Check-list of Cumberland County, Kentucky, Birds

 

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Cumberland County, Kentucky, indicated (X in right column).  Species denoted below with one asterisk (*) are rare and with two asterisks (**) very rare within the UCR; sightings of these species should be reported via a documentation formSpecies on the Audubon WatchList are indicated below in pink (27 species) or red (8 species), with the latter being more critically decreasing species.

_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) **  
_____ Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) *
_____ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
    Snow Goose, white morph
    Snow Goose, blue morph
    Snow Goose, intermediate morph **
_____ Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) *
_____ Brant (Branta bernicla) **
_____  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) **
_____  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
_____  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) *
_____ Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) **
_____  Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) *
_____  Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) X
_____ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
_____  Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
_____  Gadwall (Anas strepera) X
_____  American Wigeon (Anas americana) X
_____  Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) X
_____  American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
_____  Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) **
_____  Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
_____  Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
_____  Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
_____  Redhead (Aythya americana)
_____  Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) X
_____  Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) *
_____  Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
_____  Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) **
_____  Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) *
_____ White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) *
_____ Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) **
_____ Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) ** 
_____ Bufflehead  (Bucephala albeola)
_____ Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
_____ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) X
_____ Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) *
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
_____ Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
_____  Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) X
_____  Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) *
_____  Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) X
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) X
_____  Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
_____ Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) **
_____ Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) *
_____ Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) **
_____ Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) *
_____ Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratoriusextinct) --
_____ White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) **  
_____ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) X
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) *
_____ Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) X
_____ Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) X
_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) X
_____ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) X
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) X
_____ Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) * X
_____ Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) **
_____ Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) **
_____ Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) **
_____  King Rail (Rallus elegans) **
_____ Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) *
_____ Sora (Porzana carolina) *
_____ Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) **
_____ Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) **
_____ American Coot (Fulica americana) X
_____ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) X
_____  Whooping Crane (Grus americanareintroduced migrant) **
_____ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) **
_____ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) **
_____ Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatorola) **
_____ American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) *
_____ Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
_____ Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) **  
_____ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) X
_____ Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) **
_____ Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) **
_____ Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) **
_____ Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) *
_____ Sanderling (Calidris alba) **
_____ Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) **
_____ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) *
_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) **
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
_____ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) *
_____ Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) *
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) **
_____ American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) X
_____ Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) X
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) X
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
_____ Willet (Tringa semipalmata) **
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
_____ Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) **
_____ Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) **  
_____ Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) **
_____ Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) **  
_____ Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) **  
_____ Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) **
_____ Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) **  
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) X
_____ Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) **  
_____ Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) **
_____ Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) **
_____ Mew Gull (Larus canus) **
_____ Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
_____ California Gull (Larus californicus) **
_____ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
_____  Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) **
_____  Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) **
_____  Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) **
_____ Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) **
_____ Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) **
_____ Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
_____ Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
_____ Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) *
_____ Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) **  
_____ Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
_____  Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) *
_____  Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) **
_____  Common Loon (Gavia immer) X
_____  Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) **
_____ Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) **  
_____ Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) ** X
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) X
_____ Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) **  
_____ American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) *
_____ Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) **
_____ American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) *
_____ Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) **
_____ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) X
    Great Blue Heron, blue morph x
    Great Blue Heron, white morph **
_____ Great Egret (Ardea alba) X
_____ Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) *
_____ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) *
_____ Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) **
_____ Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) *
_____ Green Heron (Butorides virescens) X
_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) *
_____ White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) **
_____ White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) **
_____ Dark Ibis sp. (Plegadis sp.) **
_____ Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) X
_____ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) X
_____ Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) X
_____ Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) **  
_____ Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) *
_____ Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) X
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) X
_____ Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi) X
_____ Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) X
_____ Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) **
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) X
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) X
_____ Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) **  
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X
    B. j. harlani **
    B. j. calurus ** 
    B. j. borealis light morph (Krider's) ** 
_____ Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) * X
_____ Barn Owl (Tyto alba) *
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) X
_____ Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) X
_____ Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) **
_____ Barred Owl (Strix varia) X
_____ Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) **
_____ Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) *
_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) *
_____ Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) X
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) X
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) X
_____ Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) X
_____ Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) X
_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealisextirpated) **
_____ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) X
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) X
_____ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) X
_____ Merlin (Falco columbarius) * X
_____ Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) *
_____ Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) **
_____ Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensisextinct) --
_____ Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) ** X
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) X
_____ Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) **
_____ Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) X
_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) **
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) *
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) **
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) X
_____ Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) **
_____ Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) *
_____ Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) *
_____ Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) X
_____ Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) **
_____ Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) X
_____ Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) **  
_____ White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) X
_____ Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) **  
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) X
_____ Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) X
_____ Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) X
_____ Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) X
_____ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) X
_____ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
_____ American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos) X
_____ Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) **  
_____ Common Raven (Corvus corax) **
_____ Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
_____ Purple Martin (Progne subis) X
_____ Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) X
_____ Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) X
_____ Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonata) X
_____ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) X
_____ Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) X
_____ Tufted Titmouse (Baeopholus bicolor) X
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) X
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) X
_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) *
_____ Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) X
_____ House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) X
_____ Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) X
_____ Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) *
_____ Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) *
_____ Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) X
_____ Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) ** X
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) X
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) X
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) X
_____ Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) X
_____ Veery (Catharus fuscescens) *
_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) X
_____ Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) X
_____ Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) X
_____ Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) X
_____ American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
_____ Gray Catbird (Dumatella carolinensis) X
_____ Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) X
_____ Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) X
_____ European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
_____ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) X
_____ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
_____ American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
_____ Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) * X
_____ House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) X
_____ Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) X
_____ Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) **
_____ Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) **
_____ White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) **
_____ Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
_____ American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X
_____ Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) *
_____ Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) **
_____ Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) X

