Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeFall 2011

 

    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
DLR David L. Roemer
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Early Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Mute Swan 27 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Gadwall 21 October Pulaski KY RMD
American Wigeon 3 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  21 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal 21 August Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Shoveler 3 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  16 October Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Pintail 14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
Green-winged Teal 17 September White TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
Canvasback
Redhead 6 November Dekalb TN Mark and Holly Taylor
Ring-necked Duck 14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  21 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter 14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 17 November Barren KY DLR
  17 November Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon 16 November Barren KY DLR
Common Loon 21 October Barren KY Tom Durbin
  29 October DeKalb TN Mark and Holly Taylor
Horned Grebe 1 October Barren KY DLR
  7 October DeKalb TN SJS
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
American Bittern 22 October Jackson TN Janice Montgomery
Great Egret 5 July Pulaski KY RMD
  22 July Bledsoe TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  26 August Barren KY Linda Craiger et al.
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 5 July Pulaski KY RMD
Tricolored Heron 22 July Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Cattle Egret
White Ibis 19 August Pulaski KY RMD
Swallow-tailed Kite 20 July Bledsoe TN Katherine Boyles, Louis Bean
Mississippi Kite 9 August Bledsoe TN Damien J. Simbeck
Northern Harrier 14 September DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  28 September Wayne KY RMD (FBB)
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle 1 November Barren KY DLR (photo), David R. Brown
Merlin 3 September Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
  9 September Barren KY DLR (photo)
  16 September DeKalb TN Holly and Mark Taylor
Peregrine Falcon 15 September Pulaski KY RMD
American Coot 28 September Wayne KY RMD
  12 October DeKalb TN Mark and Holly Taylor
Sandhill Crane        
Virginia Rail 22 October ** Pulaski KY RMD
Sora 3 October Barren KY DLR
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Black-bellied Plover 5 September Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
American Golden-Plover 5 September Pulaski KY RMD
Semipalmated Plover 30 July Pulaski KY RMD
  23 August Pulaski KY RMD
  1 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Spotted Sandpiper 15 July Pulaski KY RMD
  22 July Barren KY DLR
  23 July Adair KY RMD
  12 August Bledsoe TN SJS
  22 August Dekalb TN Andrew Thornton (eBird)
Solitary Sandpiper 22 July Barren KY DLR
  22 July Pulaski KY RMD
  23 July Adair KY RMD
  12 August Bledsoe TN SJS
  25 August DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Greater Yellowlegs 6 July Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 22 July Pulaski KY RMD
  31 August Barren KY DLR
Sanderling 5 September Pulaski KY RMD
  6 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand (photo)
  6 September Barren KY DLR
Semipalmated Sandpiper 22 July Barren KY DLR (photo)
  15 August Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper 6 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Least Sandpiper 16 July Pulaski KY RMD
  22 July Barren KY DLR (photo)
White-rumped Sandpiper 30 August Adair KY RMD
  6 September Pulaski KY RMD
Baird's Sandpiper 25 August Pulaski KY RMD
Pectoral Sandpiper 22 July Barren KY DLR (photo)
  22 July Pulaski KY RMD
Dunlin
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 September Barren KY DLR (photo)
Stilt Sandpiper 7 August Pulaski KY RMD
  31 August Barren KY DLR
Short-billed Dowitcher 17 August Pulaski KY RMD
Dowitcher sp.
