Arrival and Departure Dates of Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and TennesseeSpring 2004

 

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I. Arrival Dates for Summer Residents and Transients

    * = documentation provided for extremely early dates or rare species

    ** = record early for site; documentation also provided

    RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
   
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
    WAW = Winston A. Walden

 

Species Early Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal 6 March Wayne KY RMD
6 March Pulaski KY RMD
6 March Putnam TN SJS
6 March White TN Douglas A. Downs
Double-crested Cormorant 12 March DeKalb TN SJS
20 March Putnam TN SJS, WAW
American Bittern 5 May Pulaski KY RMD
Least Bittern
Great Egret 6 March White TN Douglas A. Downs (photo)
11 April Pulaski KY RMD
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 26 April White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
30 April Cumberland TN Joseph Mast
Green Heron 29 March Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
15 April Pulaski KY RMD
15 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
16 April Wayne KY RMD
17 April DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams et al.
19 April Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
Black-crowned Night-Heron 16 April Putnam TN SJS
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 May White/Warren TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Plegadis sp. 17 May Putnam/Smith TN Amber Edwards, K. Dean Edwards
8 May Putnam TN Daniel L. Combs et al.
Osprey 12 March Jackson TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
18 March ** Pulaski KY RMD
27 March Putnam TN SJS et al.
5 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
Broad-winged Hawk 25 March Scott TN Nell Moore
7 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
14 April Putnam TN SJS
14 April DeKalb TN SJS/Tommy and Virginia Curtis
16 April Clinton KY RMD
17 April Overton TN RMD
Merlin
Sora 3 May Putnam TN SJS
Sandhill Crane 21 January Barren KY David L. Roemer
28 January Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
1 February White TN Sharon and Wally Brines
1 February Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover 20 April Pulaski KY RMD
5 May White TN Douglas A. Downs
Black-necked Stilt 8 May DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson (photo), Carol D. Williams (photo)
Spotted Sandpiper 13 April Putnam TN SJS
20 April Pulaski KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper 7 April Putnam TN SJS
9 April DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
14 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
16 April Wayne KY RMD
20 April Pulaski KY RMD
Greater Yellowlegs 16 March White TN Douglas A. Downs
7 April Pulaski KY RMD
9 April DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson (photo)
Willet 21 April * Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 14 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
16 April Wayne KY RMD
17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
20 April Pulaski KY RMD
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8 May Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman, Terry M. Campbell
16 May Pulaski TN RMD
17 May DeKalb TN SJS
22 May White TN SJS, DAD, WAW
Western Sandpiper 22 May White TN WAW, DAD, SJS
Least Sandpiper 22 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
25 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
30 April McCreary KY Tom and Lynda Mills
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 11 April Pulaski KY RMD
16 April Wayne KY RMD
25 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern 17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
26 April Pulaski KY RMD
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 26 April McCreary KY Tom and Lynda Mills
1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Black-billed Cuckoo 27 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
Common Nighthawk 25 April Putnam TN SJS
Chuck-will’s-widow 19 April Jackson TN James Layzer
21 April Pickett TN W. Howard Groce
22 April Putnam TN Janie C. Finch
Eastern Whip-poor-will 3 April Jackson TN James Layzer fide Nancy S. Layzer
17 April Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
Chimney Swift 3 April DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
7 April Putnam TN SJS
9 April Pulaski KY RMD
16 April Wayne KY RMD
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 April DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
8 April Putnam TN Betty Bright
8 April Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
8 April Pickett TN W. Howard Groce
11 April Pulaski KY RMD
14 April Clay TN fide Terry M. Campbell
14 April Cumberland TN Betty Bush
16 April White TN fide Douglas A. Downs
Olive-sided Flycatcher 12 May ** Pulaski KY RMD
Eastern Wood-Pewee 22 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
26 April Putnam TN SJS, WAW
Acadian Flycatcher 25 April DeKalb TN SJS, Michael J. Hawkins
26 April Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Alder Flycatcher 19 May Pulaski KY RMD
Willow Flycatcher 8 May ** Pulaski KY Scott Marsh fide RMD
8 May Morgan TN David Trently
9 May Putnam TN SJS
Least Flycatcher 26 April ** Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
Great Crested Flycatcher 17 April Overton TN RMD
19 April Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
19 April Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Eastern Kingbird 16 April Putnam TN SJS
16 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
16 April Pulaski KY RMD
17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
18 April Overton TN RMD
White-eyed Vireo 16 April Putnam TN SJS
17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
18 April White TN Michael P. O'Rourke
18April Overton TN RMD
19 April Pulaski KY RMD
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
11 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
12 April Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
16 April Overton TN RMD
Blue-headed Vireo 17 March McCreary KY RMD
19 March Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
24 March Pulaski KY RMD
25 March Scott TN Nell Moore
26 March White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
28 March Putnam TN SJS
Warbling Vireo 8 May Pulaski KY fide RMD
Philadelphia Vireo 3 May Putnam TN WAW, SJS
Red-eyed Vireo 16 April Putnam TN SJS
16 April Pulaski KY RMD
16 April Overton TN RMD
17 April Morgan TN Melissa Turrentine
17 April DeKalb TN SJS
18 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Purple Martin 3 March Pickett TN fide W. Howard Groce
4 March DeKalb TN fide Carol D. Williams
25 March Pulaski KY RMD
Tree Swallow 5 March Scott TN Jimi and Nell Moore
6 March Wayne KY RMD
6 March Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
6 March Putnam TN SJS
13 March Adair KY RMD
13 March White TN Douglas A. Downs
19 March Pulaski KY RMD
N. Rough-winged Swallow 20 March Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
20 March Wayne KY RMD et al.
24 March Putnam TN SJS et al.
24 March DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
26 March Pulaski KY RMD
5 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
Bank Swallow 28 April Putnam TN SJS
2 May Pulaski KY RMD
Cliff Swallow 2 April Jackson TN SJS
3 April Clay TN SJS et al.
4 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
12 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
Barn Swallow 13 March Macon TN SJS, WAW
15 March White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
17 March DeKalb TN SJS et al.
House Wren 2 April ** Putnam TN SJS
18 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
21 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 25 March Scott TN Nell Moore
26 March Pulaski  KY RMD
27 March Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
28 March Putnam TN SJS
30 March White TN Douglas A. Downs
3 April Pickett TN SJS et al.
3 April Clay TN SJS et al.
Veery 25 April DeKalb TN SJS, Michael J. Hawkins
28 April Putnam TN SJS
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5 May Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
Swainson’s Thrush 23 April Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
Wood Thrush 8 April Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
14 April Putnam TN SJS
16 April Overton TN RMD
17 April Morgan TN Melissa Turrentine
17 April DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams et al.
19 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Gray Catbird 22 April Putnam TN SJS
29 April Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley

