High Counts for Species Registered on the Putnam County, Tennessee, Spring Bird Count During 36 Counts (1961-1978 and 1992-Present)
High counts are listed below for each of 204 species of birds registered during the 36-year history of the Cookeville Spring Bird Count (SBC).
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| Species | High Count | Year(s) of High Count |
| Snow Goose | 1 | 1999 |
| Canada Goose | 179 | 2004 |
| Wood Duck | 47 | 1998 |
| American Wigeon | 9 | 1993 |
| Mallard | 207 | 2008 |
| Blue-winged Teal | 8 | 1965 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 1 | 2001, 2004 |
| Lesser Scaup | 5 | 1963 |
| Long-tailed Duck | 1 | 2002 |
| Hooded Merganser | 1 | 1994 |
| Common Merganser | 2 | 1961 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1 | 1998 |
| Ruddy Duck | 1 | 1999, 2006 |
| Ruffed Grouse | 3 | 1994 |
| Wild Turkey | 14 | 2005 |
| Northern Bobwhite | 68 | 1977 |
| Common Loon | 5 | 2003 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 3 | 1965 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 24 | 2001 |
| Great Blue Heron | 30 | 2008 |
| Great Egret | 2 | 2000 |
| Little Blue Heron | 1 | 1961, 1975 |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 2006, 2007 |
| Green Heron | 20 | 2008 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 2009 |
| Yellow-crown. Night-Heron | 1 | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 |
| Black Vulture | 30 | 2003 |
| Turkey Vulture | 128 | 2009 |
| Osprey | 1 | ten years |
| Mississippi Kite | 1 | 2001 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 | 1993 |
| Northern Harrier | 3 | 1976 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 | 1993, 1995, 1999 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 7 | 1997, 2008 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 16 | 2007 |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 12 | 1999 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 22 | 2008 |
| American Kestrel | 25 | 2000 |
| Sora | 2 | 2008 |
| American Coot | 6 | 1966, 1972 |
| Semipalmated Plover | 1 | 2000 |
| Killdeer | 102 | 2009 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 22 | 2008 |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 9 | 2008 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 3 | 2009 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 3 | 2004, 2009 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4 | 1992 |
| Least Sandpiper | 8 | 2005, 2008 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 | 1994 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 1 | 1992 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 1 | 2005 |
| Wilson's Snipe | 8 | 1966, 1977 |
| American Woodcock | 6 | 1976 |
| Forster's Tern | 1 | 2002 |
| Rock Pigeon | 140 | 2000 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Mourning Dove | 424 | 2008 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 14 | 2005 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 4 | 1994 |
| Barn Owl | 2 | 1961, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 6 | 2007 |
| Great Horned Owl | 6 | 2006 |
| Barred Owl | 11 | 1998, 1999 |
| Common Nighthawk | 11 | 2001 |
| Chuck-will's-widow | 16 | 1993 |
| Whip-poor-will | 30 | 1993 |
| Chimney Swift | 238 | 2008 |
| Ruby-thr. Hummingbird | 51 | 2007 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 10 | 2004 |
| Red-head. Woodpecker | 25 | 2008 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 122 | 2008 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 8 | 1965 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 46 | 2007 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 15 | 2004 |
| Northern Flicker | 40 | 1965 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 46 | 2008, 2009 |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 1 | 2002 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 126 | 2006 |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 81 | 2001 |
| Willow Flycatcher | 1 | 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| Least Flycatcher | 2 | 2008 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 124 | 2009 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 80 | 2004 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 130 | 2008 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 9 | 1992 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 250 | 2007 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 66 | 2008 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 34 | 2008 |
| Warbling Vireo | 3 | 2008 |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 1 | 1997, 2009 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 691 | 2006 |
| Blue Jay | 269 | 2007 |
| American Crow | 355 | 2007 |
| Horned Lark | 12 | 1997 |
| Purple Martin | 230 | 2008 |
| Tree Swallow | 78 | 2009 |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 116 | 2009 |
