Results of Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Count for the 1957-1958 through 1970-1971 Seasons

 

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    When Ralph Dunckel arrived in Cookeville in the late 1950s, he was instrumental in establishing the first Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in the city beginning with the 1957-1958 CBC season.  Except for the 1969-1970 season, during which Dunckel died, a CBC was conducted every season from the 1957-1958 season until the 1982-1983 season, with various compilers--Miser R. Richmond (MRR), Paul L. Hollister (PLH), Amy Johnson (AJ), and Marie White (MW) during the period covered by the table below--in charge of collecting and submitting the data. Data for the 1957-1958 season were submitted only to Audubon Field Notes; data for the 1958-1959 through 1960-1961 seasons were submitted to The Migrant and to Audubon Field Notes; thereafter and until the 1982-1983 season (except for the 1969-1970 season), the Cookeville CBC data were submitted to and published only in The Migrant.  Beginning with the 1987-1988 season, following a lapse of four seasons, the data were collected, submitted to, and published in both The Migrant and American Birds (but since 2002 the data submitted to American Birds have been available electronically on-line only).

 

Table 1. Cookeville CBC data from the 1957-1958 Season to the 1970-1971 Season.

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Total Species

 41 d

47

 53 49 50 43 53 44 b 53 55 47

44

46

Date(s) (December)

 27

29

 31 29 28 28 28 21 27-28 28 29

27

28

No. Field Obs.

 16

11

 16 15 13 15 16 14 17 12 16

11

18

No. Party Hours

 49

49

 100 64 47 90 75 ? 51.5 56 ?

54

55

Compiler

 ?

MRR

 MRR PLH PLH PLH PLH PLH AJ AJ MW

MW

MW

Gr. White-fr. Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Gadwall

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

American Wigeon

Am. Black Duck

9

 3

Mallard

20

 7 2 10

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

3

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

190

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

2 2 8 4

Long-tailed Duck

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-br. Merganser

Ruddy Duck

3

Ruffed Grouse

Wild Turkey

Northern Bobwhite

 23

2

 38 8 30 13 14 19 32 25

26

32

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

1 1 2

2

Horned Grebe

Great Blue Heron

28 a

1

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Green Heron

Black Vulture

1

 1

Turkey Vulture

1 1 4 1 1 1

2

Bald Eagle

1

Northern Harrier

1 3 1 1 1

1

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

1

 1 1 2 1 2 1

1

     Accipiter. Sp.

Red-sh. Hawk

 1

2

 2 1

Red-tailed Hawk

1

 4 4 6 2 2 1 4

1

3

     Harlan’s Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

American Kestrel

 3

4

 1 4 3 6 5 5 5 5 7

6

7

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Merlin

American Coot

Sandhill Crane

Killdeer

 9

9

 1 4 6 6 2 3 5 1 4

7

2

Greater Yellowlegs

Spotted Sandpiper

Wilson's Snipe

2 1 14 5 4 1

Am. Woodcock

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

4

     Gull sp. 

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Rock Pigeon

9

 2

Eur. Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

 109

42

 200 86 69 160 162 47 130 66 130

60

59

Barn Owl

2

E. Screech-Owl

1

 4

1

Great Horned Owl

2

Barred Owl

Rufous Hummingb.

Belted Kingfisher

 2

2 1 2 1

2

Red-h. Woodpecker

 1

7 2 3 2 7 5 26 7 1

3

7

Red-b. Woodpecker

 2

8 9 12 9 20 16 18 10 10

10

13

Yellow-b. Sapsucker

4

 9 5 5 5 9 7 4 1 1

2

2

Downy Woodpecker

 5

5

 20 9 22 22 15 29 25 28 14

11

21
Hairy Woodpecker 2 4 12 5 4 4 6 13 10 6 6 5

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Northern Flicker

 22

8

 19 20 16 13 32 16 27 13 15

9

7

Pileated Woodp.

