Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeFall 2003

 

    If you have arrival or departure data that supersede any of the data below, please send me an e-mail message:

                     sstedman@tntech.edu

 

I. Arrival Dates for Summer Visitors, Transients, and Winter Residents

    

      * = documentation provided for extremely early date or rare species

    ** = record early for site; documentation also provided

    Key to observer initials:

RMD Roseanna M. Denton
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
WAW Winston A. Walden
CDW Carol D. Williams

 

Species Early Date County State Observer(s)
Greater White-fronted Goose 15 November Clay TN SJS et al.
30 November Bledsoe TN SJS, WAW
Snow Goose 14 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
17 November Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
30 November Bledsoe TN SJS, WAW
1 December Fentress TN Betty Thornton, Terry Thornton; SJS
Ross's Goose 30 November Bledsoe TN SJS, WAW
Gadwall 20 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
American Wigeon 7 November DeKalb TN SJS
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
11 November Pulaski KY RMD
American Black Duck 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
8 November Scott TN Barbara H. Stedman
Blue-winged Teal 22 August Putnam TN SJS
22 August Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Shoveler 24 August ** Putnam TN SJS
Northern Pintail 16 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
22 November Scott TN Nell Moore
Green-winged Teal 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
Canvasback 7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Redhead 7 November DeKalb TN SJS
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
15 November Clay TN SJS et al.
Ring-necked Duck 18 October Scott TN Nell Moore, WAW, SJS
21 October Putnam TN SJS
22 October Overton TN SJS
27 October Pulaski KY RMD
Greater Scaup 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Scaup 5 November Putnam TN SJS et al.
7 November DeKalb TN SJS
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Surf Scoter 7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
9 November Pulaski KY RMD

