Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeFall 2008

 

    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

 

Species Early Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Snow Goose 2 November Clay TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand, David L. Roemer
26 November DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson (photo)
27 November Pulaski KY RMD
19 December Putnam TN SJS
Ross's Goose 4 December Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Trumpeter Swan 18 December Wayne KY RMD, SJS
Gadwall 16 October Adair KY RMD
17 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
18 October Clay TN SJS
18 October Pickett TN SJS
29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
American Wigeon 15 October Putnam TN DJ Stanley (photo)
American Black Duck 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Blue-winged Teal 6 August Wayne KY RMD
Northern Shoveler 5 September Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Northern Pintail 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback 27 November Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo)
Redhead 17 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Ring-necked Duck 15 October Putnam TN DJ Stanley (photo)
17 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo)
18 October Overton TN SJS
29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Greater Scaup 16 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
30 November ** Putnam TN SJS
Lesser Scaup 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Surf Scoter 30 November Russell KY RMD
11 December Pulaski KY RMD (photo)

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead 1 November Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
Common Goldeneye 16 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
2 December Putnam TN Thomas M. Saya
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser 30 October Cumberland TN Nan E. Beesley
10 November Pulaski KY RMD
Red-breasted Merganser 10 November Pulaski KY RMD
Ruddy Duck 17 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Red-throated Loon 11 November Russell KY RMD (photo)
17 November Adair KY RMD (photo)
Common Loon 17 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
1 November Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
2 November Clay TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand, David L. Roemer
Pied-billed Grebe 11 July Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Horned Grebe 18 October DeKalb TN SJS
29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Eared Grebe 6 September Barren/Allen KY David L. Roemer
Double-crested Cormorant 3 July Cumberland TN Edmunk K. LeGrand
12 July Adair KY RMD
14 July Jackson TN SJS
American White Pelican 11 November Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
American Bittern
Great Egret 1 July Bledsoe TN Edmund K. LeGrand (photo), SJS
9 July White TN Douglas A. Downs
10 July ** Pulaski KY RMD
12 July Adair KY RMD
19 July Fentress TN Joseph E. Mast
21 July Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer, Carol D. Williams, Judy C. Fuson
23 July Cumberland TN Nan E. Beesley
6 August Wayne KY RMD
6 August DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
9 August Barren KY Linda Craiger
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 10 July ** Pulaski KY RMD
12 July White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
19 July Adair KY RMD
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Plegadis sp. 7 October Putnam TN Nancy S. Layzer, Ginger K. Ensor
Northern Harrier 17 August ** Putnam TN SJS
23 August Cumberland TN Nan E. Beesley
21 September DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
27 September Cumberland KY Joe Swanson (FBB)
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle 16 November Pulaski KY RMD
Merlin 27 September Cumberland KY Brainard Palmer-Ball et al. (FBB)
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot 2 September Cumberland TN DJ Stanley, Edmund K. LeGrand
Sandhill Crane 31 October Cumberland TN Joseph E. Mast fide DJ Stanley
Whooping Crane 30 November Russell KY RMD
22 December White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (photo), Douglas A. Downs (photo) (C BC)
Sora 1 October Putnam TN fide Timothy R. Riddle (photo by another observer)
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover 3 September Wayne KY RMD
Semipalmated Plover 6 August Wayne KY RMD
26 August Adair KY RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 12 July Adair KY RMD
7 August White TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
Solitary Sandpiper 19 July Adair KY RMD
22 July Wayne KY RMD
7 August White TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs 22 August Adair KY RMD
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper 22 August Adair KY RMD
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 5 August Adair KY RMD
6 August Wayne KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper 11 September Adair KY RMD
13 September Wayne KY RMD
Pectoral Sandpiper 22 July Wayne KY RMD
22 August Adair KY RMD
Dunlin 16 October Adair KY RMD
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 6 September Adair KY RMD
Stilt Sandpiper 22 August Adair KY RMD
Short-billed Dowitcher 22 August Adair KY RMD
Dowitcher sp. 22 July Wayne KY RMD
Wilson's Snipe 4 September Adair KY RMD
26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
Wilson's Phalarope 25 August Wayne KY RMD
Bonaparte's Gull 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
10 November Adair KY RMD
10 November Pulaski KY RMD
Franklin's Gull 4 November Barren/Allen KY David L. Roemer
