Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeFall 2006

 

    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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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:

FBB Fall BirdBlitz
FBC Fall Bird Count
RMD Roseanna M. Denton
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Early Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 November Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
Snow Goose 31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Mute Swan 19 August Wayne KY RMD (origin of bird unknown)
Gadwall 11 October Wayne KY RMD
13 October DeKalb TN SJS
21 October Pulaski KY RMD
American Wigeon 31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
American Black Duck 16 September** Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
30 October Pulaski KY RMD
Blue-winged Teal 28 June * Putnam TN SJS
24 August White TN Douglas A. Downs
29 August Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Shoveler 21 October Wayne KY RMD
23 October Putnam TN SJS
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Northern Pintail 21 October Wayne KY RMD
1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Green-winged Teal 22 September Putnam TN SJS
30 October Pulaski KY RMD
30 October Wayne KY RMD
Canvasback 3 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
18 November Wayne KY RMD
Redhead 25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
30 October Pulaski KY RMD
Ring-necked Duck 21 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
23 October Putnam TN SJS
29 October DeKalb TN SJS
30 October Pulaski KY RMD
30 October Wayne KY RMD
31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Greater Scaup 31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Scaup 31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
1 November Pulaski KY RMD
1 November Wayne KY RMD
10 November Putnam TN SJS
10 November DeKalb TN SJS
Surf Scoter 12 November Pulaski KY RMD
15 November Barren KY David L. Roemer

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter 12 November Pulaski KY RMD
12 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead 28 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
10 November Putnam TN SJS
12 November Pulaski KY RMD
12 November Russell KY RMD
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser 30 October Pulaski KY RMD
31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
4 November Putnam TN SJS
Red-breasted Merganser 30 October Wayne KY RMD
8 November Russell KY RMD
Ruddy Duck 13 October Putnam TN SJS
20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Common Loon 24 September Russell KY RMD
Pied-billed Grebe 9 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
Horned Grebe 13 October DeKalb TN SJS
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
30 October Pulaski KY RMD
Red-necked Grebe 4 November  Pulaski KY RMD
Double-crested Cormorant 8 July Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
12 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
20 August Macon TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
21 August White/Warren TN SJS
American White Pelican
American Bittern 12 October * Pulaski KY RMD, Connie S. Neeley, C. Gay Hodges
15 October * Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Great Egret 1 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
24 July Morgan TN Jeanne Richardson
26 July Pulaski KY RMD
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 26 July Pulaski KY RMD
29 July White TN Marti Downs, Douglas A. Downs
12 August Warren TN Douglas A. Downs
19 August Wayne KY RMD
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 1 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier 10 September DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
14 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
23 September White TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin 21 September Pulaski KY RMD
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot 22 September Overton TN Rory Cameron (Wisconsin)
11 October Putnam TN SJS
Sandhill Crane 25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
25 October Cumberland TN Marty McKnight/Dick Riesz
25 October Pickett TN Robbie C. Hassler
25 October Morgan TN Michael E. Hodge
25 October Monroe KY Jason Troyer fide Terry M. Campbell
26 October Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
29 October Pulaski KY Laura Kamperman
29 October McCreary KY James Kiser
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 4 August Wayne KY RMD
17 August Pulaski KY Somerset Bird Club fide RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 25 July Pulaski KY RMD
17 August Putnam TN SJS
21 August White TN SJS
Solitary Sandpiper 15 July White TN Douglas A. Downs
26 July Pulaski KY RMD
20 August Macon TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Greater Yellowlegs 29 July Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 28 July Wayne KY RMD
21 August White TN SJS
Sanderling 26 July ** Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Semipalmated Sandpiper 29 July Pulaski KY RMD
19 August Wayne KY RMD
21 August White TN SJS
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 28 July Wayne KY RMD
29 July Pulaski KY RMD
20 August Macon TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
21 August White TN SJS
White-rumped Sandpiper 20 September * Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Baird's Sandpiper 29 August ** Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Pectoral Sandpiper 15 July White TN Douglas A. Downs
26 July Pulaski KY RMD
28 July Wayne KY RMD
Dunlin 13 October Pulaski KY RMD
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 10 September White TN SJS
