Check-list of White County, Tennessee, Birds

 

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in White 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) * X
_____ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) X
    Snow Goose, white morph x
    Snow Goose, blue morph x
    Snow Goose, intermediate morph **
_____ Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * X
_____ Brant (Branta bernicla) ** X
_____  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) **
_____  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
_____  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) *
_____ Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) **
_____  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) *
_____  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) ** 
_____ 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) 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)
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ Sora (Porzana carolina) * X
_____ Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) **
_____ Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) ** X
_____ American Coot (Fulica americana) X
_____ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) X
_____  Whooping Crane (Grus americanareintroduced migrant) ** X
_____ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) **
_____ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) ** X
_____ 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) * X
_____ Sanderling (Calidris alba) **  
_____ Dunlin (Calidris alpina) X
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) **  
_____ 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) **
_____ 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) 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)
_____  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) * X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) X
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) * X
_____ White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) ** X
_____ White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) ** X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X
    B. j. harlani ** x
    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) ** 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 borealisextirpated) **
_____ 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 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) *
_____ 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) **  
_____ Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) **  
_____ White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) X
_____ Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) * X
_____ House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) X
_____ Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) X
_____ Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) **
_____ Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) ** X
_____ 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) X
_____ 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) * 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) X
_____ Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) X
_____ Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) *  
_____ 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) 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 237

 

Table 2. Annotated list of White County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR; ** = Very rare in UCR.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose ** (20 December 2007, EKL—a CBC record)

_____ Snow Goose * (17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)

_____ Ross's Goose ** (17 March 2009, DAD photo)

_____ Brant * (7 May 2005, SJS photo, DAD, JEM—a SBC record)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Tundra Swan ** (18 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (21 April 1991, SJS; 20 June 2004 [pair with four young], DAD)

_____ Northern Shoveler

_____ Gadwall (28 October 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ American Wigeon (19 January 2004, SJS, WAW, DAD)

_____ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck (27 October 1990, SJS)

_____ Northern Pintail (14 November 1997, SJS)

_____ Green-winged Teal (12 January 1991, SJS)

_____ Canvasback (4 February 2004, DAD)

_____ Redhead (23 January 2004, DAD)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (20 February 1999, SJS)

_____ Lesser Scaup (12 January 1991, SJS)

_____ Bufflehead (4 February 2004, DAD)

_____ Common Goldeneye (14 November 2003, SJS, DAD)

_____ Hooded Merganser (female with 10 young 16 & 23 May 2004, DAD, SJS photo, WAW)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (6 March 2006, DAD)

_____ Ruddy Duck (13 October 2004, SJS)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Ruffed Grouse (May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c]; TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Wild Turkey (21 November 2003, DAD)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (1 December 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (1 May 2005, BHS)

_____ White-winged Dove * (5 May 2012, DAD photoa SBC record)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (17 May 2008,JEMa SBC record)

_____ Common Nighthawk

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (late summer 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (26 May 2004, SJS)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Virginia Rail ** (1 & 20 July, SJS, DAD; 25 September 2004, SJS, DADa FBC record)

_____ Sora * (25 September 2004, SJSa FBC record)

_____ Common Gallinule ** (25 September 2004, SJS, DADa FBC record)

_____ American Coot (14 November 1997, SJS)

_____ Sandhill Crane (20 February 1999, SJS)

_____ Whooping Crane (22 December 2008, EKL photo, DAD—a CBC record)

_____ American Avocet (28 July 2007, DAD, SJS photo)

_____ Semipalmated Plover (5 May 2004, DAD)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Stilt Sandpiper * (8 September 2004, SJS; 1 May 2005, SJS, DAD, JEM)

_____ Dunlin (6 November 1988, SJS)

_____ Least Sandpiper (18 August 1991, SJS)

_____ White-rumped Sandpiper * (9 May 1988, BHS [Stedman 1988d])

_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper * (10 September 2006, SJS)

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (5 August 1990, SJS)

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (22 May 2004, DAD, WAW, SJS)

_____ Western Sandpiper * (22 May 2004, WAW, SJS, DAD)

_____ Short-billed Dowitcher *(8 September 2004, SJS)

_____ Long-billed Dowitcher * (3 May 2014, SJS)

_____ American Woodcock (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; WB; 4 on 26 February 2005, SJS, DAD, WAW)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (26 September 1990, SJS)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (25 July 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (5 August 1990, SJS)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (14 April 2004, DAD)

_____ Willet * (13 July 2005, DAD, SJS; 14 July 2005, DAD, SJS)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (21 July 1990, SJS)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (21 December 2004, NSL, DAD, SJSa CBC record)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (8 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Black Tern * (28 July 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933]; 8 September 2004, SJS; 21 August 2006, SJS)

_____ Common Tern (17 September 2011, BHS, JCF, BKC—a FBC record)

_____ Forster's Tern (26 July 1988, SJS)

_____ Common Loon (24 November 2000, SJS)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (6 October 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ American Bittern * (17 October 1976, MDW [Williams 1977]; 120 July 2004, SJS, DAD, EKL et al.)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (4 September 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Snowy Egret (5 May 2012, WAW photoa SBC record)