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter 9 November Pulaski KY RMD
Long-tailed Duck 20 December Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Bufflehead 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
8 November Putnam TN SJS et al.
8 November DeKalb TN SJS et al.
Common Goldeneye 14 November White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser 25 October White TN SJS, WAW
5 November Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
10 November Pulaski KY RMD
Red-breasted Merganser 7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Ruddy Duck 5 October Putnam TN SJS
Red-throated Loon 7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Common Loon 5 August (alt) DeKalb TN CDW
19 October (basic) DeKalb TN CDW
27 October Pulaski KY RMD
Horned Grebe 10 October DeKalb TN SJS
10 November Pulaski KY RMD
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant 19 July Adair KY SJS
9 August Jackson TN Terry M. Campbell
White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Egret 14 July Smith TN Anon. obs. fide Darcy Cripps fide CDW
19 July Adair KY WAW et al.
20 July DeKalb TN  Judy C. Fuson fide CDW
31 July Putnam TN SJS
16 August Clinton KY SJS, WAW
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier 11 October McCreary KY RMD et al.
18 October Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
Rough-legged Hawk 3 December Wayne KY RMD
Golden Eagle 29 November * Scott TN Jimi Moore, Nell Moore, SJS
Merlin 2 October Pulaski KY RMD
Peregrine Falcon 1 October * Morgan TN  Barbara H. Stedman
American Coot 26 September ** Putnam TN SJS
27 September Overton TN SJS, WAW
12 October Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
Sandhill Crane 28 October Pickett TN Robbie C. Hassler
28 October Cumberland  TN Terry and Betty Thornton
7 November Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
8 November Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
Sora 19 September DeKalb TN Eddie Fuson fide Judy C. Fuson
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover        
Spotted Sandpiper 13 July Putnam TN WAW
20 July Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
22 July Pulaski  KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper 21 July Putnam TN SJS
3 August Pulaski  KY RMD
16 August Clinton KY  SJS, WAW
Greater Yellowlegs 22 July Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 22 July Pulaski KY RMD
27 July ** Putnam TN SJS
Sanderling 17 September Pulaski KY RMD
Semipalmated Sandpiper 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper 1 September Pulaski KY RMD
Least Sandpiper 22 July Pulaski KY  RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 17 September  Pulaski KY RMD
Dunlin 28 October Pulaski KY RMD
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper 17 September Pulaski KY RMD
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe 22 September Wayne KY RMD
Wilson's Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
8 November DeKalb TN SJS et al.
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 5 October DeKalb TN SJS
19 October Smith TN SJS
6 November Pulaski KY RMD
Herring Gull 10 November DeKalb TN SJS
19 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
24 November Pulaski KY RMD
Caspian Tern
Black Tern 3 August Pulaski KY RMD
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Short-eared Owl 20 December Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Rufous Hummingbird early October * Putnam TN Mary Bennett fide SJS
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 October Putnam TN SJS
6 October Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
10 October DeKalb TN CDW
11 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Olive-sided Flycatcher 6 September Pulaski KY RMD
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 5 September Barren KY Mark Monroe
12 September * Pulaski KY RMD
Least Flycatcher 26 August * Pulaski KY RMD
Philadelphia Vireo 16 September Pulaski KY RMD
19 September Putnam TN SJS
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Brown Creeper 15 October Pulaski KY RMD
26 October Morgan TN Jeanne Richardson
Winter Wren 12 October Cumberland TN SJS
15 October Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren 22 September Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12 October Cumberland TN SJS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 September Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
28 September Pulaski  KY RMD
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 21 September Pulaski KY RMD
Swainson’s Thrush 4 September Pulaski KY RMD
5 September Putnam TN SJS
Hermit Thrush 13 October Putnam TN SJS
17 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
American Pipit 29 September Pulaski KY RMD
18 October Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore, WAW
Tennessee Warbler 24 August Pulaski KY RMD
Orange-crowned Warbler 5 September Barren KY Mark Monroe
17 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Nashville Warbler 10 September Pulaski KY RMD
Magnolia Warbler 3 September Putnam TN SJS
4 September Pulaski KY RMD
Cape May Warbler 27 September Russell KY Terry M. Campbell, SJS
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 28 September Pulaski KY RMD
6 October Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
12 October Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
13 October Putnam TN SJS
Blackburnian Warbler 26 August Pulaski KY RMD
Palm Warbler 15 September Pulaski KY RMD
20 September Putnam TN Fall Bird Count
22 September Russell KY RMD
Bay-breasted Warbler 4 September Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Waterthrush 20 September Putnam TN SJS
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler 20 September Putnam  TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Clay-colored Sparrow 10 November Pulaski KY RMD
Vesper Sparrow 18 October Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore, WAW
20 October Pulaski KY RMD
26 October Putnam TN SJS
Savannah Sparrow 24 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
Fox Sparrow 17 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
1 November Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
8 November DeKalb TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Swamp Sparrow 1 October Pulaski KY RMD
Lincoln’s Sparrow 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
White-throated Sparrow 5 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
8 October Pulaski KY RMD
13 October Putnam TN SJS
17 October Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
White-crowned Sparrow 13 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
18 October Scott TN Nell Moore, SJS, WAW
20 October Putnam TN Dena Russell
22 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
Dark-eyed Junco 12 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
17 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
20 October Pulaski  KY RMD
21 October Cumberland TN Michael Hodge
24 October Putnam TN Dena Russell
Snow Bunting 29 November * Scott TN Jimi Moore, Nell Moore, SJS
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 September DeKalb TN SJS, CDW, Judy C. Fuson
16 September Pulaski KY RMD
17 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird 23 November Putnam TN Susan H. Ford
Brewer's Blackbird 18 October * Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore, WAW
8 November Putnam TN SJS et al.
Purple Finch 8 November Scott TN Barbara H. Stedman
10 November Putnam TN SJS
13 November Pulaski KY RMD
14 November DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
24 November Cumberland TN Marty McKnight
Pine Siskin 7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
13 November Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
19 November DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
24 November Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
24 November Pulaski KY RMD
Evening Grosbeak 29 November Morgan TN Jeanne Richardson

 

II. Departure Dates for Summer Visitors, Transients, and Summer Residents

 

      * = documentation provided for extremely late date or rare species

    ** = record late for site; documentation also provided

    Key to observer initials:

RMD Roseanna M. Denton
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
WAW Winston A. Walden
CDW Carol D. Williams

 