Wilson's Snipe 18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Red-necked Phalarope 6 September Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Sabine's Gull 5 September Barren KY DLR
Bonaparte's Gull 20 October DeKalb TN Mark Taylor
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 26 August Barren KY DLR, SJS
  18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Herring Gull 5 October Barren KY DLR
  21 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams (photo), Judy C. Fuson
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern 20 August DeKalb TN Melinda Welton
  31 August Barren KY DLR
  6 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Black Tern 25 June DeKalb TN Mark Taylor
  20 August Jackson TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
  31 August Barren KY DLR
Common Tern 5 September Pulaski KY RMD
  5 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  17 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman, Janie C. Finch, Brenda K. Curtis (FBC)
Forster's Tern 20 August DeKalb TN Melinda Welton
  26 August Barren KY DLR, SJS
  5 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Parasitic Jaeger 10 September Barren KY DLR (photo)
Long-tailed Jaeger 10 September Barren KY DLR (photo), Aaron Hulsey
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Rufous Hummingbird c. 28 October Pulaski KY fide RMD
  2 November Barren KY Lew and Ruth Young
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 October Putnam TN SJS
  3 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  4 October Pulaski KY RMD
  5 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  8 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Olive-sided Flycatcher 17 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo 6 September Russell KY RMD
Bank Swallow 21 August Pulaski KY RMD
  26 August Barren KY DLR, SJS
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren 24 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  25 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
  8 November DeKalb TN Holly Taylor
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren 17 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
  3 October Barren KY DLR
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman, Janie C. Finch, Brenda K. Curtis (FBC)
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 8 September Pulaski KY RMD, Arlene M. Morton, Connie S. Neeley
  13 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  17 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Swainson’s Thrush 8 September Pulaski KY RMD, Arlene M. Morton, Connie S. Neeley
  10 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  14 September Putnam TN SJS
  14 September DeKalb TN Holly Taylor
Hermit Thrush 22 October Pulaski KY RMD
  24 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  4 November DeKalb TN Mark Taylor
American Pipit 3 October Barren/Allen KY DLR, SJS
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Lapland Longspur
Northern Waterthrush 30 August Adair KY RMD
  31 August Barren KY DLR
  7 September DeKalb TN Holly Taylor
  7 September Pulaski KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 26 August Barren KY SJS, DLR
  28 August Pulaski KY RMD
  9 September Adair KY RMD
  11 September DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
Orange-crowned Warbler 17 September Pulaski KY RMD
  14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  16 October Russell KY RMD
Nashville Warbler 11 September Pulaski KY RMD
Mourning Warbler 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
  9 September Adair KY RMD
Cape May Warbler 9 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Magnolia Warbler 28 August Russell KY RMD
  30 August Adair KY RMD
  4 September Pulaski KY RMD
  8 September Dekalb TN Holly Taylor
Bay-breasted Warbler 13 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  14 September Pulaski KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler 17 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman, Janie C. Finch, Brenda K. Curtis (FBC)/Judy C. Fuson, Carol D. Williams
Yellow-rumped Warbler 28 September Wayne KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
  1 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  2 October DeKalb TN Holly Taylor
Wilson’s Warbler 29 August Pulaski KY RMD
  31 August Barren KY DLR
Canada Warbler 18 August Pulaski KY RMD
  31 August Barren KY DLR
American Tree Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow 30 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Savannah Sparrow 28 September Wayne KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Le Conte' Sparrow 12 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow 24 September Bledsoe TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
  4 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Lincoln’s Sparrow 4 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  5 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  9 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
White-throated Sparrow 28 September Wayne KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
  2 October Pulaski KY RMD
  3 October Barren KY SJS, DLR
  6 October DeKalb TN Tommy Curtis, Virginia Curtis
  7 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman, SJS
White-crowned Sparrow 28 September Wayne KY SJS (FBB)
  1 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  15 October Barren KY Linda K. Craiger
Dark-eyed Junco 14 October Pulaski KY RMD
  15 October Barren KY Linda K. Craiger
  20 October Morgan TN Michael Hodge
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12 September Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
  16 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  17 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
Bobolink 4 September Barren KY DLR
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch 4 November Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Pine Siskin
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
DLR David L. Roemer
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Late Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal 12 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
Least Bittern
Great Egret 19 October Pulaski KY RMD
  24 November Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron 12 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
  23 October Fentress TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
