Check-list of Birds Observed at the Buffalo Valley Nature Trail/Center Hill Dam, DeKalb County, Tennessee
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In the check-list below, the dates and initials in parentheses refer to the first date that the species was registered during ParkWatch surveys and the observer who obtained the date, respectively; for information about ParkWatch, click below:
Abbreviations and Symbols:
* Very Uncommon or Rare species in BVNT
_____ Canada Goose
_____ Wood Duck
_____ Gadwall 1(5 October 2006, WAW--dam)
_____ Mallard
_____ Northern Shoveler (SJS, CDW--dam)
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (24 March 2007, WAW--dam)
_____ Common Loon (31 December 2006, WAW--dam)
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (15 October 2006, WAW--dam)
_____ Horned Grebe (15 October 2006, WAW)
_____ Great Blue Heron
_____ Black Vulture
_____ Turkey Vulture
_____ Osprey
_____ Bald Eagle (31 December 2006, CEW, WAW--dam)
_____ Cooper’s Hawk (12 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (3 September 2006, WAW)
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (12 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Red-tailed Hawk
_____ American Kestrel (26 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Killdeer (15 October 2006, WAW)
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (20 March 2007, WAW--dam)
_____ Ring-billed Gull
_____ Caspian Tern (8 September 2004, SJS--dam) *
_____ Rock Pigeon (12 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Mourning Dove (15 October 2006, WAW)
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (12 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (SJS)
_____ Barred Owl (29 March 2008, BHS)
_____ Chimney Swift
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
_____ Belted Kingfisher
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
_____ Downy Woodpecker
_____ Hairy Woodpecker
_____ Northern Flicker
_____ Pileated Woodpecker
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee
_____ Eastern Phoebe
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (19 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Eastern Kingbird (26 August 2006, WAW)
_____ White-eyed Vireo
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo
_____ Red-eyed Vireo
_____ Blue Jay
_____ American Crow
_____ Purple Martin (19 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Tree Swallow (SJS--dam)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
_____ Barn Swallow (23 May 2011, WAW)
_____ Carolina Chickadee
_____ Tufted Titmouse
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch
_____ Brown Creeper (18 November 2006, WAW)
_____ Carolina Wren
_____ Winter Wren
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
_____ Eastern Bluebird
_____ Hermit Thrush
_____ American Robin
_____ Gray Catbird (26 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Brown Thrasher
_____ Northern Mockingbird
_____ European Starling
_____ Cedar Waxwing
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (28 April 2007, WAW)
_____ Tennessee Warbler
_____ Northern Parula (14 April 2007, WAW)
_____ Yellow Warbler (12 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (23 September 2007, WAW)
_____ Magnolia Warbler
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler
_____ Pine Warbler
_____ Prairie Warbler (26 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Palm Warbler (15 October 2006, WAW)
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (25 April 2009, WAW)
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (12 August 2006, WAW)
_____ American Redstart (23 September 2007, WAW)
_____ Prothonotary Warbler
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush
_____ Hooded Warbler (23 September 2007, WAW)
_____ Canada Warbler
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat (30 December 2003, MJH; Stedman and Hawkins 2003)
_____ Eastern Towhee
_____ Chipping Sparrow
_____ Field Sparrow
_____ Savannah Sparrow (18 November2006, WAW)
_____ Fox Sparrow (2 December 2006, WAW)
_____ Song Sparrow
_____ Swamp Sparrow (18 November 2006, WAW)
_____ White-throated Sparrow
_____ Dark-eyed Junco
_____ Summer Tanager
_____ Scarlet Tanager
_____ Northern Cardinal
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
_____ Indigo Bunting (12 August 2006, WAW)
_____ Red-winged Blackbird (14 April 2007, WAW)
_____ Eastern Meadowlark
_____ Common Grackle
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird
_____ Orchard Oriole (23 May 2011, WAW)
_____ Baltimore Oriole (26 August 2006, WAW)
_____ American Goldfinch
Most of the species on this list were observed and submitted by Winston A. Walden (WAW) during 2006-2007 as part of Project ParkWatch; other observers whose initials appear above are Michael J. Hawkins (MJH), Barbara H. Stedman (BHS), Stephen J. Stedman (SJS), Catherine E. Walden (CEW), and Carol D. Williams (CDW).
If you see any species denoted with an asterisk (or any species not listed), please fill out a documentation form:
and send to SJS at 2675 Lakeland Dr., Cookeville, TN 38506.
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