Results of the 40th Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Count, Held December 15, 2001
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| Brown-headed Nuthatch at the Cookeville Golf Course, Putnam County, 20 January 2002; photo SJS. |
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| Results by Party |
Totals |
| Territory Location | SE | Cent. | SW | NW | W | NE | ENE | S | FW | |
| Party Leader | SJS | BHS | DLC | GKE | TBM | WAW | RWS | WB | JCO | |
| Field Observers and | TMC | TR | KLM | LMM | MPO | SB | DC | |||
| Feederwatchers | LIG | SHF | FJB | GSK | ||||||
| CDW | ILC | |||||||||
| Hrs. by Car | 9.25 | 5 | 6 | 6.5 | 2 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 6.25 | 0 | 45 |
| Hrs. on Foot | 1 | 5.25 | 1 | 3 | 6.75 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Total Hrs. | 10.25 | 10.25 | 7 | 9.5 | 8.75 | 9 | 6 | 6.25 | 0 | 67 |
| Miles by Car | 85 | 46 | 80 | 60 | 34 | 42 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 447 |
| Miles on Foot | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Total Miles | 85.5 | 50 | 81 | 62 | 37.5 | 45 | 34 | 67 | 0 | 462 |
| Hrs. Owling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 | 4.25 |
| Miles Owling | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Hrs. at Feeders | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.75 |
| Canada Goose | 26 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 45 | 198 | -- | 54 | -- | 370 |
| Wood Duck | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 3 |
| Blue-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Gadwall | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | 12 |
| Mallard | 3 | 3 | 11 | -- | 67 | 3 | -- | 2 | -- | 89 |
| American Black Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 2 |
| Northern Pintail | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Ring-necked Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
| Bufflehead | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
| Hooded Merganser | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
| Ruddy Duck | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Northern Bobwhite | -- | -- | -- | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Rock Pigeon | 36 | 28 | 7 | 67 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | -- | 171 |
| Mourning Dove | 62 | 93 | 50 | 62 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 57 | -- | 394 |
| American Coot | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Killdeer | 14 | 4 | -- | 8 | 2 | -- | -- | 19 | -- | 47 |
| Wilson's Snipe | cw | |||||||||
| Ring-billed Gull | cw | |||||||||
| Great Blue Heron | 3 | 2 | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 |
| Black Vulture | 120 | (4) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | 125 |
| Turkey Vulture | 240 | (3) | (2) | (24) | (7) | (23) | (16) | 36 | -- | 276 (240) |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Cooper's Hawk | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Accipiter sp. | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 3 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | 11 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -- | 29 |
| Barn Owl | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 4 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 |
| Great Horned Owl | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | 5 |
| Barred Owl | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 4 | 1 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 10 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 16 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 66 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 8 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | -- | 49 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 1 | 3 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 8 |
| Northern Flicker | 16 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | -- | 79 (74) |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | 15 |
| American Kestrel | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -- | 45 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 7 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | 14 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | cw | |||||||||
| Blue Jay | 39 | 58 | 72 | 53 | 39 | 26 | 41 | 66 | 10 | 404 |
| American Crow | 79 | 500 | 57 | 63 | 21 | 120 | 50 | 140 | 7 | 1037 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 27 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 23 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 5 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 13 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Brown Creeper | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Winter Wren | -- | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
| Carolina Wren | 35 | 54 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 195 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 21 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 7 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 52 | 66 | 38 | 50 | 28 | 68 | 35 | 103 | 9 | 449 (346) |
| Hermit Thrush | 6 | 9 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 21 (21) |
| American Robin | 23 | 50 | 29 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 164 | 1 | 322 |
| Brown Thrasher | -- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | 7 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 20 | 43 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -- | 117 |
| European Starling | 188 | 645 | 304 | 221 | 127 | 147 | 57 | 204 | 100 | 2000 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 67 | 2 | 121 | 30 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 100 | -- | 360 |
| House Sparrow | 32 | 42 | -- | 13 | -- | 20 | 14 | 2 | -- | 123 |
| American Pipit | cw | |||||||||
| House Finch | 49 | 48 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 53 | 84 | 10 | 2 | 322 |
| Purple Finch | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | 15 |
| Pine Siskin | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| American Goldfinch | 31 | 37 | 58 | 37 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 15 | -- | 253 (238) |
| Eastern Towhee | 23 | 33 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 106 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 8 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 |
| Field Sparrow | 41 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -- | 7 | -- | 97 |
| Savannah Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Fox Sparrow | 4 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 |
| Song Sparrow | 87 | 105 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 323 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 14 | 23 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 39 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 90 | 92 | 30 | 32 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 314 (294) |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 35 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 6 | -- | 109 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 18 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 27 | -- | 102 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 52 | -- | 54 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15 |
| Common Grackle | -- | 332 | 101 | 90 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 524 |
| blackbird sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50 | -- | -- | -- | 50 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 38 | 37 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 22 | -- | -- | 151 |
| Northern Cardinal | 35 | 70 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 284 |
| Total Individuals | 10053 | |||||||||
| Total Species | 56 | 54 | 51 | 44 | 44 | 40 | 39 | 44 |
15 |
78 |
Key:
| cw = species seen during count week (December 12–14 & 16–18) but not on count day. |
Field Observers:
| SB | Sharon Brines |
| WB | Wally Brines |
| FJB | Frank J. Bulow |
| TMC | Terry M. Campbell |
| DLC | Daniel L. Combs |
| ILC | Ivan L. Cordrey |
| GKE | Ginger K. Ensor |
| SHF | Susan H. Ford |
| LIG | Louann I. Gum |
| GSK | Graham S. Kash |
| KLM | Kenneth L. Morgan |
| MPO | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| LMM | Lynda M. Mills |
| TBM | Thomas B. Mills |
| TR | Thomas Roberts |
| RWS | Richard W. Simmers |
| BHS | Barbara H. Stedman |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
| WAW | Winston A. Walden |
| CDW | Carol D. Williams |
Feederwatchers (FW):
| DC | David Chaffin |
| JCO | John C. Owens |
Notes:
The two boldfaced names represent species new to the count, bringing the all-time Cookeville CBC species total to 126.
Boldfaced totals (11) represent highest-ever totals for the Cookeville CBC. Boldfaced numbers (5) in parentheses after totals represent highest counts ever for Putnam County (these numbers are usually lower than CBC totals because CBC totals include birds counted in the White County part of the CBC circle).
The totals for Black and Turkey vultures represent a dawn count at the City Lake roost plus those counted in White County; all others were considered duplicate sightings.
The Blue-winged Teal apparently had an injured left wing; present since at least 21 November, it represented the first Cookeville CBC record.
The Brown-headed Nuthatches also provided a first Cookeville CBC record and originally were thought to provide a first record for the county, but it turned out that the species had previously been recorded.
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