Blue-winged Warbler

14 April Putnam TN SJS
16 April Pulaski KY RMD
17 April DeKalb TN SJS
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 25 April DeKalb TN SJS
29 April Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
30 April McCreary KY Tom and Lynda Mills

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler 25 April DeKalb TN SJS, Michael J. Hawkins
Northern Parula 28 March ** Putnam TN SJS
5 April Pulaski KY RMD
Yellow Warbler 16 April Putnam  TN SJS
3 May Pulaski KY RMD
Chestnut-sided Warbler 23 April Putnam TN SJS
Magnolia Warbler 1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Cape May Warbler 28 April Putnam TN SJS et al.
1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
2 May Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Blue Warbler 17 April Morgan TN Melissa Turrentine
Black-thr. Green Warbler 24 March ** Putnam TN SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Nikki A. Panter, Denise M. Weyer
24 March ** Pulaski KY RMD
27 March Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
15 April DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
Blackburnian Warbler 23 April Putnam TN SJS
Yellow-throated Warbler 25 March Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
25 March Scott TN Nell Moore
28 March DeKalb TN SJS
31 March Pulaski KY RMD
3 April Pickett TN SJS et al.
Prairie Warbler 10 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
15 April DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
16 April Putnam TN SJS
16 April Wayne KY SJS
19 April Jackson TN Ginger K. Ensor
Bay-breasted Warbler 3 May Putnam TH SJS
Blackpoll Warbler 25 April DeKalb TN SJS
1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
2 May Pulaski KY RMD

