Check-list of Overton County, Tennessee, Birds

 

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Overton County indicated (X in right column).  Species denoted below with one asterisk (*) are rare and with two asterisks (**) very rare within the UCR; sightings of these species should be reported via a documentation formSpecies on the Audubon WatchList are indicated below in pink (27 species) or red (8 species), with the latter being more critically decreasing species.

_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) **  
_____ Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) *
_____ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) X
    Snow Goose, white morph x
    Snow Goose, blue morph
    Snow Goose, intermediate morph **
_____ Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * X
_____ Brant (Branta bernicla) **
_____  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) **
_____  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
_____  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) * X
_____ Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) **
_____  Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) *
_____  Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) X
_____ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) X
_____  Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
_____  Gadwall (Anas strepera) X
_____  American Wigeon (Anas americana) X
_____  Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) X
_____  American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) X
_____  Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) **
_____  Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
_____  Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) X
_____  Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) X
_____  Redhead (Aythya americana) X
_____  Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) X
_____  Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) *
_____  Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) X
_____  Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) **
_____  Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) *
_____ White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) *
_____ Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) **
_____ Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) **  X
_____ Bufflehead  (Bucephala albeola) X
_____ Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) X
_____ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) X
_____ Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) *
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) X
_____ Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
_____  Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) X
_____  Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) * X
_____  Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) X
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) X
_____  Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) X
_____ Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) **
_____ Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) *
_____ Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) **
_____ Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) * X
_____ Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratoriusextinct) --
_____ White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) **  
_____ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) X
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) * X
_____ Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) X
_____ Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) X
_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) X
_____ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) X
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) X
_____ Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) *
_____ Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) **
_____ Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) **
_____ Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) **
_____  King Rail (Rallus elegans) **
_____ Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) *
_____ Sora (Porzana carolina) * X
_____ Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) **
_____ Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) **
_____ American Coot (Fulica americana) X
_____ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) X
_____  Whooping Crane (Grus americanareintroduced migrant) **
_____ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) **
_____ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) **
_____ Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatorola) **
_____ American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) *
_____ Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) X
_____ Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) **  
_____ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) X
_____ Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) **
_____ Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) **
_____ Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) **
_____ Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) *
_____ Sanderling (Calidris alba) **  
_____ Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) **  
_____ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) X
_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) *
_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) **
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) X
_____ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) *
_____ Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) *
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) **
_____ American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) X
_____ Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) X
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) X
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) X
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) X
_____ Willet (Tringa semipalmata) **
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) X
_____ Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) **
_____ Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) **  
_____ Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) **
_____ Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) **  
_____ Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) **  
_____ Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) **
_____ Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) **  
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
_____ Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) **  
_____ Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) **
_____ Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) **
_____ Mew Gull (Larus canus) **
_____ Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
_____ California Gull (Larus californicus) **
_____ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
_____  Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) **
_____  Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) **
_____  Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) **
_____ Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) **
_____ Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) **
_____ Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
_____ Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
_____ Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) *
_____ Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) **  
_____ Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) X
_____  Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) *
_____  Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) **
_____  Common Loon (Gavia immer) X
_____  Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) **
_____ Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) **  
_____ Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) **  
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) X
_____ Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) **  
_____ American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) *
_____ Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) **
_____ American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) *
_____ Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) **
_____ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) X
    Great Blue Heron, blue morph x
    Great Blue Heron, white morph **
_____ Great Egret (Ardea alba) X
_____ Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) *
_____ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) *
_____ Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) **
_____ Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) * X
_____ Green Heron (Butorides virescens) X
_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) X
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) *
_____ White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) **
_____ White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) **
_____ Dark Ibis sp. (Plegadis sp.) **
_____ Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) X
_____ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) X
_____ Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) X
_____ Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) **  
_____ Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) * X
_____ Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) X
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) X
_____ Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi) X
_____ Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) X
_____ Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) ** X
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) X
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) X
_____ Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) ** X
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X
    B. j. harlani **
    B. j. calurus ** 
    B. j. borealis light morph (Krider's) ** 
_____ Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) * X
_____ Barn Owl (Tyto alba) * X
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) X
_____ Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) X
_____ Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) **
_____ Barred Owl (Strix varia) X
_____ Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) **
_____ Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) * X
_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) *
_____ Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) X
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) X
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) X
_____ Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) X
_____ Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) X
_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealisextirpated) **
_____ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) X
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) X
_____ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) X
_____ Merlin (Falco columbarius) *  
_____ Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) *
_____ Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) **
_____ Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensisextinct) --
_____ Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) **  
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) X
_____ Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) **
_____ Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) X
_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) ** X
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) * X
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) **
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) X
_____ Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) **
_____ Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) * X
_____ Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) *
_____ Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) X
_____ Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) **
_____ Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) X
_____ Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) **  
_____ White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) X
_____ Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) **  
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) X
_____ Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) X
_____ Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) X
_____ Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) X
_____ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) X
_____ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
_____ American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos) X
_____ Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) **  
_____ Common Raven (Corvus corax) **
_____ Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) X
_____ Purple Martin (Progne subis) X
_____ Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) X
_____ Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) X
_____ Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonata) X
_____ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) X
_____ Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) X
_____ Tufted Titmouse (Baeopholus bicolor) X
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) X
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) X
_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) *
_____ Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) X
_____ House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) X
_____ Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) X
_____ Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) * X
_____ Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) * X
_____ Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) X
_____ Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) ** X
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) X
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) X
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) X
_____ Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) X
_____ Veery (Catharus fuscescens) * X
_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) X
_____ Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) X
_____ Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) X
_____ Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) X
_____ American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
_____ Gray Catbird (Dumatella carolinensis) X
_____ Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) X
_____ Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) X
_____ European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
_____ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) X
_____ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
_____ American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
_____ Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) *
_____ House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) X
_____ Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) X
_____ Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) **
_____ Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) **
_____ White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) **
_____ Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) X
_____ American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X
_____ Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * X
_____ Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) **
_____ Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) X

