Results of the 46th Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Count, Conducted 15 December 2007

 

Photographed at Cane Creek Park 16 January 2008, this Ruby-crowned Kinglet belongs to a species that has been registered on 17 of the last 21 Cookeville CBCs; note the recent "work" by a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the trunk of the tree, possibly causing the kinglet's presence; photo DJ Stanley.

 

The 46th Cookeville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was conducted 15 December 2007.  Twenty observers (16 in field parties and 4 feederwatchers; see the list below) took part in this effort to monitor the bird populations of the county.  In all, 88 species were observed on count day, while an additional 4 species were noted during count week (the three days before and the three days after count day).  The species total for count day was just one shy of the all-time high species total achieved on this CBC twice in the past (during 2003 and 2005).

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Table 1. Results of Cookeville, Tennessee, CBC 15 December 2007.

Territory Location Central SE SW NW NE ENE White Feeders Total
                   
Party Leader BHS SJS DLC GKE WAW RWS WB HO  
    CDW EKL MJH MPO   SB JCO  
      KB NSL TMS     MR  
      JCF     BD  
Number of Field Parties 1 1 1 1–3 1 1 1 0 7–9
Number of Field Observers 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 0 16
Number of Feederwatchers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Hours by Car 4 10 4.75 6.75 9 2.5 7.5 0 44.5
Hours on Foot 5 0 6 4.25 1 2.5 0.5 0 19.25
Party Hours 9 10 10.75 11 10 5 8 0 63.75
Miles by Car 55 95 35 64 70 43 68 0 430
Miles on Foot 5 0 5 4 2 0.75 0.25 0 17
Total Party Miles 60 95 40 68 72 43.75 68.25 0 447
Hours Owling 1 1.75 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.75
Miles Owling 7 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 31
Hours at Feeders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
Start CST 6:15 4:25 6:00 6:30 6:00 6:27 5:00 6:00 4:25
End CST 4:45 4:45 4:45 4:30 4:00 3:50 3:00 4:30 4:45
Low Temperature F 40
High Temperature F 60
Wind Speed (MPH) 0–30
Wind Direction SW
Sky AM Overcast
Sky PM Overcast
Precipitation AM None
Precipitation PM Late Rain
Moon Phase 1st Quarter
Canada Goose 156 95 55 150 23 13 55 547
Wood Duck 10 6 16
Northern Shoveler 2 6 8
Gadwall 6 37 36 79**(79)
Mallard 16 56 31 25 12 17 2 159*
American Black Duck 2 2
Green-winged Teal 1 1
     Redhead cw
Ring-necked Duck 6 71 77
Lesser Scaup 3 3
Bufflehead 12 1 13
Hooded Merganser 10 22 5 5 5 47
    Red-breasted Merganser cw
Ruddy Duck 10 2 12
duck sp. 4 1 5
Northern Bobwhite 6 6
Wild Turkey 77 11 10 25 123** (98)
Pied-billed Grebe 4 4
Horned Grebe 1 1
Rock Pigeon 72 20 15 16 49 29 201
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 6*
Mourning Dove 156 70 95 230 104 86 22 763** (677)
American Coot 88 88*
Sandhill Crane 1 11 1 13
Killdeer 2 7 38 75 2 23 147
American Woodcock 1 1 2
Wilson's Snipe 2 2
    Bonaparte's Gull cw
Ring-billed Gull 26 26*
Great Blue Heron 3 6 3 2 1 1 4 20
Black Vulture 17 80 26 10 13 55 201
Turkey Vulture 33 115 24 37 19 2 51 281
Northern Harrier 1 2 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 3
   Accipiter sp. 1 1 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 6 1 1 4 15
Red-tailed Hawk 9 6 3 2 5 1 8 34
Eastern Screech-Owl 2 1 1 4
Great Horned Owl 3 4 1 1 9
Barred Owl 1 1 1 3
Belted Kingfisher 3 4 1 3 3 2 16*
Red-headed Woodpecker 2 2 1 2 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 11 11 10 10 9 2 4 2 59
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 2 3 1 1 1 9
Downy Woodpecker 12 7 7 6 6 2 1 2 43
Hairy Woodpecker 1 2 2 2 1 8
Northern Flicker 4 11 11 9 3 1 3 42
Pileated Woodpecker 6 5 6 4 2 2 25
American Kestrel 7 7 2 9 8 1 18 52
Eastern Phoebe 1 4 2 2 2 11
Blue Jay 80 23 39 27 14 5 34 6 228
American Crow 170 255 48 166 74 11 48 25 797
Carolina Chickadee 13 22 22 22 13 6 4 9 111
Tufted Titmouse 17 13 44 25 27 6 20 24 176
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 15 12 10 17 13 4 7 6 84
Brown-headed Nuthatch 4 4*
Brown Creeper 1 1 2 4
House Wren 1 1 2
Winter Wren 1 1 3 1 6
Carolina Wren 25 23 36 19 15 15 9 2 144
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 7 1 4 11 1 26
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 2 1 3 3 10
Eastern Bluebird 105 58 38 69 39 10 92 1 412
Hermit Thrush 2 1 2 1 1 7
American Robin 26 25 62 17 9 1 40 180
Brown Thrasher 4 4 2 10
Northern Mockingbird 32 16 12 18 9 2 10 99
European Starling 415 290 3000 498 150 100 334 33 4820
Cedar Waxwing 9 11 15 10 32 77
House Sparrow 120 30 12 20 2 6 30 220
American Pipit 2 60 40 102*
House Finch 45 17 2 5 2 1 16 5 93
Purple Finch 2 2 1 4 9
    Pine Siskin cw
American Goldfinch 29 21 49 44 29 3 14 8 197
Eastern Towhee 16 13 12 10 4 6 2 63
Chipping Sparrow 2 1 3 4 10
Field Sparrow 30 15 45 37 3 24 1 155
Savannah Sparrow 2 2 4
Fox Sparrow 1 2 3 2 2 10
Song Sparrow 55 25 60 47 56 8 16 1 268
Swamp Sparrow 6 2 7 2 17
White-throated Sparrow 34 14 81 31 14 3 37 214
White-crowned Sparrow 8 1 12 21*
Dark-eyed Junco 14 33 10 27 33 62 179
Eastern Meadowlark 2 8 2 8 4 72 96
Red-winged Blackbird 18 200 1 219
Rusty Blackbird 2 2
Common Grackle 1 100 7 32 14 154
Palm Warbler 1 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 9 15 26 2 3 16 71
Northern Cardinal 105 39 75 65 41 9 18 18 370*
Total Individuals 2085 1653 4183 2164 921 293 1365 212 12876
Total Species 69 58 59 57 52 35 59 20 88

