Results of the 39th Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Count, Conducted 16 December 2000
Collared Canada Goose at Cane Creek Park; photo SJS. |
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Table 1. Results of Cookeville, Tennessee, CBC 16 December 2000.
Territory Location |
NE |
ENE |
SE |
Cent. |
SW |
S |
W |
NW |
FW |
Total |
Party Leader |
WAW |
RWS |
SJS |
BHS |
DLC |
WB |
LP |
GKE |
||
Field Observers and FW |
JCO |
TMC |
SHF |
SB |
JF |
KLM |
LG |
|||
GSK | JNL | ILC | JW | MH | EI | |||||
JJ | TR | |||||||||
ND | ||||||||||
Number of Field Parties | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Number of Field Observers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
Number of Feeder Watchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Hours by Car |
6 |
3.75 |
7 |
6.5 |
9 |
8 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
-- |
48.25 |
Hours on Foot |
2 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
4 |
0.5 |
-- |
8.5 |
Total Hours |
8 |
4.25 |
8 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
8 |
6.5 |
6 |
-- |
56.75 |
Miles by Car |
51 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
53 |
60 |
25 |
50 |
-- |
439 |
Miles on Foot |
2 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
2 |
0.5 |
-- |
6.5 |
Total Miles |
53 |
40.5 |
81 |
80 |
53.5 |
60 |
27 |
50.5 |
-- |
445.5 |
Hours Owling | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | -- | 1.75 |
Miles Owling |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
15 |
Feeder Hours |
0 |
0.25 |
0.25 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6.5 |
8 |
Snow Goose |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Canada Goose |
0 |
0 |
131 |
56 |
62 |
16 |
196 |
118 |
0 |
579 (563) |
Wood Duck |
0 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Gadwall |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Mallard |
0 |
0 |
13 |
15 |
48 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
93 |
American Black Duck |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Green-winged Teal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Ring-necked Duck |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
scaup sp. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Long-tailed Duck |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Bufflehead |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Common Goldeneye |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Hooded Merganser |
0 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Ruddy Duck |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
Northern Bobwhite |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Pied-billed Grebe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Horned Grebe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Rock Pigeon |
0 |
6 |
50 |
5 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
115 |
Mourning Dove |
6 |
32 |
11 |
77 |
58 |
11 |
20 |
27 |
4 |
246 |
American Coot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Sandhill Crane |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Killdeer |
0 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
7 |
66 |
1 |
56 |
0 |
154 |
American Woodcock |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Bonaparte’s Gull |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Ring-billed Gull |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Great Blue Heron |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
16 |
Black Vulture |
0 |
0 |
150 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
157 (155) |
Turkey Vulture |
96 |
6 |
85 |
0 |
11 |
26 |
3 |
23 |
0 |
250 (224) |
Northern Harrier |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Cooper's Hawk |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
2 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
26 |
Barn Owl |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Eastern Screech-Owl |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Great Horned Owl |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Belted Kingfisher |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
11 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
50 |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Downy Woodpecker |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
28 |
Hairy Woodpecker |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Northern Flicker |
5 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
43 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
American Kestrel |
4 |
2 |
16 |
6 |
5 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
54 |
Eastern Phoebe |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Loggerhead Shrike |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
Blue Jay |
6 |
10 |
17 |
17 |
32 |
27 |
12 |
28 |
9 |
158 |
American Crow |
53 |
46 |
320 |
404 |
246 |
52 |
46 |
338 |
0 |
1505(1453) |
Carolina Chickadee |
4 |
16 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
12 |
13 |
4 |
106 |
Tufted Titmouse |
1 |
4 |
20 |
14 |
22 |
11 |
9 |
15 |
7 |
103 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
Brown Creeper |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Winter Wren |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Carolina Wren |
11 |
8 |
11 |
16 |
15 |
8 |
6 |
12 |
1 |
88 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
8 |
0 |
28 |
Rudy-crowned Kinglet. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Eastern Bluebird |
49 |
31 |
40 |
36 |
35 |
85 |
9 |
41 |
0 |
326 |
Hermit Thrush |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
American Robin |
12 |
2 |
45 |
4 |
42 |
150 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
272 |
Brown Thrasher |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Northern Mockingbird |
5 |
3 |
4 |
19 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
59 |
European Starling |
340 |
276 |
655 |
627 |
2100 |
3610 |
0 |
755 |
11 |
8374 |
Cedar Waxing |
0 |
34 |
37 |
19 |
35 |
124 |
8 |
53 |
0 |
310 |
House Sparrow |
0 |
0 |
2 |
57 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
99 |
American Pipit |
0 |
0 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
House Finch |
2 |
1 |
21 |
54 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
13 |
115 |
Purple Finch |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Pine Siskin |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
American Goldfinch |
5 |
5 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
18 |
17 |
81 |
Eastern Towhee |
1 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
33 |
Field Sparrow |
0 |
0 |
18 |
5 |
17 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
56 |
Vesper Sparrow |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
cw |
Fox Sparrow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Song Sparrow |
12 |
7 |
17 |
27 |
36 |
10 |
17 |
9 |
2 |
137 |
Swamp Sparrow |
0 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
White-throated Sparrow |
0 |
4 |
55 |
28 |
48 |
46 |
6 |
13 |
7 |
207 |
White-crowned Sparrow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Dark-eyed Junco |
17 |
2 |
21 |
7 |
35 |
2 |
1 |
45 |
1 |
131 |
Eastern Meadowlark |
0 |
3 |
60 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
86 |
Red-winged Blackbird |
20 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Common Grackle |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5000 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5025 |
Pine Warbler |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
3 |
19 |
14 |
16 |
13 |
0 |
9 |
15 |
0 |
89 |
Northern Cardinal |
22 |
36 |
22 |
49 |
74 |
5 |
11 |
25 |
11 |
255 |
Total Individuals |
702 |
589 |
2048 |
1668 |
8138 |
4380 |
470 |
1738 |
95 |
19828 |
Total Species |
78 |
Key to Observer Initials (FW = Feeder Watcher):
SB | Sharon Brines |
WB | Wally Brines |
TMC | Terry M. Campbell |
DLC | Daniel L. Combs |
ILC | Ivan L. Cordrey |
ND | Neal Dziepak (FW) |
GKE | Ginger K. Ensor |
SHF | Susan H. Ford |
JF | Joyce Fry |
LG | Louann Gum (FW) |
MH | Michael Hodge |
JJ | Jeff Johnson |
EI | Elmer Ingle (FW) |
GSK | Graham S. Kash |
KLM | Kenneth L. Morgan |
JNL | Janet North-Liu |
JCO | John C. Owens |
LP | Lynda Perry |
TR | Tim Riddle (FW) |
RWS | Richard W. Simmers, Jr. |
BHS | Barbara H. Stedman |
SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
WAW | Winston A. Walden |
JW | Joyce Wright |
Notes:
cw = count week (Dec. 13–15 & 17–19) species.Bold-faced name (1) represents a species new to the count, bringing the all-time Cookeville CBC species total to 124.
Boldfaced numbers (12) represent highest-ever totals for the Cookeville CBC.
Numbers (4) in parentheses after count totals represent highest counts ever for Putnam County; these numbers are lower than CBC totals because CBC totals include birds counted in the White County part of the CBC circle.
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