Ring-billed Gull 6 September Barren/Allen KY David L. Roemer
16 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Herring Gull 8 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 October Barren/Allen KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Caspian Tern 26 August Adair KY RMD
26 August Russell KY RMD
Black Tern 20 July Barren KY David L. Roemer, Joanie Roemer
22 August Adair KY RMD
26 August Russell KY RMD
6 September Barren/Allen KY David L. Roemer
Common Tern 6 September Barren/Allen KY David L. Roemer
Forster's Tern 19 July Adair KY RMD
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Rufous Hummingbird 12 August ** Van Buren TN Bill Wagner
15 September ** Putnam TN Stan Hood (photo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 27 September Cumberland KY Brainard Palmer-Ball et al. (FBB)
1 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
3 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
4 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
26 September Cumberland KY SJS, David L. Roemer
Brown Creeper 17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
Winter Wren 4 October White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
5 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Sedge Wren 4 October White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
Marsh Wren 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
4 October White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
7 October Adair KY RMD
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
17 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
27 September Cumberland KY m. KOS ob. (FBB)
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 16 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Swainson’s Thrush 13 September McCreary KY RMD
17 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
Hermit Thrush 17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
20 October Barren KY Linda Craiger (photo of window kill)
25 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, DJ Stanley
American Pipit 8 October Adair KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 28 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Orange-crowned Warbler 24 September Pulaski KY RMD
4 October White TN Thomas M. Saya (FBC)
17 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler 12 August ** Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
28 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Cape May Warbler 27 September Cumberland KY Brainard Palmer-Ball  et al. (FBB)
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 September Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 27 September Cumberland KY Ben Yandell, Mary Yandell/C. Gay Hodges, Connie S. Neeley (FBB)
2 October Putnam TN Ginger H. Ensor
3 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler 19 September White TN SJS
20 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
Bay-breasted Warbler 16 September Pulaski KY RMD
16 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Northern Waterthrush 30 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, Nan E. Beesley
Mourning Warbler 11 August ** Putnam TN SJS
Wilson’s Warbler 29 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
4 September Adair KY RMD
7 September Pulaski KY RMD
American Tree Sparrow 10 December Barren KY David L. Roemer
Clay-colored Sparrow 29 November Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand (photo), DJ Stanley (photo), Joseph E. Mast
Vesper Sparrow 17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
Savannah Sparrow 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman/Joseph E. Mast, DJ Stanley (FBC)
Fox Sparrow 4 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Swamp Sparrow 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
3 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
4 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
7 October Adair KY RMD
Lincoln’s Sparrow 23 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
4 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
7 October Adair KY RMD
White-throated Sparrow 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
2 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
White-crowned Sparrow 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
19 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo on 20 Oct.)
25 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson, Carol D. Williams
30 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
Dark-eyed Junco 20 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
25 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo)
2 November DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
Lapland Longspur 22 December White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (CBC)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 17 September Putnam TN SJS
27 September DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
2 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird 14 November Putnam TN Thomas M. Saya
Brewer's Blackbird 28 November Morgan TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
14 December Putnam TN SJS, Thomas M. Saya
Purple Finch 26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
Pine Siskin 20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
25 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams, Judy C. Fuson
26 October Pulaski KY RMD
26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
31 October Putnam TN SJS
2 November Clay TN David L. Roemer, Edmund K. LeGrand, 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:

Key to observer initials:

SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Late Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal 26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
Double-crested Cormorant
Least Bittern
Great Egret 20 November Pulaski KY RMD
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron 15 October Putnam TN DJ Stanley (photo)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 5 August Putnam TN Janie C. Finch (photo)
Osprey 17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
20 November Smith TN John Barthelme
Broad-winged Hawk 26 September Cumberland KY SJS, David L. Roemer
4 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet 10 November Adair KY RMD (photo)
Spotted Sandpiper 4 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
16 October Adair KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper 4 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Greater Yellowlegs 25 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
26 October Bledsoe TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
15 November Adair KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 4 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
16 October Adair KY RMD
Sanderling 17 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper 17 November Adair KY RMD
Least Sandpiper 11 November Pulaski KY RMD
29 November Adair KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 16 October Adair KY RMD
11 November Pulaski KY RMD
Dunlin 17 November Adair KY RMD
Stilt Sandpiper 16 October Adair KY RMD
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern 6 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Forster's Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 27 September Cumberland KY SJS (FBB)
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk 20 September Putnam TN Joseph E. Mast (FBC)
27 September Cumberland KY Brainard Palmer-Ball et al. (FBB)
Eastern Whip-poor-will 20 September Putnam TN Joseph E. Mast, DJ Stanley (FBC)
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher 17 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Eastern Wood-Pewee 15 October Pulaski KY David L. Roemer
17 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
Acadian Flycatcher 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS et al. (FBC)
27 September Cumberland KY Joe Swanson (FBB)
4 October White TN  Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher 6 September Pulaski KY RMD
20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Eastern Kingbird 20 September Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke, Thomas M. Saya (FBC)
White-eyed Vireo 24 October Pulaski KY RMD
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
30 October Putnam TN DJ Stanley
28 November Morgan TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo 4 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
17 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
17 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Purple Martin 6 September Adair KY RMD
Tree Swallow 26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
N. Rough-winged Swallow 8 October Adair KY RMD
10 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow 17 July Morgan TN Richard Connors et al.
26 August Adair KY RMD
Barn Swallow
Bewick's Wren 5 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
27 September Cumberland KY Ben Yandell, Mary Yandell (FBB)
4 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Veery 28 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
5 September Jackson TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
20 September Putnam TN SJS, Carol D. Williams, Susan E. Pirolo, Linda Hendrson (FBC)
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird 17 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson, SJS
31 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo)
22 December White TN Barbara H. Stedman (CBC)
Blue-winged Warbler 20 September Putnam TN Douglas A. Downs
Golden-winged Warbler 27 September Cumberland KY SJS/C. Gay Hodges, Connie S. Neeley (FBB)
Tennessee Warbler 17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
19 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 14 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
Northern Parula 4 October White TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Yellow Warbler 20 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
4 October White TN SJS (FBC)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 17 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
Magnolia Warbler 26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4 October White TN SJS (FBC)
Black-throated Green Warbler 17 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
Blackburnian Warbler 2 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Yellow-throated Warbler 27 September Cumberland KY BPB (FBB)
Prairie Warbler 4 October White TN Edmund K. Legrand
Bay-breasted Warbler
Cerulean Warbler 16 September Cumberland KY Edmund K. LeGrand
Black-and-white Warbler 4 October Putnam TN SJS
American Redstart 4 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Prothonotary Warbler 26 August Adair KY RMD
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird 16 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
17 October Pulaski KY RMD, C. Gay Hodges
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush 30 July Putnam TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand, Janie C. Finch
7 August Warren TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Kentucky Warbler 27 September Cumberland KY John Brunjes, Terri Estes (FBB)
6 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
Mourning Warbler 7 September Pulaski KY RMD
23 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Common Yellowthroat 17 October DeKalb TN SJS
Hooded Warbler 16 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Canada Warbler 20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat 25 August McCreary KY RMD
20 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow 26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
30 November Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Summer Tanager 16 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo)
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak 27 September Cumberland KY SJS
4 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Indigo Bunting 4 December Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand (specimen)
Dickcissel 7 August White TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
17 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
Bobolink 22 September Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
26 September Clinton KY SJS, David L. Roemer
27 September Cumberland KY Brainard Palmer-Ball (FBB)
4 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman
Orchard Oriole 7 August Warren TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
9 August Bledsoe TN SJS, Jack Carr, Annell Fields, Nan Beesley
Baltimore Oriole

 

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