Stilt Sandpiper 9 August Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Short-billed Dowitcher 4 September ** Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Long-billed Dowitcher 29 July * Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Dowitcher sp. 28 July Wayne KY RMD
Wilson's Snipe 24 August White TN Douglas A. Downs
Wilson's Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull 22 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, Joanie Roemer
1 November Wayne KY RMD
Franklin's Gull 31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Ring-billed Gull 21 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
21 October Russell KY RMD
Herring Gull 25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
4 November Pulaski KY RMD
Least Tern 3 August Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Caspian Tern 4 September Pulaski KY RMD
6 September Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch
Black Tern 28 July Wayne KY RMD
18 August Pulaski KY RMD
21 August White TN SJS
Common Tern 27 August Monroe KY SJS (photo), Winston A. Walden
Forster's Tern 4 August Pulaski KY RMD
27 August Monroe KY SJS (photo), Winston A. Walden
Short-eared Owl 15 October Smith TN Charles & Audrey Elrod fide Lee Barclay (Kurt Snider photo)
Northern Saw-whet Owl 19 December Pickett TN John D. Froeschauer
3 January McCreary KY RMD, Julie Denton
Selasphorus sp. 1 December DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 24 September Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
30 September Macon TN  m. ob. (FBB)
3 October Pulaski KY RMD
6 October Barren KY David Brown, Rosemary Brown
Olive-sided Flycatcher 16 September Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 September Adair KY RMD (photo)
Least Flycatcher 8 September Adair KY RMD
16 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Philadelphia Vireo 8 September ** Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
17 September DeKalb TN SJS
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 October DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
Brown Creeper 6 October Pulaski KY RMD
17 October Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Bewick's Wren 24 September Jackson TN Daniel L. Combs, Kenneth L. Morgan
Winter Wren 7 October Pulaski KY RMD
Sedge Wren 22 July White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Marsh Wren 7 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, Mac McWhirter
19 October Pulaski KY RMD
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 October Russell KY RMD
6 October Pulaski KY RMD
8 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 16 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
20 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Gray-cheeked Thrush        
Swainson’s Thrush 3 September DeKalb TN Winston A. Walden
6 September Putnam TN SJS, Janie C. Finch, Ginger K. Ensor
8 September Adair KY RMD
9 September Pulaski KY RMD
Hermit Thrush 6 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
American Pipit 21 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
21 October White TN SJS
21 October Wayne KY RMD
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Tennessee Warbler 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
6 September Putnam TN SJS
Orange-crowned Warbler 21 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
25 October Putnam TN SJS
Nashville Warbler 8 September Adair KY RMD
Magnolia Warbler 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
2 September Clinton KY SJS, Winston A. Walden
6 September Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor, Janie C. Finch
Cape May Warbler 16 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 16 September** Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
25 September Pulaski KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
  23 August Putnam TN Richard Connors
Palm Warbler 16 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman/Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
25 September Pulaski KY RMD
Bay-breasted Warbler 3 September Pulaski KY RMD
6 September Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor, Janie C. Finch
Northern Waterthrush 10 September White TN SJS
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler 28 August Pulaski  KY RMD
Canada Warbler 21 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
Vesper Sparrow 17 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
21 October Wayne KY RMD
Savannah Sparrow 3 September Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
6 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Fox Sparrow 25 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
28 October DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
Swamp Sparrow 30 September Macon TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs (FBB)
3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Lincoln’s Sparrow 15 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
White-throated Sparrow 29 September DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
30 September Macon TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs (FBB)
4 October Pulaski KY RMD
White-crowned Sparrow 8 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Dark-eyed Junco 12 October Pulaski KY RMD, Connie S. Neeley, C. Gay Hodges
12 October Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
14 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 15 September Putnam TN SJS
17 September Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird 18 November Wayne KY RMD
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch 29 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Pine Siskin 25 November Putnam TN SJS
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:

FBB Fall BirdBlitz
FBC Fall Bird Count
RMD Roseanna M. Denton
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Late Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal
Red-necked Grebe 24 November Pulaski KY RMD
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern 18 November Fentress TN Barbara H. Stedman
Great Egret 25 September Pulaski KY RMD
13 October Cumberland TN Nan Evans Beesley
18 November Wayne KY RMD
4 December Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 2 September White TN Douglas A. Downs
3 September Warren TN Mac McWhirter, Susan McWhirter
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 22 October Jackson TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Green Heron 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 16 September Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
Osprey 15 October Pickett TN Margo Hinkle, Robbie C. Hassler
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
31 October Pulaski KY RMD
Broad-winged Hawk 26 September Pulaski KY RMD
Merlin 21 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 11 September Pulaski KY RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 3 October Pulaski KY RMD
6 October Barren KY David Brown, Rosemary Brown
27 October DeKalb TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
Solitary Sandpiper 4 September Pulaski KY RMD
Greater Yellowlegs 15 October White TN SJS
25 October Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer
Lesser Yellowlegs 14 October Pulaski KY RMD
15 October White TN SJS
Semipalmated Sandpiper 21 September Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 3 October Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper 21 September Pulaski KY RMD
Pectoral Sandpiper 20 September Pulaski KY RMD
11 October Wayne KY RMD
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper 18 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 6 September Pulaski KY RMD
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern 11 September Pulaski KY RMD
Black Tern 20 September Pulaski KY RMD
Forster's Tern 11 October Pulaski KY RMD
20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk 17 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
Eastern Whip-poor-will 9 September Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer, James Layzer
16 September Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
17 September Morgan TN Liz Singley
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift 3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18 October Smith TN Bettie Hubbard
19 October Pulaski KY RMD
21 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
27 October DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
9 November ** Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Hummingbird sp. 3 December Fentress TN Linda Lynch
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12 November Russell KY RMD (photo)
Acadian Flycatcher 20 August Macon TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
16 September Putnam TN SJS/Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
17 September DeKalb TN SJS
23 September White TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
Alder Flycatcher 25 September * Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Willow Flycatcher 11 August Fentress TN SJS
Least Flycatcher 25 September ** Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Great Crested Flycatcher 4 September Pulaski KY RMD
15 September Putnam TN SJS
Eastern Kingbird 6 September Pulaski KY RMD
23 September White TN SJS (FBC)
30 September Macon TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs (FBB)
3 October ** Putnam TN Janie C. Finch
White-eyed Vireo 7 October Pulaski KY RMD
Yellow-throated Vireo 26 September Pulaski KY RMD
Blue-headed Vireo 7 October Pulaski KY RMD
21 October White TN SJS
22 October DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
1 November Morgan TN Michael E. Hodge
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo 7 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Red-eyed Vireo 6 October Barren KY David Brown, Rosemary Brown
7 October Pulaski KY RMD
Purple Martin 2 September Clinton KY SJS, Winston A. Walden
23 September White TN Winston A. Walden et al. (FBC)
24 September Pulaski KY RMD
Tree Swallow 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
21 October White TN SJS
25 October Putnam TN SJS
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
25 October Monroe KY Jason Troyer fide Terry M. Campbell
27 October Jackson TN Barbara H. Stedman, BHS
30 October Wayne KY RMD
Northern Rough-w. Swallow 21 September Pulaski KY RMD
23 September White TN Michael P. O'Rourke, Tom Saya (FBC)
30 September Macon TN m. ob. (FBB)
21 October Wayne KY RMD
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Bank Swallow 2 September Clinton KY SJS, Wintston A. Walden
21 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Cliff Swallow 20 August Macon TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
21 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
Barn Swallow 16 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
21 October Wayne KY RMD
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
House Wren 22 October Jackson TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
22 November Russell KY RMD
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24 September Pulaski TN RMD
27 September Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer
Veery 5 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Gray-cheeked Thrush 7 October Pulaski KY RMD
Swainson's Thrush 12 October ** Pulaski KY RMD, Connie S. Neeley, C. Gay Hodges
22 October Jackson TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
Wood Thrush 24 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Gray Catbird 7 October Pulaski KY RMD
22 October Jackson TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
4 November Fentress TN Barbara H. Stedman
Blue-winged Warbler 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
16 September Putnam TN SJS (FBC)
Golden-winged Warbler 21 September Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
28 September Pulaski KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
21 October White TN SJS
21 October Russell KY RMD
22 October Jackson TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
25 October Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer
28 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
3 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 15 October Pulaski KY RMD
18 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Northern Parula 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
6 October Barren KY David Brown, Rosemary Brown
Yellow Warbler 16 September Putnam TN Daniel L. Combs (FBC)
30 September Macon TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs (FBB)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Magnolia Warbler 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
17 October White TN SJS
25 October Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer
Cape May Warbler 6 October Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
17 October White TN SJS
Blackburnian Warbler 7 October Pulaski KY RMD
20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
21 October White TN SJS
Yellow-throated Warbler 17 October White TN SJS
Prairie Warbler 27 September Putnam TN SJS
Bay-breasted Warbler 21 October Russell KY RMD
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 3 October Pulaski KY RMD
4 October Putnam TN SJS
American Redstart 8 October Pulaski KY RMD
Prothonotary Warbler 27 August Monroe KY SJS, Winston A. Walden
2 September White TN Douglas A. Downs
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush 10 October Putnam TN SJS
Louisiana Waterthrush 9 August Putnam TN Richard Connors
27 August Monroe KY SJS
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 21 October White TN SJS
25 October Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer
5 December Pulaski KY RMD, CGH
Hooded Warbler 4 October Putnam TN SJS
Canada Warbler 9 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
16 September Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow 21 October White TN SJS (photo)
25 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Henslow's Sparrow 24 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Lincoln's Sparrow
Summer Tanager 6 October Pulaski KY RMD
21 October Putnam TN SJS
Scarlet Tanager 24 October ** Pulaski KY C. Gay Hodges
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 18 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
20 October Pulaski KY RMD, Julie Denton, C. Gay Hodges
Blue Grosbeak 17 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
21 October White TN SJS
Indigo Bunting 18 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast
20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
22 October Jackson TN SJS, Winston A. Walden
26 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Dickcissel 3 September Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole 20 August Pulaski KY RMD
Baltimore Oriole

 

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