Cerulean Warbler

16 April Putnam TN WAW
16 April Pulaski KY RMD
17 April DeKalb TN SJS
17 April Morgan TN Melissa Turrentine
19 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Black-and-white Warbler 28 March Putnam TN SJS
11 April Pulaski KY RMD
American Redstart 16 April Putnam TN SJS
17 April Morgan TN Melissa Turrentine
17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
Prothonotary Warbler 17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
18 April Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
26 April Pulaski KY RMD
26 April White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Worm-eating Warbler 14 April DeKalb TN SJS
17 April Morgan TN Melissa Turrentine
18 April Overton TN RMD
19 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
21 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
Swainson's Warbler 24 April Cumberland TN Barbara H. Stedman
24 April Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Ovenbird 17 April Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
17 April DeKalb TN SJS
18 April Overton TN RMD
19 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Northern Waterthrush 26 April Pulaski KY RMD
28 April Putnam TN SJS
1 May White TN SJS
Louisiana Waterthrush 25 March Putnam TN SJS
26 March Pulaski KY RMD
3 April Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
3 April Pickett TN SJS
Kentucky Warbler 17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
21 April Pulaski KY RMD
Connecticut Warbler 8 May Morgan TN David J. Trently
Mourning Warbler 5 May ** Putnam TN SJS
Common Yellowthroat 14 April Putnam TN SJS
16 April Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
18 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
18 April Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
Hooded Warbler 10 April Pulaski KY RMD
16 April Putnam TN SJS
17 April Overton TN RMD
19 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
Wilson’s Warbler 8 May Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Canada Warbler 26 April Putnam TN Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Yellow-breasted Chat 20 April DeKalb TN Mary Hays
25 April Putnam TN Michael P. O'Rourke
26 April Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
26 April Pulaski KY RMD
Bachman's Sparrow 1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Vesper Sparrow 6 March Pulaski KY RMD
21 March ** Putnam TN SJS, WAW
26 March White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
27 March Scott TN Nell and Jimi Moore
Grasshopper Sparrow 29 April Pulaski KY RMD
30 April McCreary KY Tom and Lynda Mills
1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Henslow's Sparrow 8 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Summer Tanager 16 April DeKalb TN Sharon Moffitt
17 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
19 April Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
21 April Pulaski KY RMD
Scarlet Tanager 11 April ** Pulaski KY RMD
16 April Wayne KY RMD
17 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
17 April Overton TN RMD
17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
19 April Putnam TN SJS
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 18 April DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams (photo)
19 April Putnam TN SJS
21 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
21 April Morgan TN Tom Howe
22 April Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
24 April Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
25 April Cumberland TN Terry and Betty Thornton
2 May Pulaski KY RMD
Blue Grosbeak 20 April DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
1 May Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Indigo Bunting 18 April DeKalb TN Mary Hays
18 April Pickett TN Margo Hinkle
19 April Pulaski KY RMD
20 April Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
21 April Bledsoe TN Dana Girard
22 April Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
23 April Putnam TN Dena Russell
24 April Cumberland TN Terry and Betty Thornton
Dickcissel 1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
8 May Putnam TN Daniel L. Combs et al.
Bobolink 2 May DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson (photo)
4 May Pulaski KY RMD
Orchard Oriole 17 April DeKalb TN SJS et al.
19 April Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
24 April Pulaski KY Wendell Neeley fide Connie S. Neeley
26 April White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Baltimore Oriole 18 April DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
28 April Putnam TN SJS et al.
28 April Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley

 

II. Departure Dates for Winter Residents and Transients

    * = documentation provided for extremely late dates or rare species

    ** = record late for site; documentation also provided

    RMD = Roseanna M. Denton
   
SJS = Stephen J. Stedman
    WAW = Winston A. Walden

 

