Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeFall 2005

 

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

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    Additional details relating to these records may be found in the Fall 2005 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)
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose 4 December ** Pulaski KY RMD
Mute Swan 18 December Clay TN fide Terry M. Campbell
20 December Wayne KY RMD
23 December Overton TN Ginny Morton, King Morton
24 December DeKalb TN SJS
Gadwall 10 September DeKalb TN Michael J. Hawkins, Judy C. Fuson
21 September Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Bettie Doyle
25 September Pulaski KY RMD
American Wigeon 16 October DeKalb TN SJS
American Black Duck 24 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
29 October Russell KY RMD
Blue-winged Teal 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
23 August Putnam TN SJS
Northern Shoveler 25 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
9 September White TN Paul Miliotis, SJS
Northern Pintail 2 November DeKalb TN SJS
Green-winged Teal 23 October White TN SJS
25 October Wayne KY RMD
Canvasback 5 December Pulaski KY RMD
Redhead 25 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
15 November Russell KY RMD
18 November Putnam TN SJS
Ring-necked Duck 16 October Putnam TN SJS
25 October Pulaski KY RMD
Greater Scaup 16 November Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Scaup 28 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
29 October DeKalb TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter 28 October  DeKalb TN SJS
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead 10 November DeKalb TN SJS
11 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
11 November Russell KY RMD
14 November Putnam TN SJS
Common Goldeneye 5 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser        
Red-breasted Merganser 14 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Ruddy Duck 25 October Wayne KY RMD
28 October Putnam TN SJS
28 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Common Loon 21 July Clay TN SJS, Terry M. Campbell
7 August Barren KY Linda King (photo)
3 September Russell KY RMD
24 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
29 October Wayne KY RMD
Pied-billed Grebe 8 August Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
21 August Smith TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
30 August Pulaski KY RMD
11 September Overton TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
17 September Putnam TN M. ob. during Fall Bird Count
Horned Grebe 16 October DeKalb TN SJS
25 October Pulaski KY RMD
28 October Wayne KY RMD
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant 1 July Adair KY RMD
12 July Smith TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
21 July Clay TN SJS, Terry M. Campbell
White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Egret 8 July Warren TN Jason W. Norris
12 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
21 July Clay TN Terry M. Campbell, SJS
7 August Bledsoe TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Snowy Egret 31 July * Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
Little Blue Heron 31 July * Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron 17 September Putnam TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Northern Harrier 18 September DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Rough-legged Hawk 17 December Wayne KY RMD
Golden Eagle 19 December Morgan TN David M. Engebretson, Michael E. Hodge
Merlin 17 September * Putnam TN Winston A. Walden, Michael P. O'Rourke, Tom Saya
27 September Pulaski KY RMD
Peregrine Falcon 28 September DeKalb TN SJS
1 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman
American Coot 7 October DeKalb TN SJS
12 October Putnam TN SJS
15 October Pulaski KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
Sandhill Crane 18 October ** Pulaski KY Julie Denton fide RMD
24 October Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
27 October Overton TN Faye Wells fide Robbie C. Hassler
30 October Putnam TN Michele Ramsey
Sora 16 September Pulaski KY RMD
Virginia Rail 6 September Putnam TN Ivan L. Cordrey (specimen)
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover 29 August ** Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Semipalmated Plover 7 August Bledsoe TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
27 August White TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
American Avocet 15 September Clay TN Terry M. Campbell (photo)
Spotted Sandpiper 8 July Pulaski KY RMD
14 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Solitary Sandpiper 13 July Wayne KY RMD
14 July White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Greater Yellowlegs 29 August Pulaski KY RMD
Willet 13 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Lesser Yellowlegs 27 August White TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper 24 August Pulaski KY RMD
27 August White TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Western Sandpiper 12 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
13 July ** Pulaski KY RMD
Least Sandpiper 7 July White TN SJS
8 July Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 14 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
22 July Pulaski KY RMD
22 July Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
Dunlin 21 October Pulaski KY RMD
15 November Wayne KY RMD
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 5 September Pulaski KY RMD
Stilt Sandpiper 29 August Pulaski KY RMD
Dowitcher sp. 13 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Wilson's Snipe 9 September White TN Paul Miliotis, SJS
27 September Wayne KY RMD
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull 25 September Russell KY David L. Roemer
26 September Pulaski KY RMD
28 September DeKalb TN SJS
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull 25 October  Barren KY David L. Roemer
28 October DeKalb TN SJS
29 October Russell KY RMD
29 October Jackson TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Ring-billed Gull 31 August Barren KY David L. Roemer
25 September Russell KY David L. Roemer
7 October DeKalb TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
7 October Jackson TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Herring Gull 24 September Russell KY David L. Roemer
Sooty Tern 12 July Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman (specimen)
Caspian Tern 30 August Russell KY RMD
Black Tern 29 August Pulaski KY RMD
30 August Barren KY RMD
30 August Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
Common Tern 29 August Pulaski KY RMD
31 August Barren KY David L. Roemer
Forster's Tern 21 August Smith TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
29 August Pulaski KY RMD
31 August Barren KY Jackie B. Elmore, Sr.
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Rufous Hummingbird 1 October Pickett TN Robbie C. Hassler
8 November Putnam TN Stan Hood (photo)
Selasphorus sp. 11 September Putnam TN Stan Hood (photo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
12 October Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor, Nancy S. Layzer