_____ Little Blue Heron * (late summer 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933]; 29 July 2006, MD, DAD)

_____ Cattle Egret * (26 April 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (4 September 2004, GG)

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * (2831 May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c]; 16 July 1988, SJS; 1 May
             2004,SJS, DADa SBC record)

_____ White Ibis * (10 September 2004, SJS photo, DAD)

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (21 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Golden Eagle * (May 2016, eBird observer)

_____ Northern Harrier (12 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (12 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (4 September 1993 (SJS, BHS)

_____ Bald Eagle * (14 February 2001, RGG; 10 September 2004, SJS, DAD; 21 December 2004, DAD, NSL, SJSa CBC record)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

     _____ Harlan's Hawk * (20 December 2003 [Cookeville CBC] & 15 March 2004, SJS, DAD et al.)

_____ Rough-legged Hawk ** (18 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Barn Owl * (31 October 2002, DFV)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Snowy Owl ** (1 December 1956 [Kellberg 1956])

_____ Barred Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Short-eared Owl * (28 December 1991, TR [Stedman 1992])

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (6 October 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin * (10 October 2004, RLK, WAW et al.)

_____ Peregrine Falcon * (24 September 1978, SB [Bierly 1979a]; 1 October 2005, BHS)

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (6 June 2015, S. and G. Clendenon—a WCF record)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (1 July 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (12 January 1991, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (21 December 2010, SGS, EKLa CBC record)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (20 September 1975, WJJ [Williams 1976a]; 25 September 2004, SJS, WAW et al.a FBC record)

_____ Warbling Vireo * (7 May 2005, BHSa SBC record)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (May 1982, TOS [Stedman 1986c])

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (15 March 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (10 September 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Cliff Swallow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 4 April 2004, DAD)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (16 October 1999, SJS et al.)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (15 September 2012, EKLa FBC record)

_____ Brown Creeper (23 December 2003, DAD)

_____ House Wren (April 2004, DAD)

_____ Winter Wren (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Sedge Wren (25 October 2003, SJS, WAW; 20 July25 September [includes a breeding record] 2004, SJS, DAD; 21
            December 2004, CMM, SJS, DADa CBC record)

_____ Marsh Wren (2 November 2003, WB; 21 December 2004, DAD, SJS, CMMa CBC record)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren ** (7 May5 June 1991 [persistently singing male], SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (1 October 2005, SJS, DAD)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (25 September 2004, BHSa FBC record)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Hermit Thrush (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (28 November 1998, SJS)

_____ Evening Grosbeak * (17 December 1987, MIa CBC record)

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Red Crossbill * (4 May 2013, EKL)

_____ Pine Siskin (21 December 2004, CDWa CBC record)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Lapland Longspur (22 December 2008, EKLa CBC record)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow (19 February 2010, EKL photo; 28 December 2010, SJSa CBC record)

_____ Bachman's Sparrow ** (1 May 2004, SJS, DAD—a SBC record; 15 May 2004, DAD, SJS, RMD photo, WAW et al.)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (11 April 2003, SJS, EKL; 28 December 2010, DAD photo, SGS photo—a CBC record)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (11 April 2003, SJS, EKL)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 7 July 1991, SJS)

_____ Henslow's Sparrow ** (420 July 2004, SJS, EKL, CDW [photo] et al.; 3/27 July 2006, SJS, DAD/SJS, SGS)

_____ Fox Sparrow (21 December 2004, BHS, GGa CBC record)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (31 October 2002, DFV [Knight 2003a]; 28 December 2010, SJSa CBC record)

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (12 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (21 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (late May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c]; TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (19 January 2004, SJS, WAW, DAD)

_____ Brewer's Blackbird (4 February 2004, SJS)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Northern Waterthrush (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler * (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (26 April 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Swainson's Warbler (May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c])

_____ Tennessee Warbler (27 October 1990, SJS; 10 September 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (8 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Nashville Warbler (6 October 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (18 August 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Cape May Warbler

_____ Cerulean Warbler (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (25 September 2004, SJS, DAD, NSLa FBC record; 14 June 2005, DAD)

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (18 August 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Blackpoll Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (4 October 2008, SJSa FBC record)

_____ Palm Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (1 May 2004, SJS, DADa SBC record)

_____ Wilson's Warbler (4 October 2008, DAD)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel * (6 June 1988, BHS [Knight 1988d]; 1 May1 July 2004,SJS, DADa SBC record [first date])

 

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:

SB Sue Bell
WB Wally Brines
BKC Brenda K. Curtis
RMD Roseanna M. Denton
DAD Douglas A. Downs
MD Marti Downs
JCF Janie C. Finch
RGG R. Gregg Garrison
MI Maxey Irwin
WJJ William J. Jones
RLK Richard L. Knight
NSL Nancy S. Layzer
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
JEM Joseph E. Mast
CMM Charlie M. Muise
TR Thomas Roberts
SGS Scott G. Somershoe
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
HMS Henry M. Stevenson
DFV David F. Vogt
WAW Winston A. Walden
CDW Carol D. Williams
MDW Morris D. Williams
   
CBC Christmas Bird Count (White County)
FBC Fall Bird Count (White County)
SBC Spring Bird Count (White County)
TBBA Tennessee Breeding Bird Atlas
TOS Tennessee Ornithological Society
WCF White County Foray (2015)

 

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