Results of the 53rd Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Count, Conducted 14 December 2014

Northern Pintail [lateral view of adult male]. Photograph Credit: Susan E. Pirolo; intersection of Randolph Rd. and Mt. Herman Rd., Putnam County, Tennessee; 14 December 2014.

 

The 53rd Cookeville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was conducted 14 December 2014, a day that witnessed mild temperatures and cloudy skies.The total of species recorded—86—was slightly above average for the past few years.  No species new to the Cookeville CBC was observed during this count.

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Table 1. Results of the Cookeville, Tennessee, CBC Conducted 14 December 2014.

Location
W
N
NE
SE
SW
White
FW
Total
                 
Party Leader
EKL
JCF
NPM
MSF
DLC
WFB
Party Members
JH
RCF
SNM
DRB
JJ
SB
SJS
DW
NSL
SEP
GKE
RJM
Number of Field Parties
1
1-2
1
1
1
1
0
6-7
Number of Field Observers
3
3
2
4
2
2
0
16
Number of Feederwatchers
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
  Hours on Foot
3
1.5
1.5
1
5
0.25
0
12.25
  Hours by Car
7.5
9.25
6.75
8.75
2.5
8.5
0
43.25
Total Party Hours
10.5
10.75
8.25
9.75
7.5
8.75
0
55.5
  Miles on Foot
4
1.5
2
1
1.5
0.25
0
10.25
  Miles by Car
47
64
67.3
49
38.8
68
0
334.1
Total Party Miles
51
65.5
69.3
50
40.3
68.25
0
344.35
Hours Owling
0.75
0.75
0.25
0
0
0.5
0
2.25
Miles Owling
6
10.2
2
0
0
0.25
0
18.45
Hours at Feeders
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.25
1.25
Start CST
545
510
620
700
630
530
800
510
End CST
1700
1645
1445
1640
1500
1330
1700
Low Temperature F
41
35
37
35
35
36
41
35
High Temperature F
48
50
48
49
50
48
50
50
Wind Speed (mph)
0
0-10+
0-5
0-5
0
0-10
0-5
Wind Direction
NNW
Variable
Variable
Variable
Sky AM
cloudy
haze/overc.
overcast
cloudy
pclo
overcast
cloudy
Clo
Sky PM
pclo to cle
clo/pclo
overc./pclo
clo to pclo
pclo
overc./clo
clo/pclo
Clo to Pclo
Precipitation AM
none
none
none
none
none
none
None
Precipitation PM
none
none
none
none
none
none
None
Moon Phase
Last Quart.
Last Quarter
Canada Goose
105
113
44
61
57
16
1
397
Wood Duck
8
8
Northern Shoveler
1
7
8
Gadwall
15
4
2
21
Mallard
24
26
16
80
15
4
1
166
American Black Duck
2
2
Northern Pintail
1
1
Green-winged Teal
2
2
Ring-necked Duck
2
4
6
Bufflehead
5
5
Common Goldeneye
1
1
Hooded Merganser
9
19
4
10
42
Ruddy Duck
5
1
6
Northern Bobwhite
12
8
20
Wild Turkey
5
6
97
108
Pied-billed Grebe
11
1
2
2
16
Horned Grebe
2
2
Rock Pigeon
88
77
17
22
11
56
271
Eurasian Collared-Dove
26
26**
Mourning Dove
95
31
18
43
75
56
2
320
American Coot
53
1
54
Sandhill Crane
80
80
Killdeer
19
1
26
2
17
65
Wilson's Snipe
1
1
Bonaparte's Gull
8
8*
Great Blue Heron
3
3
4
5
1
2
1
19
Black Vulture
27
67
3
178
6
6
287
Turkey Vulture
32
49
5
48
14
15
163
Northern Harrier
2
2
Cooper's Hawk
1
1
1
1
4
  Accipiter Sp.
1
1
Red-shouldered Hawk
3
3
5
4
4
1
20
Red-tailed Hawk
1
13
7
3
8
4
36
Barn Owl
1
1
Eastern Screech-Owl
1
1
2
