Check-list of Scott County, Tennessee, Birds

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Scott 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 form.  Species on the Audubon WatchList are indicated below in pink (27 species) or red (8 species), with the latter being more critically decreasing species.

Table 2. Annotated list of Scott County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Snow Goose, white form (23 November 2002, NM)

_____ Canada Goose (9 November 2002, SJS, NM, WAW)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (24 March 2002, SJS, BHS)

_____ Gadwall (18 November 2002, NM)

_____ American Wigeon (2 December 2002, NM)

_____ Mallard (9 November 2002, SJS, NM, WAW)

_____ Northern Pintail (22 November 2003, NM)

_____ Green-winged Teal (1 November 2002, NM, JM)

_____ Canvasback (11 February 2003, NM)

_____ Redhead (5 February 2004, NM)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (1 November 2002, NM, JM)

_____ Lesser Scaup (15 November 2003, NM, JM)

_____ Bufflehead (18 November 2002, NM)

_____ Common Goldeneye (18 March 2000, NM)

_____ Hooded Merganser (15 November 2003, NM, JM)

_____ Ruddy Duck (1 November 2002, NM, JM)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Ruffed Grouse

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (2 September 2001, SJS, BHS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Horned Grebe (15 November 2003, NM, JM)

_____ Eared Grebe * (28 September 2002, NM photos)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (29 May 2011, BHS)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (19 June 1989, CPN [Knight 1989c])

_____ Common Nighthawk (RGE)

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (24 May 2003, TBM, LMM)

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ American Coot (9 November 2002, SJS, NM, WAW)

_____ Sandhill Crane (11 January 2000, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ American Avocet * (13 September 2013, Ron Cornelius photo).

_____ Killdeer

_____ American Woodcock (15 October 1999, SJS)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (15 October 1995, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (31 July 1997, SJS)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (5 March 2004, JM, NM)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (28 October 2002, BHS)

_____ Common Loon (18 November 2002, NM)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (20 on 29 October 2000, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Great Blue Heron (2 November 1996, SJS)

_____ Green Heron (3 August 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ Black Vulture (26 September 1997, BHS)

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (26 September 1997, BHS)

_____ Golden Eagle * (29 November 2003, JM, NM, SJS)

_____ Northern Harrier (9 November 2002, NM, SJS, WAW)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (2 juveniles 6 August 1995, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (26 September 1997, BHS)

_____ Bald Eagle * (10 March 2001, SJS, BHS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl * (9 February 2000, SJS [Stedman 2001])

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (22 September 2001, SJS)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (29 September 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (extirpated)

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel (29 September 1995, SJS, MAS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Merlin * (6 October 1995, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Western Kingbird * (10 August 2008, BSD)

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (4 June 1998, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (30 May 2002, NM; 10/19 June 2016, RMD/SJS—Scott County Foray records)

_____ Least Flycatcher * (1 June 1985, CPN [Dubke and Dubke 1985b]; 7 June 1987, CPN [Knight 1987d])

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (24/25 June 1983, R. Hassler, D. Hassler)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (30 September 2000, SJS, RGE [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Warbling Vireo * (24 May 2003, NM)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (1 April 1940, RMM [Mengel 1940]; 18 October 2002, NM photos)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (18 October 2002, NM)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (10 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper

_____ House Wren (26 September 1997, SJS, BHS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Winter Wren

_____ Marsh Wren * (27 October 2001, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (23 April 2000, SJS, DLC [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (5 October 1997, SJS, RGE [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Swainson's Thrush (10 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Hermit Thrush

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird (9 November 2002, SJS, NM, WAW)

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (21 November 1998, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Evening Grosbeak (16 December 1997, SJS)

_____ House Finch (15 October 1995, SJS)

_____ Purple Finch (27 October 2001, SJS)

_____ Red Crossbill * (10 April 1988, CPN [Knight 1988c])

_____ Pine Siskin (13 November 1999, SJS)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Snow Bunting * (29 November 2003, JM, NM, SJS)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow * ([Rhoads 1895])

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (23 December 1997, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (2 April 1999, SJS)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (21 September 1997, SJS, BHS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (23 July 2003, NM)

_____ Fox Sparrow (15 October 1995, SJS)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (8/15 October 1999, NM/SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002]; 9 October 2004, SJS,
            NM)

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (23 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink * (spring 1986, CPN [Dubke and Dubke 1986c]; 31 August 2004, NM)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole (24 May 1994, SJS)

_____ Baltimore Oriole (25 May 1996, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Brewer's Blackbird  * (18 November 2002, NM)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Northern Waterthrush (26 September 1997, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Golden-winged Warbler  (12 September 1997, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (6 September 1997, SJS)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler * (10 June 2016, RMD—a Scott County Foray record)

_____ Swainson's Warbler (1 singing 25 July 1996, SJS)

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (22 October 1995, SJS, RGE [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Nashville Warbler (11 October 1997, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Mourning Warbler * (6 June 2003, SJS)

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Cape May Warbler (27 April 1996, SJS; 9 October 2004, SJS, NM)

_____ Cerulean Warbler (16 August 1995, SJS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (10 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (29 September 1995, SJS, MAS [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Yellow Warbler (21 June 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Blackpoll Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (5 October 1997, SJS, RGE [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Palm Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (2 September 2000, SJS, DLC [Stedman and Stedman 2002])

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (10 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue Grosbeak (6 June 2001, SJS)

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel * (22–23 May 2011, BSD)

   If you have personal records for species not listed above or if you know of historical records for species not listed above, please send details to me at this e-mail address: birdbfly7101@gmail.com

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