Check-list of DeKalb County, Tennessee, Birds

 

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in DeKalb County 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) * X
_____ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) X
    Snow Goose, white morph x
    Snow Goose, blue morph
    Snow Goose, intermediate morph **
_____ Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * X
_____ Brant (Branta bernicla) **
_____  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) **
_____  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
_____  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) * X
_____ Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) **
_____  Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) *
_____  Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) X
_____ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) X
_____  Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
_____  Gadwall (Anas strepera) X
_____  American Wigeon (Anas americana) X
_____  Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) X
_____  American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) X
_____  Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) **
_____  Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) X
_____  Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) X
_____  Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) X
_____  Redhead (Aythya americana) X
_____  Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) X
_____  Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) * X
_____  Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) X
_____  Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) **
_____  Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) * X
_____ White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) * X
_____ Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) ** X
_____ Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) **  X
_____ Bufflehead  (Bucephala albeola) X
_____ Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) X
_____ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) X
_____ Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) * X
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) X
_____ Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X
_____  Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) X
_____  Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) *
_____  Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) X
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) X
_____  Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) X
_____ Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) ** X
_____ Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) * X
_____ Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) ** X
_____ Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) * X
_____ Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratoriusextinct) --
_____ White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) ** X
_____ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) X
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ Sora (Porzana carolina) * X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ 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) X
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) **  
_____ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) X
_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) *
_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) **  
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) X
_____ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) *
_____ Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) *
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) **
_____ American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) X
_____ Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) X
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) X
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) X
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) X
_____ Willet (Tringa semipalmata) ** X
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) X
_____ Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) **
_____ Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) **  
_____ Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) ** X
_____ Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) ** X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) *
_____ Mew Gull (Larus canus) **
_____ Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
_____ California Gull (Larus californicus) **
_____ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) X
_____  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) X
_____ Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) X
_____ Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) * X
_____ Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) **  
_____ Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) X
_____  Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) * X
_____  Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) ** X
_____  Common Loon (Gavia immer) X
_____  Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) **
_____ Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) **  
_____ Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) **  
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) X
_____ Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) **  
_____ American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) **
_____ Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) ** X
_____ American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) * X
_____ Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) **
_____ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) X
    Great Blue Heron, blue morph x
    Great Blue Heron, white morph ** x
_____ Great Egret (Ardea alba) X
_____ Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) *
_____ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) * X
_____ Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) ** X
_____ Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) * X
_____ Green Heron (Butorides virescens) X
_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) X
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ 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) **  x
_____ Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) *
_____ Barn Owl (Tyto alba) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) **
_____ Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensisextinct) --
_____ Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) **  
_____ 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) * X
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) **
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) X
_____ Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) **
_____ Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) * X
_____ Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) * X
_____ 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) X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) X
_____ Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) *
_____ 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) X
_____ American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X
_____ Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * X
_____ Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) **
_____ Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) X

_____

Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) **
_____ American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) * X
_____ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
_____ Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) ** X
_____ Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) X
_____ Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) X
_____ Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) **
_____ Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) X
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) X
_____ Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) X
_____ Ovenbird (Seiuris aurocapillus) X
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) X
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) X
_____ Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  
_____ 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) * X
_____ Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) X
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) X
_____ Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) X
_____ Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * X
_____ Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) X
_____ 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) **
_____ Dickcissel (Spiza americana) X
Total Species 240

 

Table 2. Annotated list of DeKalb County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose * (19 January 2009 photo, JCF, CDW)

_____ Snow Goose (14 November 1999, JN [Fekel 2000]; 6 January 2006, JCF, CDW photo)

_____ Ross's Goose * (27 January 2004, JCF, CDW photo; 1314 January 2005, CDW photo, JCF)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan * (24 December 2005, SJS)

_____ Wood Duck (19 April 1996, GKE, DLC et al.)

_____ Blue-winged Teal (23 March 1995, SJS; 23 January 2006, CDW photo, JCF)

_____ Northern Shoveler (21 October 1998, SJS, GKE, MAS)

_____ Gadwall (8 December 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ American Wigeon (6 October 1991, SJS)

_____ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck

_____ Northern Pintail (14 October 1998, SJS, GKE)

_____ Green-winged Teal (2 December 1994, SJS, MAS)

_____ Canvasback (28 November 1998, SJS)

_____ Redhead (17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)

_____ Ring-necked Duck

_____ Greater Scaup (16 February 2004, SJS)

_____ Lesser Scaup

_____ Surf Scoter * (26 October 1975, WJJ [Williams 1976a]; 23 October 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ White-winged Scoter * (1 November 2002, SJS)

