Results of the Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Counts for the 2007–2008 through 2016–2017 Seasons
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| Killdeer; photo SJS. |
The Cookeville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) conducted 14 December 2016 was the 30th consecutively and the 55th overall.
Cookeville CBC data for the CBC seasons beginning with the 108th (2007–2008) CBC season are provided below (Table 1); for a compilation of Cookeville CBC data from an earlier decade or period, click on the appropriate link below:
For detailed results of the most recent Cookeville CBCs, click on the appropriate link below:
To see results of this CBC in the context of results from other Regional CBCs conducted during some recent CBC seasons, click on one of the links below:
For a summary of high counts for each species registered on the Cookeville CBC, go to this link:
For CBC guidelines in Cookeville, click on the link below:
Table 1. Christmas Bird Count data for Cookeville from the 108th CBC season (2007–2008) to the 117th CBC season (2016–2017).
CBC |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– |
| Season | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Total Species |
88 | 91 | 91 | 96 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 89 |
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Date (December) |
15 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
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Start CST |
0425 | 0430 | 0515 | 0530 | 0502 | 0500 | 0500 | 0510 | 0410 | 0510 |
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End CST |
1645 | 1700 | 1635 | 1650 | 1700 | 1700 | 1700 | 1700 | 1700 | 1700 |
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Sky AM |
over | pclo | over | over | pclo | clo | over | clo | cle | over |
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Sky PM |
over | over | over | clo | cle | clo | over | clo | cle | pclo |
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Precipitation |
late rain | late driz | driz | early snow | none | driz | raindriz |
none | none | none |
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Low Temperature (F) |
40 | 39 | 35 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 33 |
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High Temperature (F) |
60 | 55 | 42 | 36 | 45 | 63 | 52 | 50 | 65 | 44 |
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Wind Direction |
SW | S | NW | Var | N | WSW | SW | Var | SW | Var |
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Wind Speed (mph) |
0–30 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–20 | 0–5 | 0–10 | 0–15 | 0–10 | 0–2.5 | 0–5 |
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Number of Parties |
7–9 | 7–8 | 7–8 | 7–8 | 7–9 | 8–11 | 7 | 6–7 | 7 | 6–7 |
Number of Field Observers |
16 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
Number of Party Hours |
63.75 | 72.5 | 66 | 72 | 66 | 77 | 64.25 | 55.5 | 59.25 | 62.75 |
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Compiler |
SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS | SJS |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– | |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
-- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
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Snow Goose |
-- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
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Ross's Goose |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Canada Goose |
547 | 504 | 446 | 489 | 809 | 505 | 510 | 397 | 565 | 374 |
| Mute Swan | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Trumpeter Swan | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Wood Duck |
16 | 4 | 12 | 67 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
| Blue-winged Teal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Northern Shoveler |
8 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | -- |
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Gadwall |
79 | 59 | 72 | 33 | 52 | 41 | 51 | 21 | 39 | 23 |
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American Wigeon |
-- | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
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Mallard |
159 | 123 | 214 | 213 | 166 | 288 | 249 | 166 | 124 | 113 |
American Black Duck |
2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -- | -- | 7 | 2 | -- | 2 |
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Northern Pintail |
-- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- |
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Green-winged Teal |
1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | -- |
Canvasback |
-- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Redhead |
cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- |
Ring-necked Duck |
77 | 54 | 27 | 9 | 24 | cw | 45 | 6 | 35 | 105 |
Greater Scaup |
-- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Lesser Scaup |
3 | -- | 2 | 12 | -- | 5 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Scaup sp. | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Long-tailed Duck |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Bufflehead |
13 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 11 |
Common Goldeneye |
-- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | cw | 1 | -- | 2 |