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Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) **
_____ American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) * X
_____ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
_____ Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) **
_____ Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) X
_____ Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
_____ Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) **
_____ Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) X
_____ Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) *
_____ LeConte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) **
_____ Nelson's Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) **
_____ Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) X
_____ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodius) X
_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
_____ Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) X
_____ White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
_____ Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) **
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) X
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) X
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) X
_____ Yellow-headed Blackbird  (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) **
_____ Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) X
_____ Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) X
_____ Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) **
_____ Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) X
_____ Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) X
_____ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) X
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) X
_____ Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) X
_____ Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) *
_____ Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) X
_____ Ovenbird (Seiuris aurocapillus) X
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) X
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) X
_____ Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) X
_____ Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) X
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) X
    "Brewster's" Warbler *  
    "Lawrence's" Warbler **
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) X
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) X
_____ Swainson's Warbler * (Limnothylpis swainsonii) *  
_____ Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) X
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)  
_____ Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) X
_____ Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) *  
_____ Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) *  
_____ Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosus) X
_____ Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) X
_____ Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) X
_____ American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) X
_____ Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) X
_____ Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga caerulea) X
_____ Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) X
_____ Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) X
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) X
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) X
_____ Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) X
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) X
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) X
_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) *  
_____ Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) X
_____ Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) X
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) X
    "Myrtle" form x
    "Audubon's" form **  
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) X
_____ Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) X
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) X
_____ Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) X
_____ Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)  
_____ Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) X
_____ Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) X
_____ Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) X
_____ Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) X
_____ Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) X
_____ Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) ** X
_____ Dickcissel (Spiza americana) X
Total Species 163

 

Table 2. Annotated list of Cumberland County, Kentucky, bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Canada Goose (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Gadwall (25 March 2005, WAW; 18 June 2014, RMDa Cumberland County, KY, Foray record)

_____ American Wigeon (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Mallard

_____ Ring-necked Duck (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Hooded Merganser (5 January 2019, Rickey Shive photo [eBird # S51355058])

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Wild Turkey (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (25 March 2005, WAW, SJS)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____Common Nighthawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 5 May 2007, BHS, SJSa SBB record)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Rufous Hummingbird * (c. 3 November 2016-11 April 2017 [a banded bird], Sonya Jackson et al.)