Black-crowned Night Heron 24 September Bledsoe TN SJS (FBB)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  7 November Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  14 November Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Swallow-tailed Kite 12 August Bledsoe TN SJS
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin 19 October Pulaski KY RMD
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover        
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper 24 September Bledsoe TN SJS (FBB)
  7 October Putnam TN SJS
Greater Yellowlegs 18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope 11 October Barren KY DLR (photo)
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern 8 September DeKalb TN SJS
Common Tern 11 October Barren KY DLR
Forster's Tern 11 October Barren KY DLR
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk 17 September Pulaski KY RMD
  21 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  25 September Barren KY Linda K. Craiger
  27 September Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift 5 October Barren KY Linda K. Craiger
  7 October Pulaski KY RMD
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11 October White TN Wally and Sharon Brines
  17 October Pulaski KY RMD
  21 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  6 November Barren KY fide Linda K. Craiger (banded)
  17 November ** Putnam TN Betty Bright (banded)
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  14 October Pulaski KY RMD
Acadian Flycatcher 26 August Barren KY DLR, SJS
  29 August DeKalb TN Melinda Welton
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher 10 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  24 September Bledsoe TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
Eastern Kingbird 17 September Pulaski KY RMD
  24 September Bledsoe TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBB)
  28 September Wayne KY RMD (FBB)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 24 September Bledsoe TN SJS (FBB)
White-eyed Vireo 21 October Putnam TN SJS
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 22 October Pulaski KY RMD
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo 14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
Red-eyed Vireo 3 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  7 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Purple Martin 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
Tree Swallow 21 October Barren KY Tom Durbin
  21 October Pulaski KY RMD
N. Rough-winged Swallow 3 October Barren KY SJS
Bank Swallow 28 September Wayne KY RMD
Cliff Swallow 6 September Pulaski KY RMD
Barn Swallow 21 October Pulaski KY RMD
House Wren 14 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Sedge Wren 21 October Pulaski KY RMD
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 28 September Wayne KY RMD/SJS (FBB)
  5 October Barren KY Linda K. Craiger
Veery 16 September DeKalb TN Holly Taylor
  17 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman (FBC)
Gray-cheeked Thrush 12 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
  16 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Swainson's Thrush 30 October Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Wood Thrush 16 October Putnam TN SJS
Gray Catbird 14 October Barren KY DLR, SJS
  17 October Putnam TN SJS
  18 October Pulaski KY RMD
  21 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  29 October Jackson TN Dollyann Myers, Ron Hoff
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush 2 August Putnam TN SJS
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler 24 September Bledsoe TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
  28 September Wayne KY SJS
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  10 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Prothonotary Warbler 30 August Adair KY RMD
  31 August Barren KY DLR
  9 September Adair KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 21 October Pulaski KY RMD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 17 October Pulaski KY RMD
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 24 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Hooded Warbler 20 October Pulaski KY RMD
American Redstart 3 October Pulaski KY RMD
  10 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Cape May Warbler 27 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  15 October Pulaski KY RMD
Cerulean Warbler 28 August DeKalb TN Melinda Welton
Northern Parula 27 September Pulaski KY RMD
Magnolia Warbler 12 October Pulaski KY RMD
  16 October Barren KY Linda K. Craiger
Bay-breasted Warbler 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler 17 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson (photo)
Yellow Warbler 14 September Dekalb TN Holly Taylor
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  6 October Barren KY DLR
Chestnut-sided Warbler 30 September Pulaski KY RMD
  12 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
Blackpoll Warbler 12 October Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler 10 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  12 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
  14 October Smith TN John Barthelme
  17 October Pulaski KY RMD
  17 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Canada Warbler 9 September Pulaski KY RMD
Wilson's Warbler 1 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Yellow-breasted Chat
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow 2 November Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Henslow's Sparrow 31 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Lincoln's Sparrow 22 October Pulaski KY RMD
Summer Tanager 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  6 October Barren KY DLR
  21 October Putnam TN SJS
Scarlet Tanager 7 October Pulaski KY RMD
  14 October Barren KY DLR
  17 October Putnam TN SJS
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 20 October Morgan TN Michael Hodge
  21 October Putnam TN SJS
  22 October DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
Blue Grosbeak 6 October Barren KY DLR
  12 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter, N. P. "Mac" McWhirter
Indigo Bunting 24 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Dickcissel 14 August Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  6 October Barren KY DLR
Bobolink 17 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman, Janie C. Finch, Brenda K. Curtis (FBC)
Orchard Oriole 26 August Pulaski KY RMD
Baltimore Oriole

 

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