Hooded Merganser |
47 | 56 | 84 | 88 | 52 | 48 | 56 | 42 | 35 | 121 |
Common Merganser |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Red-breasted Merganser |
cw | -- | 5 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Ruddy Duck |
12 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– | |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | 6 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 8 | -- |
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Ruffed Grouse |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Wild Turkey |
123 | 24 | 209 | 104 | 46 | 97 | 4 | 108 | 121 | 67 |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 11 |
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Horned Grebe |
1 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 2 | cw | -- |
Rock Pigeon |
201 | 220 | 204 | 202 | 128 | 129 | 317 | 271 | 408 | 247 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 6 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 6 |
Mourning Dove |
763 | 592 | 540 | 541 | 541 | 489 | 455 | 320 | 450 | 205 |
| Rufous Hummingbird | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Selasphorus sp. | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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American Coot |
88 | 217 | 58 | 84 | 38 | 78 | 55 | 54 | 39 | 30 |
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Sandhill Crane |
13 | 200 | 246 | 31 | 1876 | -- | -- | 80 | 2 | 281 |
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Killdeer |
147 | 150 | 99 | 32 | 164 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 75 | 33 |
American Woodcock |
2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Wilson's Snipe |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Greater Yellowlegs |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | 8 |
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Ring-billed Gull |
26 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 45 |
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Herring Gull |
-- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Gull sp. |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– | |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
Common Loon |
-- | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Double-crested Cormorant | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- |
Great Blue Heron |
20 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 13 |
Green Heron |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Black Vulture |
201 | 199 | 70 | 123 | 296 | 212 | 67 | 287 | 43 | 24 |
Turkey Vulture |
281 | 149 | 101 | 157 | 278 | 183 | 184 | 163 | 197 | 160 |
Northern Harrier |
3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 4 |
Cooper's Hawk |
3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Accipiter sp. | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Bald Eagle |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
15 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 12 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
34 | 18 | 26 | 36 | 42 | 28 | 16 | 36 | 20 | 22 |
Harlan’s Hawk |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Rough-legged Hawk |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Barn Owl |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Eastern Screech-Owl |
4 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 6 | -- | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Great Horned Owl |
9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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Barred Owl |
4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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Belted Kingfisher |
16 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
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Red-headed Woodpecker |
7 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 24 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
59 | 121 | 66 | 126 | 72 | 91 | 70 | 66 | 35 | 73 |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
9 | 43 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 12 |
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Downy Woodpecker |
43 | 69 | 42 | 50 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 29 | 26 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 8 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Northern Flicker |
42 | 61 | 68 | 53 | 37 | 50 | 68 | 48 | 31 | 57 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
25 | 40 | 24 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 23 |
| American Kestrel | 52 | 40 | 46 | 66 | 38 | 53 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 32 |
| Merlin | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Eastern Phoebe |
11 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 19 |
Loggerhead Shrike |
-- | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– | |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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Blue Jay |
228 | 527 | 463 | 446 | 225 | 357 | 335 | 289 | 164 | 479 |
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American Crow |
797 | 564 | 631 | 800 | 751 | 732 | 579 | 469 | 458 | 800 |
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Horned Lark |
-- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Carolina Chickadee |
111 | 194 | 94 | 115 | 156 | 117 | 88 | 86 | 107 | 102 |