_____ Black Scoter * (6 November 2002, SJS)

_____ Long-tailed Duck * (7 December 2007, SJS)

_____ Bufflehead

_____ Common Goldeneye

_____ Hooded Merganser

_____ Common Merganser * (21 December 2013, SGS, EKL photo et al.a CBC record)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (8 March 1992, SJS)

_____ Ruddy Duck (6 November 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe (575 on 23 February 1997, SJS)

_____ Red-necked Grebe * (13 November 2013, EKL photo, SJS)

_____ Eared Grebe * (7 & 22 November 2000, SJS; 12 April 2003, PC, SJS et al.)

_____ Western Grebe * (27 January 2010, MJH, JCF, CDW)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian  Collared-Dove * (2425 March 2000, CDW photo; 21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ White-winged Dove * (25 April 2013, TLC, VC photo)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (summers 1974 & 1975, HES [Shadowen 1978])

_____ Common Nighthawk (13 May 2004, CDW, JCF)

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (May 2008, m. ob.)

_____ Whip-poor-will (Summer 1999, CDW)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Rufous Hummingbird * (26 November 200413 March 2005, TLC photo, VC, CDW photo, RC photos)

_____ Virginia Rail * (8 October 2016 [feline casualty], JCF photo)

_____ Sora (19 September 2003, Eddie Fuson fide JCF)

_____ American Coot

_____ Sandhill Crane

_____ Black-necked Stilt * (8 May 2004, JCF photo, CDW photo)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Dunlin (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Least Sandpiper (8 May 2004, SJS, CDW, JCF)

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (18 May 2004, SJS)

_____ American Woodcock (21 February 2005, CDW)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (5 March 2003, MJH)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (25 May 2008, MW, JNa DeKalb County Foray record)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (9 April 2004, TLC, VC)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Willet * (3 May 1979, CE [Bierly 1979c])

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (2 April 2000, SJS)

_____ Red Phalarope * (20 November 1994, SJS)

_____ Parasitic Jaeger * (16-18 September 2017, Mark Taylor photos)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull

_____ Laughing Gull * (28 September 2005, SJS)

_____ Ring-billed Gull

_____ Herring Gull (20 November 1994, SJS)

_____ Caspian Tern (8 September 2004, SJS)

_____ Black Tern (26 on 25 August 1999, SJS, CDW)

_____ Common Tern * (24 May 2008, MW, JNa DeKalb County Foray record)

_____ Forster's Tern (21 October 1998, SJS, GKE, MAS)

_____ Red-throated Loon * (27 March 1992, BHS)

_____ Pacific Loon * (9 March 2005, SJS, BHS)

_____ Common Loon (24 May 2008, WAW—a DeKalb County Foray record)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant

_____ Brown Pelican (16 May 2020, Mark, Sharon, and Rachel Oldham photo)

_____ American Bittern (1 April 2003, CDW photo)

_____ Great Blue Heron

     _____ Great Blue Heron, blue form

     _____ Great Blue Heron, white form (21 September11 November 2002, CDW, TMC, SJS photo [Stedman and
                  Williams 2003])

_____ Great Egret (25 September 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ Little Blue Heron * (14 September 2010, JCF)

_____ Tricolored Heron * (29 August 2009, JCF, MJH)

_____ Cattle Egret (56 June 2003, Eddie Fuson, JCF)

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night Heron * (summer 1976, HES [Shadowen 1978]; summer 2003, CDW [photo] et
            al.
; summer 2004, CDW [photo of juvenile] et al.)

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * (22 August 2011, Andrew Thornton [eBird])

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey

_____ Golden Eagle * (c. 49 January 1983 [Nicholson 1983]; 28 December 2010, MJH, CDW)

_____ Northern Harrier (6 January 2003, MJH)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (1 April 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk

_____ Bald Eagle

_____ Mississippi Kite (24 May 2008, DAD—a DeKalb County Foray record)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Barn Owl * (21 December 2013, NPM, SNMa CBC record)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl * (road  casualty, 2/3 November 2007, SJS photo [of specimen]).

