Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeFall 2009

 

    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
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Early Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Snow Goose 25 October Pulaski KY Robert Foster, Rebecca Bates
21 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
3 December DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Ross's Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall 23 October Putnam TN SJS
25 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
American Wigeon 1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
3 November Putnam TN DJ Stanley (photo)
American Black Duck 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
17 October Cumberland TN EKL
24 October Russell KY RMD
Blue-winged Teal 19 August Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail 28 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Green-winged Teal 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
Canvasback
Redhead 2 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Ring-necked Duck 24 October Putnam TN SJS
25 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
Greater Scaup 23 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Scaup 1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
4 November Putnam TN SJS et al.
Surf Scoter 17 October * Russell KY RMD
16 November Pulaski KY RMD
23 November Barren KY David L. Roemer

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead 2 November Cumberland TN EKL
2 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
4 November Putnam TN SJS et al.
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser 4 November Putnam TN SJS et al.
Red-breasted Merganser 18 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
23 November Pulaski KY RMD
24 November Russell KY RMD
28 November Cumberland TN EKL
Ruddy Duck 15 October Pulaski KY RMD
17 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley, EKL
28 October Putnam TN Judy C. Fuson, Nancy S. Layzer, Linda Henderson
28 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Pacific Loon 13 October Barren KY David Brown, David L. Roemer (photo)
Common Loon 21 August Adair KY RMD
3 September Russell KY RMD
26 September Clay TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
Horned Grebe 16 October DeKalb TN SJS
17 October Russell KY RMD
2 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
3 November Van Buren TN David F. Vogt
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Great Egret 3 July Adair KY RMD
21 July Pulaski KY RMD
  26 July Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
8 August Barren KY Linda Craiger
11 August Russell KY RMD
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 4 August Bledsoe TN DJ Stanley (photo)
17 August Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Tricolored Heron 29 August * DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson, Michael J. Hawkins
Cattle Egret
White Ibis 15 August * Bledsoe TN Clyde Blum (photo) et al.
Northern Harrier 7 September Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
12 September DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
3 October White TN EKL (FBC)
Rough-legged Hawk 21 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Golden Eagle
Merlin 13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
Peregrine Falcon 19 September * Putnam TN Judy C. Fuson, Michael J. Hawkins (FBC)
American Coot
Sandhill Crane 17 October Putnam TN EKL
25 October Pulaski KY RMD
3 November Van Buren TN David F. Vogt
3 November Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
Whooping Crane
Sora 3 October White TN SJS
Black-bellied Plover 14 October Adair KY RMD (photo)
23 October Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 18 August Pulaski KY RMD
American Avocet 26 September Clay TN Winston A. Walden (photo), Michael P. O'Rourke, JD Becker (FBB)
Spotted Sandpiper 13 July Pulaski KY RMD
24 July Putnam TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
Solitary Sandpiper 26 July Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
4 August Bledsoe TN DJ Stanley
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper 19 August Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 13 July Pulaski KY RMD
Baird's Sandpiper 6 September Pulaski KY RMD
Pectoral Sandpiper 13 July * Pulaski KY RMD
Dunlin 14 October Adair KY RMD
23 October Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
25 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper 19 August Pulaski KY RMD
Short-billed Dowitcher 13 July * Pulaski KY RMD
Dowitcher sp.
Wilson's Snipe 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
26 September Clay TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Wilson's Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull 24 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Franklin's Gull 28 September ** Barren KY David L. Roemer
Mew Gull 18 October * Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Ring-billed Gull 10 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
