Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeFall 2004

 

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

                     sstedman@tntech.edu

    Details about many of the sightings noted below may be found in the Fall 2004 UCR Bird Report.

 

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

 

Species Early Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Gr. White-fronted Goose 6 November Wayne KY RMD
Snow Goose
Gadwall 2 October Jackson TN SJS, Winston A. Walden, Terry M. Campbell
American Wigeon 29 September Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
5 November Wayne KY RMD
American Black Duck 30 October Pulaski KY RMD
Blue-winged Teal 11 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
31 August Scott TN Nell Moore
1 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
1 September Clay TN Danny Stone fide Terry M. Campbell
Northern Shoveler 30 September  Wayne KY RMD
Northern Pintail 30 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
31 October DeKalb TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
7 November Barren KY David and Joanie Roemer
Green-winged Teal 1 September Putnam TN SJS
Canvasback 4 December DeKalb TN SJS
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck 17 October DeKalb TN SJS
30 October Pickett TN SJS
1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
5 November Wayne KY RMD
Greater Scaup 1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Scaup 1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
3 November Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor
8 November DeKalb TN SJS
9 NOvember Pulaski KY RMD
Surf Scoter 5 November Wayne KY RMD

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead 7 November Barren KY David and Joanie Roemer
Common Goldeneye 26 November White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser 3 November Putnam TN SJS
5 November Wayne KY RMD
6 November White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs, Winston A. Walden
8 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck 13 October White TN SJS
26 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
30 October Overton TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
7 November Barren KY David and Joanie Roemer
9 November Pulaski KY RMD
Common Loon 25 October DeKalb TN SJS
1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
5 November Pulaski KY RMD
5 November Wayne KY RMD
Horned Grebe 17 October DeKalb TN SJS
6 November Russell KY RMD
6 November Pulaski KY RMD
7 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Eared Grebe 5 November Pulaski KY RMD
Double-crested Cormorant 14 August DeKalb TN Michael J. Hawkins
27 August Pulaski KY RMD
31 August Scott TN Nell Moore
1 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Egret 2 July Bledsoe TN Edmund K. LeGrand, Steve LeGrand
7 July DeKalb TN Zack Fuson fide Judy C. Fuson
10 July Adair KY RMD
20 July Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
28 July Pulaski KY RMD
Snowy Egret 21 August Pulaski KY RMD
Little Blue Heron 28 July Pulaski KY RMD
12 August Warren TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron late July DeKalb TN fide Carol D. Williams
6 August Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Harrier 29 August Bledsoe TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
31 August DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
17 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
24 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin 3 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot 6 October Putnam TN SJS et al.
10 October Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
Sandhill Crane 13 October ** Putnam TN Michele Ramsey
29 October DeKalb TN fide Carol D. Williams
6 November Adair KY RMD
Whooping Crane 10 November Cumberland TN Dick Riesz
Sora 25 September White TN SJS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 11 August Pulaski KY RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 21 July Pulaski KY RMD
28 July Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor, SJS
Solitary Sandpiper 20 July White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
22 July Wayne KY RMD
12 August White TN Douglas A. Downs
12 August Warren TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Greater Yellowlegs 21 August White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs, Winston A. Walden
31 August Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 30 July Pulaski KY RMD
Sanderling 8 September Pulaski KY RMD
Semipalmated Sandpiper 22 July Wayne KY RMD
Western Sandpiper 17 August Pulaski KY RMD
Least Sandpiper 30 July Pulaski KY RMD
Baird's Sandpiper 3 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Pectoral Sandpiper 26 July Pulaski KY RMD
Dunlin 15 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
1 November Pulaski KY RMD
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper 17 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
8 September White TN SJS
Short-billed Dowitcher 8 September White TN SJS
Wilson's Snipe 25 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
24 October Pulaski KY RMD
Wilson's Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull 1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
9 November Pulaski KY RMD
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 17 July Pulaski KY RMD
17 September DeKalb TN SJS
Herring Gull 26 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
30 October Pickett TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
