Results of Cookeville, Tennessee, Christmas Bird Counts for the 1971-1972 through 1982-1983 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--Kathryn (KC) and Sam Coward (SC) and Miser R. Richmond (MRR)--in charge of organizing and submitting the data. Data for 1957-1958 season was submitted 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, 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 the 2001-2002 season the data submitted to American Birds have been available on-line only).

 

Table 1. Cookeville CBC data from the 1971-1972 Season to the 1982-1983 Season.

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Total Species

44

 50 45 47 43 53 a 43 53 39 b 40

59

48 c

Date(s) (December)

 28 29 28 27 19 18 30 29-30 28 27

26

31

No. Field Obs.

12

 20 19 14 29 29 13 8 5 4

7

7

No. Party Hours

51

 ? ? ? ? ? ? 38 20 12

?

?

Compiler

MRR

 MRR MRR MRR MRR ? SC KC, SC SC SC

SC

MRR

Gr. White-fr. Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

2

Gadwall

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

American Wigeon

Am. Black Duck

5

Mallard

2 2 2

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

3

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

20 2

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Bufflehead

5

Common Goldeneye

5

Hooded Merganser

20 4

4

Common Merganser

2

Red-br. Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Ruffed Grouse

Wild Turkey

Northern Bobwhite

22

 38 35 10 26 42 6

16

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

3

 2 1 1 1 2 2

3

Horned Grebe

1 4

Great Blue Heron

2

1

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Green Heron

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

1 2 1 2 1 5 1

1

5

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

3 3 2

1

Sharp-shinned Hawk

1

Cooper's Hawk

1 1 2 1

     Accipiter. Sp.

1

Red-sh. Hawk

3

1

Red-tailed Hawk

1 5 2 2 2 4 10 3 5

1

2

     Harlan’s Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

American Kestrel

4 11 2 9 10 17 2 3

16

5

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Merlin

American Coot

8

Sandhill Crane

Killdeer

4

 23 9 9 6 29 8 1

1

Greater Yellowlegs

1

Spotted Sandpiper

Wilson's Snipe

12

Am. Woodcock

1

1

1

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

     Gull sp. 

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Rock Pigeon

10 9 54 11 47

29

Eur. Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

34

 90 88 240 160 200 129 267 42 30

94

26

Barn Owl

E. Screech-Owl

1 2 5 2 1

1

Great Horned Owl

1 2 2 3

2

1

Barred Owl

1 2 2

1
Rufous Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

5 2 2 4 1

1

2

Red-h. Woodpecker

5

 6 13 2 5 5

1

Red-bel. Woodpecker

10

 15 6 20 25 19 19 19 7 5

15

15

Yellow-b. Sapsucker

3

 4 7 3 5 2

3

3

Downy Woodpecker

9

 20 17 20 27 19 14 19 4 8

12

6
Hairy Woodpecker 9 6 6 1 5 4 3 3 1 1

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Northern Flicker

13

 19 12 12 17 16 15 5 1

14

3

Pileated Woodp.

2

 3 9 6 7 6 2 9 3 2

5

1

Eastern Phoebe

1 2 1

1

3

Loggerhead Shrike

4

 5 4 1 4 3 1

1

1

Blue Jay

78

 98 123 64 121 104 215 71 30 9

77

55

American Crow

46

 60 63 42 57 150 24 71 27 12

98

35

Horned Lark

Carolina Chickadee

36

 52 37 37 54 73 36 31 14 25

25

30

Tufted Titmouse

33

 52 48 59 80 42 30 54 13 18

35

16

Red-br. Nuthatch

1 2

1

White-br. Nuthatch

5

 7 17 13 23 9 13 8 4 9

8

11
Brown-h. Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

1

 1 2 1 1 1 1

2

2

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Carolina Wren

18

 10 12 20 15 22 5 11 7 8

13

13

Bewick's Wren

3

House Wren

2

 1 8

Winter Wren

1 2 2 5 2 2 3

4

5
Marsh Wren

Golden-cr. Kinglet

12 8

2

7

Ruby-cr. Kinglet

4 3 1

Eastern Bluebird

7

 25 20 22 31 65 8 26 8 27

24

23

Hermit Thrush

1

5

3

American Robin

12

 20 6 8 21 10 1 8 22

20

46

Gray Catbird

N. Mockingbird

17

 38 26 20 35 45 21 17 8

11

13

Brown Thrasher

4

 20 8 8 12 4 4 3 2

3

5

European Starling

424

 2100 2500 1500 800 535 1300

900

985

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

American Pipit

Cedar Waxwing

6

 66 56 7

57

Orange-cr. Warbler

Yellow-r. Warbler

2 4 1 5 12 3 5

38

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

Ovenbird

Com. Yellowthroat

Eastern Towhee

42

 50 60 63 128 25 29 5 4

38

24

Am. Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

2

 1 7

12

Field Sparrow

14

 31 47 68 10 90 55 38 13

79

45

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Vesper Sparrow

4

Savannah Sparrow

7

 6

Fox Sparrow

3

 2 2 3

3

Song Sparrow

6

 9 6 17 38 57 51 16 17

16

25

Swamp Sparrow

10 2 6

4

4

White-thr. Sparrow

24

 77 114 120 59 89 167 56 32

98

61

White-cr. Sparrow

10

 2 6 6 1 1

Dark-eyed Junco

20

 9 70 17 8 69 63 18 26

16

23

Northern Cardinal

74

 114 90 134 134 138 49 125 29 34

38

88
Bobolink

Red-w. Blackbird

4 20 3

4

1

E. Meadowlark

54

 92 63 80 107 137 98 61 9

39

37

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Rusty Blackbird

31 8 12

1

15

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

126

 300000 500 43000 500 40 1500 900 19

100

36

Brown-h. Cowbird

18 122 110 8 58 60 91

10

Baltimore Oriole

     Blackbird sp.

Purple Finch

4

 68 44 40 35 24 36 55 1 76

60

31

House Finch

15

Pine Siskin

1

American Goldfinch

8

 25 28 9 16 44 96 3 52

67

44

Evening Grosbeak

2

 18 26 86 19

House Sparrow

23

 123 61 62 109 130 27 87 25 29

540

4

Total Individuals

Total Species

44

 50 45 47 43 53 a 43 53 39 b 40

59

48 c

CBC

1971-

 1972- 1973- 1974- 1975- 1976- 1977- 1978- 1979- 1980-

1981-

1982-
Season 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

a Although the CBC summary states that 54 species were recorded on this CBC, only 53 species are listed.

b Although the CBC summary states that 42 species were recorded on this CBC, only 39 species are listed.

c Although the CBC summary states that 47 species were recorded on this CBC, 48 species are listed.

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