California Gull 19 October * Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Herring Gull 12 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Black-backed Gull 16 October Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Caspian Tern 21 August Russell KY RMD
3 September Pulaski KY RMD
7 September Jackson &Smith TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
10 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Black Tern 26 July Van Buren TN David F. Vogt
19 August Pulaski KY RMD
20 August Barren KY David L. Roemer
21 August Adair KY RMD
21 August Russell KY RMD
21 August Cumberland TN EKL
Common Tern 28 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Forster's Tern 26 July Van Buren TN David F. Vogt
30 August Jackson & Smith TN SJS
6 September Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Rufous Hummingbird 20 August Van Buren TN Bill and Jacquie Wagner
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 October White TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya, Michael P. O'Rourke (FBC)
4 October Adair KY RMD
8 October Putnam TN SJS
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 September McCreary KY RMD
5 September Clay TN EKL, SJS
12 September Cumberland TN EKL (photo)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 5 September Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Least Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo 11 September Barren KY SJS
Red-breasted Nuthatch 14 September Pulaski KY RMD
19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Brown Creeper 20 September Clay TN Virginia Wiggins
14 October Adair KY RMD
Winter Wren 12 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Sedge Wren 1 August Adair KY Derek Coomer fide RMD
Marsh Wren 3 October White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS (FBC)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 11 October Adair KY RMD
13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
16 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
26 September Clay TN SJS, Heather Gothard (FBB)
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 7 September Cumberland TN EKL
14 September Pulaski KY RMD
Swainson’s Thrush 14 September Pulaski KY RMD
Hermit Thrush 6 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
American Pipit 19 September * Putnam TN Edmund K. LeGrand  (FBC)
Tennessee Warbler 30 August Adair KY RMD
5 September Pulaski KY RMD
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 October White TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
12 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Nashville Warbler 29 August ** Pulaski KY RMD
Magnolia Warbler 27 August Cumberland TN EKL
29 August Pulaski KY RMD
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5 September Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 September Clay TN Virginia Wiggins
3 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
4 October Adair KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler 27 August Cumberland TN EKL
30 August Adair KY RMD
2 September McCreary KY RMD
5 September Pulaski KY RMD
Palm Warbler 19 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
Bay-breasted Warbler 7 September Cumberland TN EKL
11 September Pulaski KY RMD
13 September Adair KY RMD
Northern Waterthrush 18 September Cumberland TN EKL
19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler 23 August Adair KY RMD
Wilson’s Warbler 9 September Cumberland TN EKL
11 September Pulaski KY RMD
American Tree Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow 16 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson (photo)
Vesper Sparrow 20 October Pulaski KY RMD
24 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Savannah Sparrow 19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
26 September Clay TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
Fox Sparrow 6 November Barren KY SJS, David L. Roemer
9 November Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Swamp Sparrow 3 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
14 October Adair KY RMD
Lincoln’s Sparrow 7 October Cumberland TN EKL
11 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
White-throated Sparrow 19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
White-crowned Sparrow 16 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
19 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
Dark-eyed Junco 28 October Putnam TN Judy C. Fuson, Nancy S. Layzer, Linda Henderson
3 November Barren KY Linda Craiger
6 November Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
6 November Barren KY David L. Roemer, SJS
Lapland Longspur
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7 September Cumberland TN EKL
9 September Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird 5 November Adair KY RMD
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch 18 October Cumberland TN EKL
27 October Pulaski KY RMD
31 October Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
1 November DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
1 November Putnam TN SJS
Pine Siskin 19 November Barren KY Linda Craiger
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:

RMD Roseanna M. Denton
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Late Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal 26 September Clay TN SJS, Heather Gothard, Sue Russell (FBB)
28 September Cumberland TN EKL
23 October Putnam TN SJS
28 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Black Scoter 11 December Russell KY RMD
Least Bittern 19 September * Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Great Egret 19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
  19 September Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
26 September Clay TN SJS (FBB)
3 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
15 October Pulaski KY RMD
31 October Adair KY RMD
10 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 10 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Green Heron 15 September Russell KY RMD
21 September Pulaski KY RMD
3 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Black-crowned Night Heron 10 September * Barren KY David L. Roemer
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey 17 October Adair KY RMD
Broad-winged Hawk 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
11 October Van Buren TN DJ Stanley, David F. Vogt
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane 5 January Overton TN Timothy R. Riddle
Virginia Rail 21 November * Fentress TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
24 October Adair KY RMD
American Avocet 24 October  Barren KY Tom Durbin fide Ben Yandell, David L. Roemer
Spotted Sandpiper 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Solitary Sandpiper 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Greater Yellowlegs 15 October Pulaski KY RMD
31 October Adair KY RMD
2 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Yellowlegs 31 October Adair KY RMD
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper 30 October Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo)
Least Sandpiper 5 November Adair KY RMD
10 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull 1 November Barren KY  David L. Roemer
Black Tern 28 August Pulaski KY RMD
Common Tern 15 October ** Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
24 October Russell KY RMD
28 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Forster's Tern 16 October ** Putnam TN SJS
18 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 October Cumberland TN EKL
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk 16 September Barren KY Linda Craiger
19 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
27 September Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
Eastern Whip-poor-will 7 August Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
7 September DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Chuck-will's-widow 30 August Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer, James Layzer
Chimney Swift 16 October Putnam TN SJS
16 October White TN Douglas A. Downs
20 October Pulaski KY RMD
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11 October Overton TN Tim Riddle
15 October Smith TN Kathy Harville
16 October Pulaski KY RMD
18 October Jackson TN Linda Henderson
24 October Putnam TN Susan E. Pirolo (photo)
25 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
25 October DeKalb TN Judy Fuson/Tommy and Virginia Curtis
26 October Van Buren TN Jacquie and Bill Wagner
11 November White TN Wally and Sharon Brines
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer (photo), David Brown
17 October Russell KY RMD
27 October Pulaski KY RMD
Acadian Flycatcher 9 September Cumberland TN EKL
19 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher 19 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
3 October White TN BHS (FBC)
4 October Adair KY RMD
Eastern Kingbird 26 September Clay TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
White-eyed Vireo 13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
11 December * Russell KY RMD
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 25 October Putnam TN SJS
28 October Pulaski KY RMD
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Red-eyed Vireo 13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow 16 October Pulaski KY RMD
19 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
24 October Adair KY RMD
N. Rough-winged Swallow 3 October White TN SJS (FBC)
24 October Adair KY RMD
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow 26 September Clay TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS (FBB)
24 October Adair KY RMD
Bewick's Wren
House Wren 17 September Barren KY Linda Craiger
18 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
27 October Pulaski KY RMD
21 November Fentress TN SJS
28 November Cumberland TN SJS, EKL, David F. Vogt, Thomas M. Saya
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19 September Putnam TN m. ob. (FBC)
23 September Pulaski KY RMD
3 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 11 October Adair KY RMD
Wood Thrush 11 October Van Buren TN DJ Stanley, David F. Vogt (banded bird)
1 December Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Gray Catbird 16 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
28 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler 19 September Putnam TN EKL, Douglas A. Downs
25 September Cumberland TN EKL
Tennessee Warbler 17 October Adair KY RMD
18 October Pulaski KY RMD
24 October Russell KY RMD
26 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
24 October Adair KY RMD
Northern Parula 14 September Pulaski KY RMD
4 October Adair KY RMD
Yellow Warbler 19 September Putnam TN SJS, Susan E. Pirolo, Linda Henderson FBC)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 11 October Adair KY RMD
13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
Magnolia Warbler 13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
14 October Adair KY RMD
17 October Russell KY RMD
Cape May Warbler 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Blue Warbler 18 September Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Green Warbler 13 October Barren KY David L. Roemer, David Brown
16 October DeKalb TN SJS, Judy C. Fuson
17 October Adair KY RMD
18 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Blackburnian Warbler 23 September Pulaski KY RMD
4 October Adair KY RMD
13 October Cumberland TN Eddmund K. LeGrand
Yellow-throated Warbler 13 September Adair KY RMD
19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
21 September Pulaski KY RMD
3 October White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Prairie Warbler 25 September Cumberland TN EKL
Bay-breasted Warbler 4 October Adair KY RMD
Cerulean Warbler 28 August Cumberland TN EKL
Black-and-white Warbler 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS (FBC)
American Redstart 3 October White TN SJS (FBC)
4 October Adair KY RMD
14 October DeKalb TN Tommy L. Curtis, Virginia Curtis
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler 12 September McCreary KY RMD
Ovenbird 19 November Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo of probably injured bird)
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush 30 July Putnam TN SJS
6 August Pulaski KY RMD
Kentucky Warbler 19 September Putnam TN Judy C. Fuson, Michael J. Hawkins (FBC)
Mourning Warbler 6 October * Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
Common Yellowthroat 21 October Cumberland TN EKL
  24 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Hooded Warbler 1 October Cumberland TN EKL
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat 15 September Russell KY RMD
19 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Vesper Sparrow 10 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
5 December Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow 6 November Cumberland TN EKL
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 11 October Van Buren TN DJ Stanley, David F. Vogt (banded)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16 October Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
17 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
17 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
17 October White TN Sharon Moffitt
17 October Adair KY RMD
23 October DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
16 November Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (probably injured bird)
Blue Grosbeak 3 October White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
21 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Indigo Bunting 18 October Pulaski KY RMD
22 October Cumberland TN DJ Stanley
Dickcissel 18 July Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
24 July Wayne KY RMD
19 September * Putnam TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya (FBC)
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole 16 August Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Baltimore Oriole 14 September Pulaski KY RMD

 

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