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
Olive-sided Flycatcher 10 September DeKalb TN Michael J. Hawkins, Judy C. Fuson
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo 16 September Pulaski KY RMD
17 September Putnam TN SJS
Red-breasted Nuthatch 28 September Pulaski KY RMD
17 October Morgan TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
28 October Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
Brown Creeper 9 October Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
Winter Wren 29 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Sedge Wren 12 August Pulaski KY RMD
9 September White TN SJS, Paul Miliotis
Marsh Wren 1 October Adair KY RMD
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7 October DeKalb TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
12 October Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 24 September Pickett TN SJS
28 September Pulaski KY RMD
1 October Adair KY RMD
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush mid-August? Cumberland TN Liz Bott (specimen) fide Margie Buxbaum (date uncertain)
17 September Putnam TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Swainson’s Thrush 10 September Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
18 September Morgan TN David J. Trently
Hermit Thrush 12 October Putnam TN SJS
17 October Morgan TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
American Pipit 29 October White TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
2 November Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer
6 November Pulaski KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 1 September Pulaski KY RMD
Orange-crowned Warbler 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
17 October Morgan TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Nashville Warbler 1 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Magnolia Warbler 28 August Pulaski KY RMD
3 September Russell KY RMD
7 September Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
Cape May Warbler 24 September Pickett TN SJS
29 September Pulaski KY RMD
30 September Wayne KY B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 30 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Yellow-rumped Warbler 28 September Pulaski KY RMD
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
1 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
1 October Adair KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler 29 August Pulaski KY RMD
31 August Putnam TN SJS et al.
3 September Russell KY RMD
Palm Warbler 17 September Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
22 September Pulaski KY RMD
Bay-breasted Warbler 1 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Waterthrush 21 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
30 September Wayne KY SJS, B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr.
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler 11 September Pulaski KY RMD
17 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
21 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Canada Warbler 22 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
Vesper Sparrow 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
29 October Russell KY RMD
29 October White TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Savannah Sparrow 8 September Pulaski KY RMD
21 September Wayne KY RMD
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Fox Sparrow 16 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
23 October Fentress TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
27 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Swamp Sparrow 1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
2 October Pulaski KY RMD
Lincoln’s Sparrow 2 October Pulaski KY RMD
White-throated Sparrow 21 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
1 October Adair KY RMD
2 October Pickett TN Robbie C. Hassler
White-crowned Sparrow 11 October Pulaski KY Connie and Wendell Neeley
18 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
23 October Fentress TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Dark-eyed Junco 24 September Russell KY David L. Roemer, Joanie Roemer
14 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
17 October Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
23 October Fentress TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16 September Pulaski KY RMD
17 September Putnam TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs; Barbara H. Stedman
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird 21 November Pulaski KY RMD
23 November Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch 8 November Pulaski KY RMD
Pine Siskin 29 October Pulaski KY RMD
16 November DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
18 November Morgan TN Barbara Stagg
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 25 October Wayne KY RMD
Double-crested Cormorant 27 December Dekalb TN Michael J. Hawkins
Least Bittern
Great Egret 21 September Wayne KY RMD
27 September White TN Douglas A. Downs
10 October Jackson TN Winston A. Walden
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
19 November Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 27 September Wayne KY RMD
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron 29 September Pulaski KY RMD
21 October Putnam TN SJS
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 17 September Putnam TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Osprey 1 November Pulaski KY RMD
Broad-winged Hawk 28 September Pulaski KY RMD
1 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman
Merlin 5 December Pulaski KY RMD
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane 14 January 2006 Putnam TN Michele Ramsey
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 29 September Pulaski KY RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 5 November Pulaski KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper 27 September Wayne KY RMD
Greater Yellowlegs 2 November Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Ginger K. Ensor
6 November Pulaski KY RMD
13 November Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
Lesser Yellowlegs 27 September Wayne KY RMD
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8 September Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 1 October Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 27 September Wayne KY RMD
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper 23 September Pulaski KY RMD
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 8 September Pulaski KY RMD
Long-billed Dowitcher 15 December Pulaski KY RMD
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull 25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern 25 September Russell KY David L. Roemer
Black Tern 30 August Pulaski KY RMD
1 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Common Tern 24 September Russell KY B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr.
Forster's Tern 24 September Russell KY David L. Roemer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 29 September Pulaski KY RMD, Julie Denton
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk 1 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman
11 October ** Pulaski KY Connie and Wendell Neeley
Eastern Whip-poor-will 24 September Pickett TN SJS
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift 8 October DeKalb TN Michael J. Hawkins
9 October Putnam TN SJS
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 26 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Olive-sided Flycatcher 23 September Russell KY Lou Anne Barriger fide B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8 October DeKalb TN SJS, Winston A. Walden, Carol L. Williams
13 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
23 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Acadian Flycatcher 17 September Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.; SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher 2 July Russell KY RMD
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher 26 August Pulaski KY RMD
Eastern Kingbird 11 September Overton TN Winston A. Walden, SJS
24 September White TN Douglas A. Downs, Marti Downs
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 23 October Fentress TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
8 November Pulaski KY RMD
9 November Morgan TN Michael E. Hodge
27 December DeKalb TN SJS
Warbling Vireo 3 September Russell KY RMD
11 September Pulaski KY RMD
21 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Philadelphia Vireo 1 October Adair KY RMD
5 October Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Ginger K. Ensor
Red-eyed Vireo 5 October Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Ginger K. Ensor
Purple Martin 25 August Pulaski KY RMD
27 August White TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
24 September Russell KY B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr.
Tree Swallow 24 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
25 October Wayne KY RMD
27 October Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Rough-w. Swallow 17 September Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
30 September Wayne KY B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr., SJS
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
7 October Jackson TN SJS
Bank Swallow 31 August Putnam TN SJS et al.
31 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
Cliff Swallow 31 August Putnam TN SJS et al.
1 September Pulaski KY RMD
24 September Russell KY B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr.
Barn Swallow 25 October Wayne KY RMD
House Wren 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
14 December Clay TN SJS
17 December Putnam TN SJS/Barbara H. Stedman
22 December Pulaski KY RMD
31 December Pulaski KY SJS
Sedge Wren 29 October White TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Marsh Wren 18 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley, Wendell Neeley
31 December Pulaski KY Thomas B. Mills, Lynda M. Mills, Granville Cox, James Kiser
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11 September Pulaski KY RMD
17 September White TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
Veery 29 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Gray-cheeked Thrush 29 September Pulaski KY RMD
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs, Barbara H. Stedman
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush 10 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
Gray Catbird 10 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
Blue-winged Warbler 19 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
1 October Adair KY RMD
Golden-winged Warbler 24 September Pickett TN SJS
15 October ** Pulaski KY RMD, Gay Hodges, Granville Cox
Tennessee Warbler 29 October White TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
30 October Pulaksi KY RMD
Orange-crowned Warbler 29 October White TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
30 October Pulaski KY RMD
2 November ** Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer
Nashville Warbler 30 September Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Parula 1 October Adair KY RMD
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
12 October Putnam TN SJS
Yellow Warbler 17 September Putnam TN Michael J. Hawkins, Carol D. Williams, Judy C. Fuson
30 September Wayne KY B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr., SJS
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 October Pulaski KY RMD
12 October Putnam TN SJS
Magnolia Warbler 17 October Morgan TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
18 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler 18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Green Warbler 17 October Morgan TN SJS
23 October Pulaski KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler 1 October Adair KY RMD
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 October Adair KY RMD
8 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams, Winston A. Walden, SJS
Prairie Warbler 1 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman
Bay-breasted Warbler 20 October Pulaski KY RMD
Blackpoll Warbler 18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Cerulean Warbler 13 August Putnam TN SJS, Paul Miliotis
21 September Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Black-and-white Warbler 8 October DeKalb TN Winston A. Walden, Carol D. Williams, SJS
American Redstart 5 October Putnam TN SJS
Prothonotary Warbler 26 August Pulaski KY RMD
Worm-eating Warbler 24 September Russell KY David L. Roemer
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird 13 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush 8 August Pulaski KY RMD
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 19 October Pulaski KY RMD
Hooded Warbler 12 October Putnam TN SJS
Canada Warbler 26 August Pulaski KY RMD
Wilson's Warbler 24 September Russell KY KY Orn. Soc. members, RMD
Yellow-breasted Chat 3 September Russell KY RMD
10 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
Vesper Sparrow 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow 20 October Pulaski KY RMD
29 October White TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Henslow's Sparrow 30 October ** Pulaski KY RMD (photos)
Lincoln's Sparrow 6 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
14 December Clay TN Barbara H. Stedman
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 8 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams, Winston A. Walden, SJS
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 26 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
12 November * DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams, Michael J. Hawkins, Judy C. Fuson
Blue Grosbeak 30 September Wayne KY B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr., SJS
1 October White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs/Barbara H. Stedman
7 October Jackson TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
18 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Indigo Bunting 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
20 October Putnam TN SJS
31 December Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole 8 August Putnam TN SJS
Baltimore Oriole 1 September Pulaski KY RMD

 

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