_____

Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) ** X
_____ American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) * X
_____ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
_____ Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) **
_____ Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) X
_____ Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) X
_____ Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) **
_____ Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) X
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) X
_____ Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) * X
_____ LeConte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) **
_____ Nelson's Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) **
_____ Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) X
_____ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodius) X
_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
_____ Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) X
_____ White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
_____ Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) **
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) X
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) X
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) X
_____ Yellow-headed Blackbird  (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) **
_____ Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) X
_____ Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) X
_____ Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) **
_____ Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) X
_____ Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) X
_____ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) X
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) X
_____ Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) X
_____ Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) *
_____ Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) X
_____ Ovenbird (Seiuris aurocapillus) X
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) X
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) X
_____ Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) X
_____ Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) X
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) X
    "Brewster's" Warbler *  
    "Lawrence's" Warbler **
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) X
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) X
_____ Swainson's Warbler * (Limnothylpis swainsonii) *  
_____ Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) X
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)  
_____ Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) X
_____ Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * X
_____ Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) * X
_____ Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosus) X
_____ Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) X
_____ Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) X
_____ American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) X
_____ Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) X
_____ Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga caerulea) X
_____ Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) X
_____ Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) X
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) X
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) X
_____ Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) X
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) X
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) X
_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) * X
_____ Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) X
_____ Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) X
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) X
    "Myrtle" form x
    "Audubon's" form **  
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) X
_____ Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) X
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) X
_____ Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) X
_____ Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)  
_____ Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) X
_____ Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) X
_____ Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) X
_____ Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) X
_____ Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) X
_____ Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) **
_____ Dickcissel (Spiza americana) X
Total Species 204

 

Table 2. Annotated list of Overton County bird species.  * rare species in Overton County; ** probably or certainly extirpated.

_____ Snow Goose * (1 April 2017, SJS photo).

_____ Ross's Goose * (5 April 2008, SJS)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan * (17 February 2001, BHS; 23 December 2005, GM, KM)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (30 April 2011, m. ob.—a SBB record)

_____ Gadwall (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ American Wigeon (13 November 1993, SJS)

_____ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Green-winged Teal (22 February 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Canvasback (17 February 2007, SJS)

_____ Redhead (17 February 2006, SJS)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (26 February 1995, SJS)

_____ Lesser Scaup (26 February 1995, SJS)

_____ Long-tailed Duck (16 February 2014, JCF photo—a GBBC record)

_____ Bufflehead (3 December 1995, SJS)

_____ Common Goldeneye (25 January 1997, SJS)

_____ Hooded Merganser

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (15 November 1996, SJS)

_____ Northern Bobwhite (21 April 2002, SJS et al.)

_____ Ruffed Grouse * (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe (3 December 1995, SJS)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (26 February 1995, SJS, TMS)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo * (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Common Nighthawk (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Sora * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 30 April 2011, EKL, DADa SBB record)

_____ American Coot (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 9 April 1994, SJS)

_____ Sandhill Crane (15 March 1965 RTH [Hollister 1966b]; 10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Semipalmated Plover * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Killdeer

_____ Least Sandpiper * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (23 May 2011, EKL photo)

_____ American Woodcock (14 December 2006, SJS)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (22 December 1999, SJS)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (21 July 1990, SJS)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (15  on 2 May 1991, SJS)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Ring-billed Gull (22 January 2012; SJS)