Species Late Date County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal 18 October  Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore, WAW
29 October Wayne KY RMD
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Double-crested Cormorant 7 December Putnam TN SJS
8 December Monroe KY Terry M. Campbell
Least Bittern
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 19 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Green Heron 1 October Putnam TN SJS et al.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 20 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
Osprey 3 November Pulaski  KY RMD
Broad-winged Hawk 29 September Pulaski KY RMD
Merlin 20 December Pulaski KY RMD
30 December DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson photo
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane 19 January Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
19 January White TN WAW, SJS, Douglas A. Downs
19 January DeKalb TN CDW, Judy C. Fuson
20 January Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
24 January Putnam TN SJS, WAW
30 January Barren KY David L. Roemer
4 February White TN Betty R. Thornton, Terry Thornton
4 February White TN Douglas A. Down
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 1 September Pulaski KY RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 27 October Pulaski KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs 3 November Pulaski KY RMD
12 November Putnam TN SJS et al.
19 November White TN Douglas A. Downs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper 24 September Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 25 October White TN SJS, WAW
Dunlin 14 November White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
8 December Barren KY David L. Roemer
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern 17 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Black Tern 17 September Pulaski KY RMD
Forster's Tern 27 September Adair KY RMD, Arlene Morton, Linda McClendon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 October Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift 1 October Putnam TN SJS et al.
4 October White TN Wally Brines
9 October Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer/Michael J. Hawkins
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
13 October Jackson TN Jim and Nancy Layzer
15 October Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
Olive-sided Flycatcher 29 September Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13 October Putnam TN SJS
16 October Morgan TN Jeanne Richardson
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher 6 September DeKalb TN SJS, Carol D. Williams, Judy C. Fuson
21 September Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher 22 June Putnam TN SJS
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher 19 August Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
10 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
Eastern Kingbird 5 September Morgan TN Jeanne Richardson
20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
27 September Adair KY RMD, Arlene Morton, Linda McClendon
White-eyed Vireo 15 October Pulaski KY RMD
15 October Morgan TN Jeanne Richardson
Yellow-throated Vireo 13 October Putnam TN SJS
Blue-headed Vireo 25 October White TN SJS, WAW
1 November McCreary KY RMD, Julie Denton
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo 13 October Putnam TN SJS
Red-eyed Vireo 11 October McCreary KY RMD et al.
Purple Martin 27 August Putnam TN SJS
22 September Wayne KY RMD
Tree Swallow 15 October Putnam TN Nancy S. Layzer, Douglas A. Downs, SJS
28 October Pulaski KY RMD
29 October Wayne KY RMD
Northern Rough-w. Swallow
Bank Swallow 16 August Clinton KY SJS, WAW
Cliff Swallow 22 September Wayne KY RMD
Barn Swallow 1 October  Putnam TN SJS et al.
House Wren 20 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Sedge Wren 25 October White TN SJS, WAW
Marsh Wren 18 October Scott TN Nell Moore, SJS, WAW
19 October Jackson TN SJS
2 November White TN Wally Brines
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20 September Putnam TN Fall Bird Count
1 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
19 October Jackson TN SJS
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 October Putnam TN SJS
Swainson's Thrush 11 October Putnam TN SJS
Wood Thrush 13 October Putnam TN SJS
Gray Catbird 25 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Blue-winged Warbler 10 October DeKalb TN CDW
Golden-winged Warbler 20 September Putnam TN SJS
23 September Pulaski KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 25 October DeKalb TN CDW
31 October Putnam TN SJS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 18 October Scott TN Nell Moore, WAW, SJS
Northern Parula 15 October ** Putnam TN SJS
Yellow Warbler 20 September Putnam TN WAW
Chestnut-sided Warbler 13 October Putnam TN SJS
Magnolia Warbler 21 October Putnam TN SJS
Cape May Warbler 10 October Pulaski KY RMD
22 October ** Putnam TN SJS
Black-thr. Blue Warbler
Black-thr. Green Warbler 8 October Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
15 October Putnam TN SJS
Blackburnian Warbler 1 October Putnam TN SJS
Yellow-throated Warbler 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
27 September Adair KY RMD, Arlene Morton, Linda McClendon
Prairie Warbler 20 September Putnam TN SJS
Bay-breasted Warbler 17 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Cerulean Warbler 8 August DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
24 August Pulaski KY RMD
Black-and-white Warbler 13 October Putnam TN SJS
American Redstart 10 October Putnam TN SJS
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
Prothonotary Warbler 5 September Pulaski KY RMD
20 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
Worm-eating Warbler 3 September Putnam TN SJS
Swainson's Warbler 14 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
Ovenbird 30 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
20 December Putnam TN Daniel L. Combs, Kris Bolin
Northern Waterthrush 15 October Pulaski KY RMD
Louisiana Waterthrush 3 August Morgan TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
19 August Pulaski KY RMD
Kentucky Warbler 12 September Putnam TN SJS
28 September Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 1 November Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Hooded Warbler 12 October Cumberland TN SJS
Canada Warbler 20 September Putnam TN SJS
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Chipping Sparrow 16 November Monroe KY SJS, WAW
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow 10 September * Pulaski KY RMD
Grasshopper Sparrow 20 October Pulaski KY RMD
Lincoln's Sparrow 23 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
5 December ** Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Summer Tanager 9 October Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
11 October Putnam TN SJS
14 October DeKalb TN CDW
Scarlet Tanager 17 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 20 October Putnam TN SJS
Blue Grosbeak 20 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
Indigo Bunting 26 October Putnam TN SJS
Dickcissel 24 July Putnam TN SJS
Bobolink 20 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
20 December Putnam TN Kenneth L. Morgan, Michael J. Hawkins, Ginger K. Ensor
25 December Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
28 December Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs
Orchard Oriole 9 August DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis
6 September White TN Sharon and Wally Brines
10 September ** Putnam TN Dena Russell
Baltimore Oriole 3 August Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley

 

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