| Bank Swallow | 67 | 1992 |
| Cliff Swallow | 38 | 2007 |
| Barn Swallow | 323 | 2008 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 158 | 2007 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 236 | 2008 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4 | 1970 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 57 | 2008 |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 10 | 2006 |
| Brown Creeper | 3 | 1961, 1965 |
| Carolina Wren | 288 | 2005 |
| Bewick's Wren | 15 | 1966 |
| House Wren | 65 | 2005 |
| Winter Wren | 4 | 1962 |
| Sedge Wren | 2 | 2008 |
| Marsh Wren | 1 | 1977 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 7 | 1976 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 5 | 2009 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 226 | 2008 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 342 | 2008 |
| Veery | 7 | 1967 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 5 | 1998 |
| Swainson's Thrush | 39 | 1997 |
| Wood Thrush | 179 | 2008 |
| Hermit Thrush | 1 | 1972, 1975 |
| American Robin | 804 | 2009 |
| Gray Catbird | 62 | 2008 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 219 | 2008 |
| Brown Thrasher | 111 | 2008 |
| European Starling | 1641 | 2000 |
| American Pipit | 25 | 2008 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 357 | 2009 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 31 | 1998 |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 4 | 1995 |
| Tennessee Warbler | 61 | 1998 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 2 | 1961, 1977 |
| Nashville Warbler | 5 | 1998 |
| Northern Parula | 84 | 2007 |
| Yellow Warbler | 104 | 1998 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 13 | 1992, 1997 |
| Magnolia Warbler | 30 | 2008 |
| Cape May Warbler | 15 | 1997 |
| Black-thr. Blue Warbler | 2 | 1996 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 75 | 1992 |
| Black-thr. Green Warbler | 42 | 1998 |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 7 | 1999, 2007 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 69 | 2008 |
| Pine Warbler | 35 | 2007 |
| Prairie Warbler | 131 | 2002 |
| Palm Warbler | 18 | 1992 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 26 | 1998 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 57 | 1998 |
| Cerulean Warbler | 49 | 2001 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 126 | 1998 |
| American Redstart | 68 | 2004 |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 8 | 2008 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 35 | 2005 |
| Swainson's Warbler | 2 | 1998 |
| Ovenbird | 175 | 1998 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 5 | 1992, 1998 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 21 | 2005 |
| Kentucky Warbler | 99 | 2008 |
| Connecticut Warbler | 1 | 1994, 2006 |
| Mourning Warbler | 2 | 1992 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 409 | 2001 |
| Hooded Warbler | 131 | 2005, 2006 |
| Wilson's Warbler | 4 | 1992 |
| Canada Warbler | 7 | 1994 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 147 | 2000 |
| Summer Tanager | 114 | 2008 |
| Scarlet Tanager | 114 | 2008 |
| Eastern Towhee | 248 | 2007 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 5 | 1961 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 270 | 2005 |
| Field Sparrow | 259 | 2008 |
| Vesper Sparrow | 2 | 1962, 1967 |
| Lark Sparrow | 2 | 1966 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 13 | 1974 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 12 | 2008 |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 2 | 2007 |
| Fox Sparrow | 1 | 1978, 1993 |
| Song Sparrow | 304 | 2005 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 3 | 2009 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 9 | 1976, 1977 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 112 | 1976 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 22 | 1968 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 38 | 1961 |
| Northern Cardinal | 652 | 2007 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 51 | 1998 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 59 | 2001 |
| Indigo Bunting | 892 | 2001 |
| Dickcissel | 5 | 2000 |
| Bobolink | 53 | 1992 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 668 | 2005 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 311 | 2000 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 15 | 1978 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | 25 | 1961 |
| Common Grackle | 17,000 | 1975 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 272 | 2005 |
| Orchard Oriole | 101 | 2001 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 10 | 2007 |
| Purple Finch | 68 | 1975 |
| House Finch | 117 | 2008 |
| Pine Siskin | 32 | 2009 |
| American Goldfinch | 258 | 1964 |
| Evening Grosbeak | 40 | 1976 |
| House Sparrow | 304 | 2008 |