_____ Forster's Tern * (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Common Loon (6 April 1996, SJS et al.)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (15 November 1996, SJS)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (11 April 2001, SJS, CDW photo)

_____ Cattle Egret * (15 May 1965, fide PLH [Hollister 1966a]; 24 September 1986, RVM et al.
            [Stedman 1987a])

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (23 April 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Golden Eagle * (1951, AFG [Ganier 1951a])

_____ Northern Harrier (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 2 March 2003, WAW, SJS)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (31 July 1994, SJS)

_____ Bald Eagle (January 2006, fide LB; 7 March 2006, MPO)

_____ Mississippi Kite * (13 May 1951, AFG [Ganier 1951a])

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (winter 19771978 [Bierly 1978b]; winter 19791980 [Bierly 1980])

_____ Barn Owl * (17 August 1993 [2 ad & 4 y], Larry Misenheimer [Witt 1994a]).

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Short-eared Owl (23 March 2015, SJS)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (8 or 9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (9 June 2007, Stanley Carter)

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (24 May 1986, SJS, DJS [Stedman 1986c]—aTOS Foray record; 30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (25 May 1986, DFV [Stedman 1986d]—aTOS Foray record)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike * (27 March 1988, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Philadelphia Vireo * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Warbling Vireo * (27 April 2002, SJS et al.)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (winter 19771978 [Bierly 1978b]; 19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (13 April 1997, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow * (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Cliff Swallow (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (12 January 1994, MAS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ House Wren (30 April 2011, m. ob.—a SBB record)

_____ Winter Wren (30 April 2011, TMS, MPO—a SBB record)

_____ Sedge Wren * (30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

_____ Marsh Wren * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]); 8 or 9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren ** (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery * (30 April 2011, BHS—a SBB record)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (18 May  1997, SJS)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Hermit Thrush (10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing (12 January 1994 MAS)

_____ House Sparrow

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (21 March 1997, SJS)

_____ Pine Siskin (22 February 2009, SJS, EKL; 30 April 2011, SJSa SBB record)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Lapland Longspur * (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow ** (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (8 October 2010, SJS)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 30 April 2011, SJS—a SBB record; 27 May 2011, SJS—an Overton County Foray record; the last two records pertain to a singing male at the same site on each date in the Windle 6 block)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (23 May 2009, SJS; 30 April 2011, DAD, EKL—a SBB record)

_____ Fox Sparrow

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole (19 April 2003, SJS et al.)

_____ Baltimore Oriole * (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird * (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Northern Waterthrush (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 28 April 2000,  SJS, GKE)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler * (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 17 April 2011, EKL)

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Nashville Warbler * (30 April 2011, m. ob.—a SBB record)

_____ Connecticut Warbler * (late May 1986, SJS—a TOS Foray record)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (1213 May 1951, JTT, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart (12 May 1951 [nest], TOS [Ganier 1951c])

_____ Cape May Warbler (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Cerulean Warbler (2 nests found 12 May 1951 in SSSP [Ganier 1951c]; 89 May 1954, TOS
            [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (19 April 2003, SJS et al.)

_____ Yellow Warbler (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler * (30 April 2011, SJSa SBB record)

_____ Palm Warbler  (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (89 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Canada Warbler * (1213 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 30 April 2011, SJSa SBB record)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel * (2627 May 1986, Carolyn H. Bullock et al. [Stedman 1986d]; 15 July 2002, SHF; 30 April 2011, EKL, DADa SBB record)

 

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:

LB  Lee Barclay
DAD Douglas A. Downs
GKE Ginger K. Ensor
JCF  Janie C. Finch
SHF Susan H. Ford
AFG Albert F. Ganier
RTH Roy T. Hinds
PLH Paul L. Hollister
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
RVM Ruth V. McMillan
GM Ginny Morton
KM King Morton
MPO Michael P. O'Rourke
MAS Michael A. Sanders
TMS Thomas M. Saya
SBB Spring BirdBlitz
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
JTT James T. Tanner
DFV David F. Vogt
WAW Winston A. Walden
CDW Carol D. Williams
   
GBBC Great Backyard Bird Count
SBB Spring BirdBlitz (Overton County)
TBBA Tennessee Breeding Bird Atlas
TOS Tennessee Ornithological Society

 

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