Species    Late Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Gr. White-fronted Goose 22 February Barren KY SJS (photo), WAW
Snow Goose 30 March White TN Douglas A. Downs
Ross's Goose 22 February Barren KY SJS, WAW
Gadwall 15 April ** Pulaski  KY RMD
15 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
19 April Wayne KY RMD
American Wigeon 19 April Wayne KY RMD
American Black Duck 26 March White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
27 March Morgan TN Barbara H. Stedman
Blue-winged Teal 16 May Putnam TN SJS, WAW
22 May White TN SJS, WAW, Douglas A. Downs
Northern Shoveler 3 April Clay TN SJS et al.
7 April Pulaski KY RMD
13 April Putnam TN SJS
26 April White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal 7 April Putnam TN SJS, Ginger K. Ensor
16 April Wayne KY RMD
Canvasback
Redhead 19 March Scott TN SJS
20 March Wayne KY RMD et al.
31 March ** Pulaski KY RMD
1 May White TN Douglas A. Downs, SJS
Ring-necked Duck 14 April Putnam TN SJS
Greater Scaup 17 March Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Scaup 17 May ** Putnam TN SJS, WAW
Bufflehead 7 April Pulaski KY RMD

Common Goldeneye

3 April Pickett TN Joe Levanowicz, SJS et al.
Hooded Merganser 3 April Clay TN Carol D. Williams, SJS et al.
1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck 17 April Putnam TN SJS
Common Loon 15 May Morgan TN S. D. Perry fide Lynda M. Mills
Horned Grebe 3 April Pickett TN SJS et al.
14 April DeKalb TN SJS
Double-crested Cormorant 26 May Jackson TN SJS
2 June Putnam TN SJS
American Bittern
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Northern Harrier 13 March Macon TN SJS, WAW
16 March Scott TN fide Leslie Smith
20 March Wayne KY RMD et al.
26 March White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
3 April Overton TN SJS et al.
6 April Clay TN Terry M. Campbell
29 April DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
17 May ** Pulaski KY RMD
Sora 13 May ** Pulaski KY RMD
American Coot 26 April White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
28 April Putnam TN SJS et al.
Sandhill Crane 12 March Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
20 March Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
Semipalmated Plover 16 May Pulaski KY RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 21 May Pulaski KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper 16 May Pulaski KY RMD
Greater Yellowlegs 16 May ** Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 13 May Pulaski KY RMD
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 16 May Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe 26 April White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
8 May Pulaski KY fide RMD
Bonaparte's Gull 8 May ** Pulaski KY fide RMD
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern 9 May Pulaski KY RMD
N. Saw-whet Owl 18 February Pulaski KY RMD
Rufous Hummingbird 8 April ** Putnam TN Stan Hood
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 25 March Pulaski KY RMD
Olive-sided Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Philadelphia Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch 11 April Pulaski KY RMD
3 May Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
Brown Creeper 24 March Pulaski KY RMD
Winter Wren 9 April Pulaski KY RMD
14 April Putnam TN SJS, Richard W. Simmers, Jr.
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10 April Pulaski KY RMD
16 April Wayne KY RMD
21 April Morgan TN Tom Howe
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 21 April Pulaski KY RMD
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush 21 May Putnam TN SJS
Swainson's Thrush 18 May Pulaski KY RMD
21 May Putnam TN SJS
Hermit Thrush 11 April Pulaski  KY RMD
18 April Morgan TN Melissa Turrentine
19 April Putnam TN SJS
25 April DeKalb TN SJS, Michael J. Hawkins
American Pipit 30 April McCreary KY Tom and Lynda Mills
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25 May ** Putnam TN SJS
Palm Warbler 17 May ** Putnam TN WAW
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler 16 May Putnam TN SJS
17 May Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Vesper Sparrow 15 April Pulaski KY RMD
20 April White TN Douglas A. Downs
Savannah Sparrow 30 April McCreary KY Tom and Lynda Mills
8 May Pulaski KY RMD
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow 5 May Putnam TN SJS
Swamp Sparrow 8 May Pulaski KY fide RMD
8 May Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow 1 May White TN SJS, Douglas A. Downs
8 May Putnam TN SJS
8 May Pulaski KY fide RMD
Dark-eyed Junco 7 April Putnam TN SJS et al.
8 April DeKalb TN Tommy and Virginia Curtis
15 April Pulaski KY RMD
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 May Pulaski KY RMD
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch 19 April Jackson TN Michael J. Hawkins
19 April Pulaski KY RMD
21 April DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams
5 May White TN Douglas A. Downs
11 May Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
Pine Siskin 27 March Scott TN Nell and Jimi Moore
14 April Morgan TN Jeanne T. Richardson
16 April Putnam TN SJS

Evening Grosbeak

 

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