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin (2831 December 2003, JCF photoa CBC record in part)

_____ Peregrine Falcon * (28 September 2005, SJS)

_____ Great  Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (2327 August 2004, VC, TLC photo, CDW photo)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (summers 19721976 & 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978]; 7 June 1990, SJS)

_____ Least Flycatcher * (summer 1973, HES [Shadowen 1978])

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (16 March 2002, SJS)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (26 September 2002, SJS; 17 September 2006, SJS)

_____ Warbling Vireo (30 May 1998, SJS; 2324 May 2008, SJS—a DeKalb County Foray record)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American  Crow

_____ Horned Lark (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (2 June 1997, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (summers 1974, 1976, & 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978])

_____ Cliff Swallow

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (14 October 1997, SJS, BHS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper

_____ House Wren (28 December 2004, WAW)

_____ Winter Wren (11 November 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Sedge Wren (8 April 2006, SJS)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren * (summers 1972, 1973, & 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978]; TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (25 April 2004, SJS, MJH; 17 September 2006, SJS)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (6 October 1991 [road casualty], SJS)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (27 September 2004, SJS)

_____ Hermit Thrush (DOR 17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (11 November 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch

_____ Pine Siskin (19 November 1993, SJS, BHS; 27 April 2005, TLC, VC)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Lapland Longspur * (9 & 19 February 2008, JCF, CDW)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (45 February 2009, TLC, VC, JCF photo)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Clay-colored Sparrow * (16 October 2009, SJS, JCF photo)

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Savannah Sparrow

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 17 May 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (27 June1 July 2006, SJS, CDW photo [30 June 2006] et al.; see also DeKalb County Foray results)

_____ Fox Sparrow (16 January 2003, CDW photo)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (2 May 2004, JCF photo)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (26 May 2008, SJS, CDWa DeKalb County Foray record)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (21 February 2003, CDW photo)

_____ Brewer's Blackbird * (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (25 September 1998, SJS, BHS; 17 September 2006, SJS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler

_____ Swainson's Warbler * (summer 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978])

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (13 February 2006, JCF photo)

_____ Nashville Warbler (SJS, MJH)

_____ Connecticut Warbler (26 May 2008,SJS, CDW, JCFa DeKalb County Foray record)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (10 May 2011, Pingang Wang [eBird])

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Cape May Warbler (13 May 2008, CDW)

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (29 September 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (25 September 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (4 September 2010, JCF)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (23 May 2008,SJSa DeKalb County Forayrecord)

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler * (30 May 1976, WJJ [Williams 1976f]; 25 September 1976, MCW
            [Williams 1977])

_____ Palm Warbler (19 April 1996, GKE, DLC et al.)

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (17 September 2006, SJS)

_____ Canada Warbler (25 August 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Wilson's Warbler (26 September 2002, SJS)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting (4-5, 7-8 February 2010, MJH photo)

_____ Dickcissel (summer 1973, HES [Shadowen 1978]; 22 May14 July 2006, CDW photo, JCF, MJH et al.)

 

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:

PC Pat Collins
DLC Daniel L. Combs
RC Richard Connors
TLC Tommy L. Curtis
VC Virginia Curtis
DAD Douglas A. Downs
DOR Dead on road
CE Craig Empson
GKE Ginger K. Ensor
JCF Judy C. Fuson
MJH Michael J. Hawkins
WJJ William J. Jones
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
NPM N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
SNM Susan N. McWhirter
JN John Noel
MAS Michael A. Sanders
HES Herbert E. Shadowen
SGS Scott G. Somershoe
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
WAW Winston A. Walden
MW Melinda Welton
CDW Carol D. Williams
MCW Mary C. Wood
   
CBC Christmas Bird County (DeKalb County)
TBBA Tennessee Breeding Bird Atlas

 

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