Great Horned Owl
2
1
2
5
Barred Owl
1
1
2
Belted Kingfisher
1
1
1
4
1
8
Red-headed Woodpecker
5
7
4
1
1
18
Red-bellied Woodpecker
24
5
11
11
11
2
2
66
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3
4
4
3
6
1
21
Downy Woodpecker
14
5
7
3
6
3
2
40
Hairy Woodpecker
1
1
1
2
5
Northern Flicker
4
12
6
11
7
6
2
48
Pileated Woodpecker
2
2
7
7
3
3
1
25
American Kestrel
2
2
5
5
1
18
33
Eastern Phoebe
2
1
3
1
1
8
Loggerhead Shrike
2
2
Blue Jay
58
59
49
42
36
38
7
289
American Crow
85
109
64
89
61
55
6
469
Carolina Chickadee
31
6
5
12
13
12
7
86
Tufted Titmouse
41
12
16
13
21
7
9
119
Red-breasted Nuthatch
1
1
White-breasted Nuthatch
19
9
13
8
5
2
4
60
Brown-headed Nuthatch
4
4
Brown Creeper
1
1
2
Winter Wren
2
2
2
1
7
Carolina Wren
31
2
22
7
16
7
4
89
Golden-crowned Kinglet
4
2
1
2
9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1
1
1
3
Eastern Bluebird
63
27
29
39
35
66
1
260
Hermit Thrush
1
2
2
5
American Robin
9
12
29
17
27
25
1
120
Brown Thrasher
10
1
2
1
1
2
17
Northern Mockingbird
36
25
12
14
9
14
1
111
European Starling
571
464
380
852
605
1016
3888
Cedar Waxwing
15
15
House Sparrow
8
11
2
13
34
House Finch
11
2
7
2
25
2
49
Purple Finch
1
6
7
American Goldfinch
30
2
16
10
30
2
90
Eastern Towhee
15
7
4
10
8
2
46
Chipping Sparrow
5
2
7
Field Sparrow
12
5
17
2
21
7
64
Savannah Sparrow
5
1
10
16
Fox Sparrow
5
5
Song Sparrow
68
15
43
20
42
11
1
200
Swamp Sparrow
5
1
3
1
6
4
20
White-crowned Sparrow
9
6
4
19
White-throated Sparrow
37
12
20
6
33
53
2
163
Dark-eyed Junco
5
10
26
5
1
17
64
Eastern Meadowlark
32
25
3
18
7
85
Red-winged Blackbird
2
86
88
Rusty Blackbird
30
30
Common Grackle
125
2000
2125
Yellow-rumped Warbler
1
3
3
4
1
12
Northern Cardinal
33
24
27
16
19
37
3
159
Total Individuals
1933
1326
1000
1806
3238
1913
73
11289
Total Species
62
54
52
48
46
60
30
86

 

Key to Observer Initials (FW = Feederwatcher):

Initials Observer's Name
   
SB Sharon Brines
WFB Wally F. Brines
DRB Douglas R. Bruce
DLC Daniel L. Combs
GKE Ginger K. Ensor (FW)
MSF Melinda S. Fawver
JCF Janie C. Finch
RCF Richard C. Finch
JH Jon Hoch
JJ Jake Jung
NSL Nancy S. Layzer
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
RJM Ronald J. McDonald
NPM N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
SNM Susan N. McWhirter
SEP Susan E. Pirolo
DW Dane Waldman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman, compiler (FW)

 

Comments:

cw = observed some time during count week (11–13 & 15–17 December) only.

* = new Cookeville CBC high count (1 species).

** = new Cookeville CBC high count and Putnam County high count (1 species—Putnam County high count in parentheses if different from CBC high count; 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 counted in that county may be included as part of the Cookeville CBC high count but not as part of the Putnam County all-time high count).

The species was observed site (observers).

 

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