6 November Russell KY RMD
Caspian Tern
Black Tern 30 July Pulaski KY RMD
Common Tern 29 June Barren KY David L. Roemer
8 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Forster's Tern
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
Rufous Hummingbird 7 October ** Putnam TN Stan Hood
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 26 September Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
30 September DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
30 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
2 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
4 October Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Olive-sided Flycatcher 23 August * DeKalb TN Virginia Curtis, Tommy L. Curtis
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo 18 September Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
20 September Pulaski KY RMD
Red-breasted Nuthatch 27 September DeKalb TN SJS et al.
3 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand,  SJS
6 October Putnam TN Michael J. Hawkins et al.
Brown Creeper 6 October Putnam TN Nancy S. Layzer et al.
9 October White TN Douglas A. Downs et al.
24 October Pulaski KY RMD
Winter Wren 8 October DeKalb TN SJS
12 October Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
24 October Pulaski TN RMD
Sedge Wren 20 July White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Marsh Wren 18 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
20 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
3 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 October Putnam TN SJS et al.
8 October DeKalb TN SJS
9 October Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 18 September Putnam TN SJS
24 September Pulaski KY RMD
25 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 24 September Pulaski KY RMD
25 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman
Swainson’s Thrush 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
11 September McCreary KY SJS, RMD et al.
Hermit Thrush 6 October Putnam TN Carol D. Williams, Judy C. Fuson
9 October Scott TN Nell Moore, SJS
24 October Pulaski KY RMD
American Pipit 15 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
30 October Fentress TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
3 November Pulaski KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 10 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
11 September McCreary KY RMD, SJS et al.
Orange-crowned Warbler 20 October Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
23 October Monroe KY SJS
Nashville Warbler 25 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman
Magnolia Warbler 25 August ** Putnam TN SJS
31 August Pulaski KY RMD
1 September ** Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Cape May Warbler 22 September Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 October Putnam TN SJS
Blackburnian Warbler 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
29 August Bledsoe TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
1 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Palm Warbler 30 September Wayne KY RMD
Bay-breasted Warbler 9 September Putnam TN SJS
Blackpoll Warbler 29 September Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Waterthrush 20 September Putnam TN SJS
22 September Pulaski KY RMD
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler 1 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Canada Warbler 1 September ** Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Vesper Sparrow 23 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
23 October Wayne KY RMD
25 October Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
30 October Fentress TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
Savannah Sparrow 11 September McCreary KY SJS, RMD, Somerset Bird Club
18 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
25 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman, Winston A. Walden, Michael P. O'Rourke
Fox Sparrow 27 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
9 November Scott TN Nell Moore
Swamp Sparrow 25 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman
30 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
6 October Putnam TN SJS et al.
Lincoln’s Sparrow 18 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
30 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
White-throated Sparrow 8 October Putnam TN SJS
8 October DeKalb TN SJS
9 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
White-crowned Sparrow 2 October ** Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
15 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Dark-eyed Junco 16 October Adair KY Winston A. Walden, SJS
26 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12 September Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Bobolink 31 August Scott TN Nell Moore
11 September McCreary KY SJS, RMD et al.
Rusty Blackbird 9 October White TN Douglas A. Downs et al.
Brewer's Blackbird 5 December White TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Purple Finch 25 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
30 October Putnam TN SJS
31 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Pine Siskin 10 October ** Pulaski KY SJS, RMD
23 October Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
24 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
3 November Putnam TN SJS
4 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Evening Grosbeak

 

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

 

