparrow | 304 | 2005 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 3 | 2009 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 9 | 1976, 1977 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 112 | 1976 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 22 | 1968 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 38 | 1961 |
| Summer Tanager | 114 | 2008 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 114 | 2008 |
| Northern Cardinal | 652 | 2007 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 51 | 1998 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 59 | 2001 |
| Indigo Bunting | 892 | 2001 |
| Dickcissel | 8 | 2012 |
| Bobolink | 53 | 1992 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 668 | 2005 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 324 | 2012 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 15 | 1978 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | 25 | 1961 |
| Common Grackle | 17,000 | 1975 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 272 | 2005 |
| Orchard Oriole | 101 | 2001 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 10 | 2007 |
| Purple Finch | 68 | 1975 |
| House Finch | 117 | 2008 |
| Pine Siskin | 32 | 2009 |
| American Goldfinch | 258 | 1964 |
| Evening Grosbeak | 40 | 1976 |
| House Sparrow | 304 | 2008 |
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