Check-list of Wayne County, Kentucky, Birds

 

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Wayne 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.

_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) **  
_____ Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) * X
_____ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) X
    Snow Goose, white morph
    Snow Goose, blue morph x
    Snow Goose, intermediate morph **
_____ Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * X
_____ Brant (Branta bernicla) **
_____  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) ** X
_____  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
_____  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) * X
_____ Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) ** X
_____  Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) * X
_____  Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) X
_____ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) X
_____  Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
_____  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) X
_____  Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) X
_____  Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) X
_____  Redhead (Aythya americana) X
_____  Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) X
_____  Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) * X
_____  Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) X
_____  Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) **
_____  Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) * X
_____ White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) *
_____ Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) ** X
_____ Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) **  X
_____ Bufflehead  (Bucephala albeola) X
_____ Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) X
_____ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) X
_____ Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) * X
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) X
_____ Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X
_____  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) * X
_____ Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) **
_____ Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) * X
_____ Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius—extinct) --
_____ White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) **  
_____ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) X
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) *
_____ 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) *
_____ Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) **
_____ Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) **
_____ American Coot (Fulica americana) X
_____ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) X
_____  Whooping Crane (Grus americana—reintroduced migrant) **
_____ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) **
_____ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) ** X
_____ Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatorola) ** X
_____ American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) * X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) * X
_____ Sanderling (Calidris alba) ** X
_____ Dunlin (Calidris alpina) X
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) ** X
_____ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) X
_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) * X
_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) ** X
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) X
_____ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) * X
_____ Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) * X
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) ** X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) X
_____ Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) ** X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) X
_____ 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) X
_____  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) X
_____ 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) * X
_____ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) * X
_____ Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) **
_____ Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) * X
_____ Green Heron (Butorides virescens) X
_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) *
_____ White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) ** X
_____ 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) **
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) X
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) X
_____ Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) **  
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X
    B. j. harlani **
    B. j. calurus **  x
    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) ** X
_____ 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 borealis—extirpated) **
_____ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) X
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) X
_____ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) X
_____ Merlin (Falco columbarius) * X
_____ Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) * X
_____ Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) **
_____ Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis—extinct) --
_____ 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) **
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) *
_____ 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) *
_____ 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) X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) X

_____

 Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) **
_____ American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) * X
_____ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
_____ Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) ** X
_____ Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) X
_____ Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) X
_____ Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) ** X
_____ 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) X
_____ Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) X
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) X
_____ Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) **
_____ White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 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) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) X
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata)  
_____ Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) X
_____ Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * X
_____ Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) *  
_____ 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) X
_____ 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 241

 

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

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose * (10 December 2000, RMD; 6 November 2004, RMD)

_____ Snow Goose (20 November 1993, JBE, SBC)

_____ Ross's Goose * (19 December 2006, RMD—a CBC record)

_____ Cackling Goose * (5 January 2013, RMD photo)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan * (17 January 1999, RMD photos; 21 on 27 December 2004, RMD et al. photos—a CBC record)

_____ Trumpeter Swan * (18 December 2008, RMD photos—a CBC record)

_____ Tundra Swan * (27 December 2004, RMD, CSN, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (RMD)

_____ Northern Shoveler (RMD)

_____ Gadwall (RMD)

_____ American Wigeon (RMD)

_____ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck (RMD)

_____ Northern Pintail (20 December 2000, RMD)

_____ Green-winged Teal (27 October 2001, RMD)

_____ Canvasback (23 January 1999, RMD)

_____ Redhead (5 March 1999, RMD)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (RMD)

_____ Greater Scaup * (23 January 2005, RMD)

_____ Lesser Scaup (RMD)

_____ Surf Scoter * (5 November 2004, RMD)

_____ Black Scoter * (5 November 2010, RMD)

_____ Long-tailed Duck * (13 December 1989, JBE [Stamm 1990b])

_____ Bufflehead (RMD)

_____ Common Goldeneye (26 February 2002, RMD)

_____ Hooded Merganser (RMD)

_____ Common Merganser * (20 February 2016, RB—an eBird record)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (14 December 2002, RMD)