 

Key to Observer Initials (FW = Feederwatcher):

Initials Observer's Name
KB Kris Bolin
SB Sharon Brines
WB Wally Brines
DLC Daniel L. Combs
BD Bettie Doyle (FW)
GKE Ginger K. Ensor
JCF Janie C. Finch
MJH Michael J. Hawkins
NSL Nancy S. Layzer
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
MPO Michael P. O'Rourke
HO Handley "Ozzie" Oswalt (FW)
JCO John C. Owens (FW)
MR Michele Ramsey (FW)
TMS Thomas M. Saya
RWS Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman, compiler
WAW Winston A. Walden
CDW Carol D. Williams

Notes:

cw = observed count week (December 12–14 & 16–18) only.

* = new Cookeville CBC high count (9 species plus 2 species tied high count—AMW0 and GHOW).

** = new Cookeville CBC high count and Putnam County high count (3 species—Putnam County high count in parentheses; the Putnam County high count may be lower than the CBC high count because part of the CBC circle is in White County; any birds seen in that county may be counted as part of the Cookeville CBC high count, but not as part of the Putnam County all-time high count).

No species new to the Cookeville CBC was found this year, so the all-time species total for the CBC remains at 132.

One Eurasian Collared-Dove was calling in Cane Creek Park (BHS), providing the first record for that site.

The Brown-headed Nuthatches were all found at the Cookeville Golf Course (MPO, TMS), the traditional site for this species in Putnam County (and the Upper Cumberland Region); many thanks to the manager of the golf course for permitting CBC counters to be on the course early on the morning of the count to search for these rare birds.

 

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