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Tufted Titmouse |
176 | 197 | 248 | 147 | 205 | 190 | 99 | 119 | 96 | 116 |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
4 | cw | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | 11 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
84 | 104 | 62 | 53 | 61 | 57 | 24 | 60 | 46 | 64 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
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Brown Creeper |
4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| House Wren | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 |
| Winter Wren | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| Marsh Wren | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Carolina Wren |
144 | 217 | 151 | 113 | 147 | 139 | 114 | 89 | 78 | 109 |
Bewick's Wren |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
26 | 12 | 21 | 58 | 24 | 11 | 51 | 9 | 28 | 28 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
10 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
Eastern Bluebird |
412 | 386 | 400 | 344 | 395 | 423 | 252 | 260 | 108 | 123 |
Hermit Thrush |
7 | 45 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Wood Thrush | -- | -- | cw | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
American Robin |
180 | 1450 | 194 | 596 | 342 | 631 | 1812 | 120 | 333 | 284 |
Gray Catbird |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Brown Thrasher |
10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 14 |
Northern Mockingbird |
99 | 168 | 152 | 173 | 219 | 127 | 111 | 111 | 60 | 72 |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– | |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
European Starling |
4820 | 22887 | 4314 | 8603 | 14294 | 3339 | 4640 | 3888 | 461 | 1465 |
Cedar Waxwing |
77 | 431 | 206 | 434 | 37 | 710 | 119 | 15 | 120 | 569 |
House Sparrow |
220 | 120 | 174 | 56 | 130 | 41 | 51 | 34 | 32 | 31 |
American Pipit |
102 | 14 | 50 | 3 | cw | -- | -- | -- | 15 | -- |
Evening Grosbeak |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
House Finch |
93 | 120 | 187 | 177 | 133 | 94 | 59 | 49 | 54 | 245 |
Purple Finch |
9 | 62 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Pine Siskin |
cw | 39 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- |
American Goldfinch |
197 | 215 | 164 | 205 | 213 | 129 | 98 | 90 | 98 | 175 |
Eastern Towhee |
63 | 101 | 62 | 117 | 84 | 66 | 68 | 46 | 37 | 61 |
American Tree Sparrow |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Chipping Sparrow |
10 | 51 | 50 | 65 | 69 | 77 | 50 | 7 | 38 | 110 |
Field Sparrow |
155 | 193 | 125 | 256 | 355 | 188 | 117 | 64 | 76 | 64 |
Vesper Sparrow |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Savannah Sparrow |
4 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 |
Fox Sparrow |
10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
Song Sparrow |
268 | 263 | 261 | 281 | 214 | 169 | 210 | 200 | 144 | 152 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Swamp Sparrow |
17 | 34 | 42 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 67 | 20 | 37 | 51 |
White-crowned Sparrow |
21 | 7 | -- | 23 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 12 |
White-throated Sparrow |
214 | 390 | 361 | 446 | 338 | 252 | 233 | 163 | 105 | 172 |
Dark-eyed Junco |
179 | 182 | 195 | 250 | 105 | 224 | 170 | 64 | 81 | 120 |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– | |
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Bobolink | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Eastern Meadowlark |
96 | 131 | 102 | 207 | 118 | 63 | 89 | 85 | 69 | 89 |
Baltimore Oriole |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Red-winged Blackbird |
219 | 1002 | 26 | 220 | 19 | 94 | 57 | 88 | 38 | 220 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
-- | 12 | -- | 3 | -- | 150 | 6 | -- | 2 | 35 |
Rusty Blackbird |
2 | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 41 | 100 | 30 | -- | 150 |
Brewer's Blackbird |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Common Grackle |
154 | 5161 | 19 | 784 | 1 | 11 | 144 | 2125 | 861 | 233 |
Blackbird sp. |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ovenbird | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Common Yellowthroat | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Palm Warbler |
1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | 5 | -- | 1 | 2 |
Pine Warbler |
-- | 2 | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 71 | 266 | 88 | 148 | 83 | 75 | 200 | 12 | 79 | 81 |
| Prairie Warbler | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Northern Cardinal |
370 | 288 | 397 | 335 | 479 | 186 | 207 | 159 | 150 | 181 |
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Total Individuals |
12876 | 39049 | 12199 | 18448 | 24299 | 11442 | 12753 | 11289 | 6534 | 8740 |
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Total Species |
88 | 91 | 91 | 96 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 89 |
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CBC |
2007– |
2008– | 2009– | 2010– | 2011– | 2012– | 2013– | 2014– | 2015– | 2016– |
| Season | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
cw: registered during count week but not during count day.
Stephen J. Stedman (SJS) was the compiler of the Cookeville, Tennessee, CBC during this decade.
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