Check-list of Birds Observed at the General Burnside Island State Park, Pulaski County, Kentucky

 

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   If you have personal records from this site for species not listed below or if you know of historical records from this site for species not listed below, please send details to me at this e-mail address:

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    Abbreviations and Symbols:

*   Rare species

 

_____ Canada Goose (15 March 2005)

_____ Mute Swan * (origin unknown; 22 July 2008, RMD)

_____ Swan sp. * (8 January 2008 #, RMD photo)

_____ Wood Duck (15 March 2005)

_____ Gadwall (8 January 2008, RMD)

_____ American Black Duck (25 January 2003, RMD)

_____ Mallard (15 March 2005)

_____ Green-winged Teal (3 February 2007, RMD)

_____ Canvasback (17 February 2007, RMD, CGH, AMM)

_____ Redhead (17 February 2007, RMD, CGH, AMM)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (25 January 2003, RMD)

_____ Bufflehead (25 January 2003, RMD)

_____ Common Goldeneye (11 February 2007, RMD)

_____ Hooded Merganser (25 January 2003, RMD)

_____ Ruddy Duck (18 December 2010)

_____ Wild Turkey (15 March 2005)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (17 November 2005)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (11 November 2007, RMD, SD)

_____ Great Blue Heron (10 May 2005)

_____ Great Egret (28 October 1984, JBE)

_____ Green Heron (10 May 2005)

_____ Black Vulture (11 August 2005)

_____ Turkey Vulture (15 March 2005)

_____ Osprey (9 September 2004, RMD)

_____ Bald Eagle (13 October 2006, RMD)

_____ Northern Harrier (12 January 2009, RMD, SD)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (9 December 2001, RMD)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (17 February 2007, RMD, CGH, AMM)

_____ Broad-winged Hawk (26 May 2006)

_____ Red-tailed Hawk (13 December 2005)

_____ American Kestrel (13 December 2008)

_____ Merlin * (27 September 2005, RMD)

_____ American Coot (13 December 2005

_____ Sandhill Crane (13 December 2005)

_____ Killdeer (11 August 2005)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (20 October 2005)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (18 April 2007, RMD)

_____ Baird's Sandpiper * (14 September 1983, JBE)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (13 December 2005)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (27 January 2006)

_____ Rock Pigeon (1 April 2005)

_____ Mourning Dove (1 April 2005)

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (6 June 2006)

_____ Great Horned Owl (19 July 2005)

_____ Barred Owl (29 November 2007)

_____ Chimney Swift (7 June 2005)

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (22 August 2006)

_____ Belted Kingfisher (15 March 2005)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (15 March 2005)

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (17 November 2005)

_____ Downy Woodpecker (15 March 2005)

_____ Hairy Woodpecker (22 August 2006)

_____ Northern Flicker (15 March 2005)

_____ Pileated Woodpecker (10 May 2005)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (12 May 2005)

_____ Acadian Flycatcher (10 May 2005)

_____ Eastern Phoebe (30 March 2006)

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (12 May 2005)

_____ Eastern Kingbird (10 May 2005)

_____ White-eyed Vireo (10 May 2005)

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (20 September 2007)

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (1 April 2005)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo (10 May 2005)

_____ Blue Jay (6 December 2005)

_____ American Crow (15 March 2005)

_____ Purple Martin (12 May 2008)

_____ Tree Swallow (10 May 2005)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (10 May 2005)

_____ Barn Swallow (18 April 2001, RMD)

_____ Carolina Chickadee (15 March 2005)

_____ Tufted Titmouse (15 March 2005)

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (27 January 2006)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (15 March 2005)

_____ Brown Creeper (9 November 2006)

_____ Carolina Wren (15 March 2005)

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (1 April 2005)

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (24 October 2006)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (8 September 2005)

_____ Eastern Bluebird (1 April 2005)

_____ Hermit Thrush (13 December 2005)

_____ Wood Thrush (26 May 2006)

_____ American Robin (15 March 2005)

_____ Gray Catbird (10 May 2005)

_____ Northern Mockingbird (14 November 2008)

_____ Brown Thrasher (1 April 2005)

_____ European Starling (1 April 2005)

_____ American Pipit (17 November 2005)

_____ Cedar Waxwing (17 November 2005)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (11 October 2008, RMD)

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (13 October 2012, RMD)

_____ Northern Parula (14 May 2008, RMD)

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (18 September 2009, RMD)

_____ Magnolia Warbler (18 September 2009, RMD)

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (17 November 2005)

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (18 April 2007, RMD)

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (16 April 2005)

_____ Pine Warbler (1 April 2005)

_____ Palm Warbler (14 April 2006)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (18 September 2009, RMD)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler (16 April 2005)

_____ American Redstart (14 May 2008, RMD)

_____ Common Yellowthroat (12 May 2008)

_____ Hooded Warbler (10 May 2005)

_____ Eastern Towhee (15 March 2005)

_____ Chipping Sparrow (1 April 2005)

_____ Field Sparrow (1 April 2005)

_____ Song Sparrow (15 March 2005)

_____ Swamp Sparrow (29 November 2007)

_____ White-throated Sparrow (1 April 2005)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (15 March 2005)

_____ Summer Tanager (20 September 2007)

_____ Scarlet Tanager (24 October 2006)

_____ Northern Cardinal (15 March 2005)

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (10 May 2005)

_____ Blue Grosbeak (14 June 2010)

_____ Indigo Bunting (10 May 2005)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird (8 September 2005)

_____Rusty Blackbird (11 November 2010, RMD)

_____ Common Grackle (10 May 2005)

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (10 May 2005)

_____ Orchard Oriole (27 April 2009, RMD)

_____ Baltimore Oriole (7 September 2008, RMD, SD)

_____ Purple Finch (16 April 2005)

_____ House Finch (19 July 2005)

_____ Pine Siskin (4 January 2009, RMD)

_____ American Goldfinch (10 May 2005)

_____ House Sparrow (10 May 2005)

# These swans were later determined to be hybrid Trumpeter X Mute swans.

 

    Many thanks to C. Gay Hodges for collecting most of the bird data (as part of Project ParkWatch) that led to the creation of this checklist; all species listed with only a date and no observer initials derive from her efforts. Other observers who contributed records include Roseanna M. Denton (RMD), Steve Denton (SD), Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. (JBE), and Arlene M. Morton (AMM).   If you see any species not on the list, please report it to Gay or to me at the email address above; if you see a rare species at this site, please fill out a documentation form and send to me:

 

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