_____ Ruddy Duck (25 October 2005, RMD)

_____ Northern Bobwhite (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Ruffed Grouse * (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe (RMD)

_____ Eared Grebe (3–4 June 1980, R. E. Hines, D. Watson [Hines and Watson 1980; Stamm 1980d])

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (1 July 2003, Clay Black fide RMD)

_____ Mourning Dove (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (15 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Common Nighthawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940; Schneider 1944])

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ American Coot (RMD)

_____ Sandhill Crane (2 November 2002, RMD)

_____ American Avocet * (up to 5 on 14–25 November 1998 [but listed as 14–26 in Palmer-Ball 2003], SBC
            photos)

_____ Black-bellied Plover * (25 October 2007, RMD photo)

_____ American Golden-Plover * (21 November 1992, RMD)

_____ Semipalmated Plover (19 May 1994, SJS)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Ruddy Turnstone * (2 June 2005, RMD)

_____ Stilt Sandpiper * (27 August 2000, RMD)

_____ Sanderling * (18 October 2007, RMD)

_____ Dunlin (RMD)

_____ Baird's Sandpiper (23 October 2007, RMD photo)

_____ Least Sandpiper (19 May 1994, SJS)

_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (13 September 2008, RMD)

_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper * (1 September 2012, RMD photo)

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (RMD)

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (RMD)

_____ Western Sandpiper * (10 September 2014, RMD photo)

_____ Short-billed Dowitcher (17 May 2016, RB)

_____ Long-billed Dowitcher * (25 October 2007, RMD)

_____ American Woodcock (21 February 2016, RB)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (RMD)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (RMD)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (RMD)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (RMD)

_____ Willet * (22 April 1999, RMD photos)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (RMD)

_____ Wilson's Phalarope (21 August 2007, RMD photo)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (30 March 1994, JBE)

_____ Sabine's Gull * (12 December 2015, RB—an eBird record)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (RMD)

_____ Herring Gull (3 January 2008, RMD)

_____ Forster's Tern (19 April 2016, RMD)

_____ Black Tern (28 July 2006, RMD; 6 September 2007, RMD)

_____ Common Loon (RMD)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (RMD)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (14 December 1991, JBE; 2 May 1992, JBE; 10 May 2000, RMD)

_____ Snowy Egret * (14 April 2006, RMD photo)

_____ Little Blue Heron * (4 immatures 27 September 2005, RMD)

_____ Cattle Egret * (22 April 2005, RMD)

_____ Green Heron (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ White Ibis * (15 August 1982, Roger Guffey [Stamm 1983a])

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (RMD)

_____ Golden Eagle * (27 December 2004, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Northern Harrier (RMD)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Cooper's Hawk

_____ Bald Eagle (14 December 2002, RMD)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Broad-winged Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Red-tailed Hawk (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (18 November 1995, JBE, SBC)

_____ Barn Owl * (28 September 2011, BHS—a FBB record)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Snowy Owl * (15-16 January 2015 [specimen])

_____ Barred Owl (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Short-eared Owl * (10 January 2004, RMD, TMC)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (11 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (RMD)

_____ Downy Woodpecker (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Hairy Woodpecker (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Northern Flicker (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Pileated Woodpecker (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ American Kestrel (11 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Merlin * (17 December 2005, RMD—a CBC [count week] record)

_____ Peregrine Falcon * (14 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (14 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Eastern Kingbird (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (3 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Acadian Flycatcher (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Willow Flycatcher (1 June 2012, RMD)

_____ Eastern Phoebe (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (27 October 2001, RMD)

_____ White-eyed Vireo (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (28 May and 7 June 2005, RMD)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo * (24 September 2016, RB [eBird])

_____ Warbling Vireo * (19 May 1994, SJS)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo (3 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Blue Jay (3 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ American Crow 