Species Late Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
3 November Putnam TN SJS
Double-crested Cormorant
Least Bittern
Great Egret 16 October Wayne KY Gay Hodges
10 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 27 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 2 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Green Heron 29 November ** Putnam TN SJS
Black-crowned Night Heron 7 November DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9 October ** Putnam TN Van Harris, Carol D. Williams photo, Michael J. Hawkins
White Ibis 10 September * White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Osprey 10 October Pulaski KY Arlene M. Morton, RMD, SJS
Broad-winged Hawk 2 October Jackson TN SJS, TMC, WAW
Merlin 16 October Adair KY SJS, Winston A. Walden
Peregrine Falcon 23 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Sandhill Crane 15 January Smith TN Kathy Harville, Terry Harville
17 January Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
20 January Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
Virginia Rail 25 September White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
5 October Clay TN Terry M. Campbell photo
Sora 6 November White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Common Moorhen 25 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 17 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Spotted Sandpiper 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
3 November Pulaski KY RMD
3 November Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor
Solitary Sandpiper 15 October White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Greater Yellowlegs 3 November Putnam TN SJS
Lesser Yellowlegs 15 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
30 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 12 November Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 23 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Dunlin 12 November Pulaski KY RMD
23 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern 8 September Pulaski KY RMD
8 September DeKalb TN SJS
Black Tern 8 September Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
8 September White TN SJS
8 September Pulaski KY RMD
Common Tern 17 September Russell KY David L. Roemer
17 September Pulaski KY David L. Roemer
Forster's Tern 8 September Pulaski KY RMD
17 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
13 October White TN SJS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo 8 October ** Pulaski KY Laura Obiso
Common Nighthawk 1 November ** Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
Eastern Whip-poor-will 1 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
17 September Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer, James Layzer
25 September Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
Chuck-will's-widow 15 August Jackson TN James Layzer
Chimney Swift 20 October White TN Douglas A. Downs
20 October Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19 October Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 30 October ** Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
Acadian Flycatcher 1 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
4 September DeKalb TN SJS
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher 22 July Russell KY RMD
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher 18 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman, Winston A. Walden et al.
22 September Pulaski KY RMD
Eastern Kingbird 11 September McCreary KY SJS, Winston A. Walden
11 September Fentress TN SJS, Winston A.Walden
19 September Putnam TN SJS
9 October White TN Douglas A. Downs et al.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 20 October ** Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
White-eyed Vireo 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Yellow-throated Vireo 11 October DeKalb TN SJS
Blue-headed Vireo 31 October Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
31 October DeKalb TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
14 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
Warbling Vireo 24 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Philadelphia Vireo 9 October Scott TN SJS
Red-eyed Vireo 11 October DeKalb TN SJS
24 October Pickett TN SJS
Purple Martin 25 August Putnam TN SJS
Tree Swallow 16 October Adair KY SJS, Winston A.Walden
Northern Rough-w. Swallow 1 September Morgan TN Barbara H.Stedman
12 September Putnam TN SJS, Terry M. Campbell, Barbara Massey
22 September DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
25 September White  TN Barbara H. Stedman
Bank Swallow 10 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Cliff Swallow 17 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Barn Swallow 6 October Putnam TN Carol D. Williams et al.
12 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams, Judy C. Fuson
House Wren 13 October Putnam TN Janie C. Finch
Sedge Wren 6 November White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs, Winston A. Walden
Marsh Wren 7 November ** Pulaski  KY Connie S. Neeley
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18 September Putnam TN SJS et al.
Veery 20 September Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 11 October DeKalb TN SJS
Wood Thrush 10 October ** Pulaski KY SJS
Gray Catbird 15 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
21 October Putnam TN SJS
14 November Clay TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
27 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler 25 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Tennessee Warbler 31 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
31 October DeKalb TN SJS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 16 October Adair KY SJS
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler 14 November * Clay TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Chestnut-sided Warbler 9 October Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore
Magnolia Warbler 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
20 October Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
Cape May Warbler 9 October Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler 30 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler 3 October Cumberland TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Yellow-throated Warbler 25 September White TN SJS et al.
Prairie Warbler 25 September White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Bay-breasted Warbler 11 October DeKalb TN SJS
Cerulean Warbler 11 August DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
16 August Putnam TN SJS
Black-and-white Warbler 11 October DeKalb TN SJS
American Redstart 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird 15 October White TN SJS
Northern Waterthrush 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
31 October ** Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Louisiana Waterthrush 3 August Morgan TN Jeanne T. Richardson
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler 18 September Morgan TN David J. Trently
Common Yellowthroat 30 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
26 November White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Hooded Warbler 11 October Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
27 October Morgan TN Jeanne T. Richardson
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Vesper Sparrow 31 October Pulaski KY RMD
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow 10 October ** Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley, Arlene M. Morton, RMD, SJS
Lincoln's Sparrow 5 November ** Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Summer Tanager 20 October Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
24 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
25 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
Scarlet Tanager 9 October Scott TN SJS, Nell Moore
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
31 October DeKalb TN SJS, Winston A. Walden/Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
Blue Grosbeak 25 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman
21 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Indigo Bunting 20 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
23 October Monroe KY SJS
31 October DeKalb TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
5 November ** Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
8 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Dickcissel
Bobolink 9 October White TN Douglas A. Downs et al.
Orchard Oriole 11 August DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
12 August Warren TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
12 August White TN Douglas A. Downs
Baltimore Oriole

 

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