Results of the 55th Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Count, Conducted 14 December 2016

 
 

 

The 55th Cookeville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was conducted 14 December 2016, a day that witnessed weather conditions (33-44 degrees F; overcast AM; partly cloudy PM; little wind) that were quite conducive to counting birds. The total of species recorded—89—was a bit above the average species total for the past decade.  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 2016.

Territory Location NE SE SW West NW1 NW2 NW3 White County Total
                 
Party Leader NPM SJS DLC EKL GKE JCF [JCF WB
Party Members SNM SEP RP LEH RF GKE
RJM LEH]
                   
Number of Field Parties 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6-7
Number Field Observers 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 13
                   
Start Time 0700CST 0510CST 0630CST 0545CST 0625CST 0515CST 1330CST 0530CST 0510CST
End Time 1424CST 1640CST 1600CST 1700CST 1310CST 1330CST 1645CST 1400CST 1700CST
   Hours by Car 4.75 9.75 5.5 2.5 5 3.75 2 7.5 40.75
   Hours on Foot 2.75 0.5 4 8 1.75 3.25 1.25 0.5 22
Total Party Hours 7.5 10.25 9.5 10.5 6.75 7 3.25 8 62.75
   Miles by Car 61.5 61.6 44.9 37 30 40.4 12.5 68 355.9
   Miles on Foot 2.4 0.5 1 4.5 1 2.2 1.25 0.2 13.05
Total Party Miles 63.9 62.1 45.9 41.5 31 42.6 13.75 68.2 368.95
Hours Owling 0 1.25 0 0.75 0 0.5 0 1 3.5
Miles Owling 0 10 0 15.25 0 0.5 0 0.2 25.95
               
Low Temperature (F) 35 37 37 32 39 33 32
High Temperature (F) 44 44 43 43 43 39 44
Wind Speed (mph) 0-5 0/0-5 0-5 0-5 0-5
Wind Direction variable NW Variable
Sky AM overcast cloudy overcast overcast pcle overcast Overcast
Sky PM partly cloudy clear partly cloudy partly cloudy partly cloudy Partly Cloudy
Precipitation AM none early misting none None
Precipitation PM none none None
Moon Phase full full Full
     
Greater White-fronted Goose 6 6
Snow Goose 2 1 3 * (tie)
Canada Goose 28 105 35 100 68 4 2 22 364
Wood Duck 3 8 11
Gadwall 17 1 5 23
American Wigeon 1 1 2
Mallard 18 47 2 35 5 2 2 2 113
American Black Duck 2 2
Ring-necked Duck 82 8 15 105
Bufflehead 11 11
Common Goldeneye 2 2
Hooded Merganser 2 40 17 10 40 6 6 121 *
Ruddy Duck 3 3 6
Wild Turkey 16 11 40 67
Pied-billed Grebe 3 2 5 1 11
Rock Pigeon 12 123 35 55 22 247
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 6
Mourning Dove 69 33 12 21 15 9 46 205
American Coot 30 30
Sandhill Crane 42 29 13 15 2 120 60 281
Killdeer 7 6 19 1 33
Wilson's Snipe 1 1
Bonaparte's Gull 8 8 * (tie)
Ring-billed Gull 45 45 *
Great Blue Heron 2 5 3 1 2 13
Black Vulture 4 5 8 6 1 24
Turkey Vulture 6 10 59 30 21 12 20 2 160
Northern Harrier 1 1 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 1 4
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 1 1 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 12
Red-tailed Hawk 8 2 1 2 2 2 5 22
Barn Owl 1 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 3 3
Great Horned Owl 1 2 3
Barred Owl 2 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 5 3 1 1 2 13
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 8 1 5 6 1 2 24
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10 12 14 16 10 3 1 7 73
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 12
Downy Woodpecker 3 7 4 5 3 1 1 2 26
Hairy Woodpecker 2 4 2 2 1 1 3 15
Northern Flicker 8 10 5 16 7 4 3 4 57
Pileated Woodpecker 5 6 2 1 2 4 1 2 23
American Kestrel 5 7 3 8 1 1 7 32
Eastern Phoebe 3 5 2 5 2 1 1 19
Blue Jay 76 59 104 58 60 53 5 64 479
American Crow 55 104 87 214 185 101 19 35 800
Carolina Chickadee 13 16 8 18 31 2 2 12 102
Tufted Titmouse 16 16 8 27 26 6 4 13 116
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 3 2 1 3 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 13 10 4 7 13 7 2 8 64
Brown-headed Nuthatch 5 5
Brown Creeper 2 1 1 1 1 6
House Wren 1 1 2
Winter Wren 3 4 3 4 1 4 19 **
Carolina Wren 10 18 15 18 23 13 5 7 109
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 10 4 8 1 2 28
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 1 5 2 2 12
Eastern Bluebird 44 14 14 13 10 14 1 13 123
Hermit Thrush 1 3 2 2 1 9
American Robin 31 23 50 12 34 40 41 53 284
Brown Thrasher 2 4 1 3 1 1 2 14
Northern Mockingbird 14 10 8 9 14 8 2 7 72
European Starling 147 267 264 155 126 161 70 275 1465
Cedar Waxwing 276 140 18 37 24 9 25 40 569
House Sparrow 1 2 4 18 4 2 31
House Finch 16 32 1 77 76 1 3 39 245
Purple Finch 1 1 2
American Goldfinch 31 12 6 33 3 4 86 175
Eastern Towhee 11 17 11 11 5 3 3 61
Chipping Sparrow 78 25 2 1 4 110 *
Field Sparrow 13 13 16 18 1 3 64
Fox Sparrow 3 6 9
Savannah Sparrow 1 3 4 8
Song Sparrow 5 57 18 45 5 9 5 8 152
Swamp Sparrow 1 20 5 21 2 2 51
White-crowned Sparrow 2 9 1 12
White-throated Sparrow 21 54 10 28 7 8 10 34 172
Dark-eyed Junco 63 22 13 1 3 7 11 120
Eastern Meadowlark 20 22 15 2 30 89
Red-winged Blackbird 45 5 25 9 2 134 220
Rusty Blackbird 150 150 *
Brown-headed Cowbird 30 5 35
Common Grackle 2 6 25 200 233
Palm Warbler 2 2
Pine Warbler 1 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 11 14 14 21 4 3 6 81
Northern Cardinal 25 31 17 27 21 12 2 46 181
                   
Total Individuals 1348 1574 1096 1372 912 646 391 1401 8740
                   
Total Species 58 65 52 69 45 56 36 59 89

 

Key to Observer Initials:

Initials Observer's Name
   
WFB Wally F. Brines
DLC Daniel L. Combs
GKE Ginger K. Ensor
JCF Janie C. Finch
RCF Richard C. Finch
LEH Linda E. Henderson
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
SEP Ronald J. McDonald
NPM N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
SNM Susan N. McWhirter
RP Richard Pirkle
SEP Susan E. Pirolo
SJS Stephen J. Stedman, compiler

 

Comments:

* = new Cookeville CBC high count or tie for high count (6 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 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).

The species was observed site (observers).

 

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