_____ Horned Lark

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (17 June 1992, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Bank Swallow (8 & 13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; 2 June 1994, SJS)

_____ Cliff Swallow (29 March 2003, RMD)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee (4 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Tufted Titmouse (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (23 October 2007, RMD)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Brown Creeper (RMD)

_____ House Wren

_____ Winter Wren (17 December 2003, RMD—a CBC record)

_____ Sedge Wren * (27 July 1980, JBE; Stamm 1980d)

_____ Carolina Wren (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Bewick's Wren * (9 & 10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (RMD)

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (RMD)

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (1 October 2015, RB [eBird])

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (28 September 2011, SJS—a FBB record)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (28 September 2011, m. ob—a FBB record)

_____ Hermit Thrush (RMD)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Brown Thrasher (14 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Northern Mockingbird (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ European Starling (4 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (RMD)

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (17 December 2003, RMD)

_____ Pine Siskin (18 December 2008, CBC)

_____ American Goldfinch (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Lapland Longspur * (30 January 2009, RMD, SD)

_____ Snow Bunting * (30 January 2009, RMD)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (23 January 2016, RB—an eBird record)

_____ Chipping Sparrow (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Clay-colored Sparrow * (17 October 2016, RB photo—an eBird record [#S32450183])

_____ Field Sparrow (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Vesper Sparrow (RMD)

_____ Lark Sparrow * (June 1968—a BBS record)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (RMD)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (11 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (17 April 2002, RMD [Busroe 2002c])

_____ Fox Sparrow (17 December 2003, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow * (10 October 2015, RB—an eBird record)

_____ Swamp Sparrow (RMD)

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (RMD)

_____ White-throated Sparrow (RMD)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (RMD)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (8 May 2012, SJS—a SBB record)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark (16 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (12 June 1997, SJS—a BBS record)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (19 November 1994, JBE, SBC)

_____ Brewer's Blackbird * (30 January 2002, RMD)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Worm-eating Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Northern Waterthrush (30 September 2005, BLP, SJS)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (28 September 2011, SJS—a FBB record)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Swainson's Warbler * (2 June 2012, SJS—a Wayne County Foray record)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (28 September 2011, m. ob.—a FBB record)

_____ Nashville Warbler (30 September 2005, BLP, SJS)

_____ Connecticut Warbler * (2 June 2012, SJS—a Wayne County Foray record)

_____ Kentucky Warbler (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Common Yellowthroat (15 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Cape May Warbler (30 September 2005, BLP)

_____ Cerulean Warbler (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler (30 September 2005, BLP, SJS)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (30 September 2005, BLP, SJS)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (30 September 2005, BLP)

_____ Yellow Warbler (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (28 September 2011, m. ob—a FBB record)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (8 May 2012, m. ob.—a SBB record)

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler *(5 October 2015, RB—an eBird record)

_____ Palm Warbler (3/17 December 2003, RMD)

_____ Pine Warbler (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler (15 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Canada Warbler (8 May 2012, RMD)

_____ Wilson's Warbler * (5 October 2015, RB—an eBird record)

_____ Summer Tanager (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (28 September 2011, m. ob—a FBB record)

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Dickcissel * (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 15 June 1996, SJS—a BBS record; see also Mengel 1965)

 

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:

RB Ray Bontrager
TMC Terry M. Campbell
RMD Roseanna M. Denton
SD Steve Denton
JBE Jackie B. Elmore, Sr.
CSN Connie S. Neeley
BLP B. Lemon Palmer-Ball
WMP W. M. Perrygo
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
   
BBS Breeding Bird Survey (KY 39010 and 39011)
CBC Christmas Bird Count (Wayne County)
FBB Fall BirdBlitz (Wayne County)
KBBA Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas
SBB Spring BirdBlitz (Wayne County)
SBC Somerset Bird Club

 

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