15 5 4 7 5 12 5 3

6

8

Eastern Phoebe

2 1 2 2 12

3

Loggerhead Shrike

 7

4

 9 4 2 8 2 5 6 4

7

Blue Jay

 87

45

 131 120 136 120 175 36 180 207 104

25

92

American Crow

 211

133

 133 219 260 205 125 13 161 131 72

38

68

Horned Lark

7

 17 13 13 14 31 13 2 3

20

2

Carolina Chickadee

 14

41

 50 20 29 50 52 19 45 67 24

9

48

Tufted Titmouse

 36

67

 75 34 50 95 61 57 70 123 47

32

52

Red-br. Nuthatch

White-br. Nuthatch

 3

4

 8 5 14 8 9 4 14 18 9

13

4
Brown-h. Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

1 2 4 5 1 5 1 2

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Carolina Wren

 23

19

 21 10 6 15 8 14 15 11 14

24

13

Bewick's Wren

1

 7 5 4 6 5 3 8 3 6

House Wren

2 3

Winter Wren

 2

1 1 7 1

Marsh Wren

Golden-cr. Kinglet

4

2

Ruby-cr. Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird

 92

43

 39 20 7 15 17 39 47 38 12

14

44

Hermit Thrush

 1

2 3

American Robin

 41

3

 27 26 10 4 26 79 1 136

4

13

Gray Catbird

2

N. Mockingbird

24

 60 27 30 38 20 13 31 30 18

12

21

Brown Thrasher

2

 3 2 3 15 7 4 5 8

3

4

European Starling

 466

269

 17700 1505 2250 1100 761 250 375 2000 970

418

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

American Pipit

Cedar Waxwing

 21

6

 130 24 146 80 18

2

Orange-cr. Warbler

Yellow-r. Warbler

 12

2

 4 2 5 12 3 1

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

Ovenbird

Com. Yellowthroat

Eastern Towhee

 46

29

 74 59 65 15 68 39 57 74 76

43

38

Am. Tree Sparrow

 1

2

Chipping Sparrow

 14

2 2

6

Field Sparrow

 14

78

 137 45 26 35 64 26 25 43 51

28

45

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Vesper Sparrow

 2

49 c

Savannah Sparrow

1 37 2 6

Fox Sparrow

 1

14

 7 3 4 12 4 9 1

3

Song Sparrow

 22

14

 70 20 5 16 24 10 28 10 18

13

14

Swamp Sparrow

 4

18 6 2 11 26

White-thr. Sparrow

 32

17

 80 55 74 70 76 39 78 76 76

41

39

White-cr. Sparrow

3

 4 8 2 10 2 4 10

8

Dark-eyed Junco

 29

91

 90 176 123 80 184 59 128 213 32

50

46

Northern Cardinal

 139

81

 116 140 222 75 135 72 73 206 136

95

125
Bobolink

Red-w. Blackbird

9

 6 2 4 10 11 2

2

E. Meadowlark

 98

92

 145 150 103 98 150 60 150 64 42

49

80

Rusty Blackbird

30

 2 2 4 26

4

4

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

 1

814 515 575 15 178 80 1183 10000 6768

19

199

Brown-h. Cowbird

3 8 2 6 35 4 200 7

7

158

Baltimore Oriole

     Blackbird sp.

Purple Finch

 3

22 60 26 24 36 23 26

2

House Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

 19

12

 51 48 2 42 53 37 62 4 6

60

55

Evening Grosbeak

House Sparrow

 58

26

 125 40 207 280 135 78 212 168 262

104

49

Total Individuals

20439 3670 4456 2689 2925 1363 3480 13986 9211

875

1827

Total Species

 41 d

47

 53 49 50 43 53 44 b 53 55 47

44

 46

CBC

 1957-

1958-

 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967-

1968-

1970-
Season 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971

a These were probably Sandhill Cranes.

b Although 45 species are stated to have occurred on this CBC, only 44 species are actually listed.

c These were possibly American Pipits.

d Three Common Nighthawks and three Red Crossbills reported on this count are not included above.

Cumulative Species List for All UCR CBCs.