_____ American Coot ([1 injured] 9 July 2006, WAW, SJS

_____ Sandhill Crane (DC)

_____ Killdeer

_____ American Woodcock (17 April 2008, CK photo, RB)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (18 January 1999, MS [Busroe 1999b])

_____ Common Loon (25 March 2005, WAW, SJS)

_____ Neotropic Cormorant * (date, observer)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (12 October 2002, SJS, WAW, TMC)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (12 October 2002, SJS, WAW, TMC)

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (12 October 2002, SJS, WAW, TMC; 25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Harrier (28 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (25 March 2005, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (19 October 1966, Larry McDonald fide CSG [Guthrie 1966a]; 30 May 1994, SJS)

_____ Bald Eagle (27 September 2008, GRa FBB record)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (22 November 1981, RS [Stamm 1982a])

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (11 June 1998, SJS)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin * (27 September 2008, BPB et al.a FBB record)

_____ Ash-throated Flycatcher * (8-10 December 2017, Jeff Sole photos, m.ob.; eBird # S40976112)

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (19 May 1994, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (27 September 2008, SJSa FBB record)

_____ Warbling Vireo * (9 July 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW; 1 June 2006, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (5 May 2007, SJS, BHSa SBB record)

_____ Cliff Swallow (9 July 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (DC)

_____ House Wren (14 June 1988, WRP)

_____ Winter Wren (25 March 2005, SJS)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren (22 December 1965, CSG a CBC record)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (18 January 1999, MS [Busroe 1999b])

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Hermit Thrush (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ Evening Grosbeak * (20 March22 April 1962, fide CSG [Anonymous 1962c])

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (25 March 2005, WAW, SJS)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (29 December 1964, CSG--a CBC record; 22 December 1965, CSG--a CBC record)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (6 June 1996, SJS)

_____ Fox Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Song Sparrow (3 June 1938, WMW [Walker 1940])

_____ Swamp Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ White-throated Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink * (27 September 2008, BLPa FBB record)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (14 June 1988, WRP)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (25 March 2005, SJS)

_____ Northern Waterthrush (5 May 2007, SJSa SBB record)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (27 September 2008, CGH, CSN, SJSa FBB record)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (5 May 2007, SJS, BHSa SBB record)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (5 May 2007, RMDa SBB record)

_____ Nashville Warbler (5 May 2007, RMDa SBB record; 27 September 2008, SJSa FBB record)

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Cape May Warbler (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler (5 May 2007, BHS, SJSa SBB record)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (27 September 2008, SJSa FBB record)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (5 May 2007, RMDa SBB record)

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (5 May 2007, RMDa SBB record)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (5 May 2007, RMDa SBB record)

_____ Palm Warbler (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Canada Warbler (1 [singing] 11 June 1998, SJSa BBS record)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5 May 2007, m. ob.a SBB record)

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Painted Bunting * (26 May 2006, GT photo)

_____ Dickcissel * (9 July 2006, SJS, WAW)

 

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:

RB Ron Balmer
TMC Terry M. Campbell
DC David Chaffin
RMD Roseanna M. Denton
CSG Charles S. Guthrie
CGH C. Gay Hodges
CK Chris Korrow
CSN Connie S. Neeley
BLP B. Lemon Palmer-Ball
WRP W. Robert Peeples
GR Gerald Robe
RS Russell Starr
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
MS Mitchell Sturgeon
GT Gary Thompson
WAW Winston A. Walden
WMW W. M. Walker, Jr.
   
BBS Breeding Bird Survey
CBC Christmas Bird Count (Burkesville)
FBB Fall BirdBlitz (Cumberland County, KY)
KBBA Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas
SBB Spring BirdBlitz (Cumberland County, KY)

 

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