Check-list of Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Birds

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County bird species.  * Rare species in UCR.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose * (27 December 2000, BJ, JN [Knight 2001c])

_____ Snow Goose * (25 January–10 February 1998, DS, RSh [Knight 1998b])

_____ Ross's Goose * (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Canada Goose (21 April 2002, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (5 April 2008, EKL)

_____ Northern Shoveler (27 February 2006, SJS)

_____ Gadwall (20 January 2002, RSh)

_____ Mallard (20 January 2002, RSh)

_____ American Black Duck (20 January 2002, RSh)

_____ Northern Pintail (20 January 2002, RSh)

_____ Green-winged Teal (27 February 2006, SJS)

_____ Redhead (27 February 2006, SJS)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (20 January 2002, RSh)

_____ Lesser Scaup (31 March 2013, EKL)

_____ Long-tailed Duck * (25 January–10 February 1998, DS, RSh [Knight 1998b])

_____ Bufflehead (10 April 2011, SJS)

_____ Common Goldeneye (18 March 2006, SJS)

_____ Hooded Merganser (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ruddy Duck (20 January 2002, RSh)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Ruffed Grouse (20 June 1987, RLK, CPN [Knight 1987d])

_____ Wild Turkey (7 August 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (21 January 2008, SJS, EKL)

_____ Rock Pigeon 

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (9 February 1998, KAC [Knight 1998b]; 5 February 2000, DFV [Knight
            2000b])

_____ White-winged Dove * (29 April 2012, CB photo, SK)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Common Nighthawk ("1000s" on 27 August 1933, GRM, AFG [Mayfield 1933])

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

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (6 April 2001, RSh)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ American Coot (21 June 2007, SJS)

_____ Sandhill Crane (1200+, 27 January 2002, DS, RSh)

_____ Whooping Crane (29 December 2008, EKL—a CBB record)

_____ Semipalmated Plover * (3 August 2000, BJ [Knight 2001a])

_____ Killdeer

_____ Dunlin * (4 November 2007, EKL)

_____ Least Sandpiper (29 August 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (29 August 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Western Sandpiper (24 August 1998, KAC [Knight 1999a])

_____ American Woodcock (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (30 November 2003, WAW, SJS)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (28 July 2001, BJ)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (6 July 1990, JWW [Knight 1991a])

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (10 April 2011, SJS)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (5 April 2008, EKL)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (31 March 2013, EKL)

_____ Black Tern (28 July 2001, BJ)

_____ Common Loon (8 May 1996, RN [Knight 1996d])

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (11 November 2001, SJS photo [see below])

_____ Great Blue Heron (11 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Great Egret (7 August 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Little Blue Heron (4 August 2009, DJS photo)

_____ Cattle Egret * (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Green Heron (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (1 & 15 August 2009, Clyde Blum; 10 July 2010, EKL, SJS)

_____ White Ibis * (15 August 2009, Clyde Blum photo)

_____ Black Vulture (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (19 February 1987 [Knight 1987b])

_____ Swallow-tailed Kite * (20 July–12 August 2011, KB, LB et al.)

_____ Golden Eagle * (31 January 1998, DS, RSh [Knight 1998b])

_____ Northern Harrier (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (20–21 June 1987, SJS, BHS, RLK [Knight 1987d])

_____ Bald Eagle * (21 January 2008, EKL, SJS)

_____ Mississippi Kite * (9–12 August 2011, DaS et al.)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (7 January 2001, BJ)

_____ Barn Owl * (11/18 November 1989, RJH [Knight 1990b]; 8 October 2000, BJ [Knight
            2001a])

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl  (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Great Horned Owl (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Barred Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Short-eared Owl * (up to five 15 January–18 March 2006, DJT, ARH, MN et al.)

_____ Belted Kingfisher (11 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel (11 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Merlin * (27 January 1996, RJH [Knight  1996b])

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (nest with 2 young  4 June–13 July 2000, DS, RSh [Knight 2000d])

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (21 May 2000, DS, RSh [Knight 2000c])

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (9 June 1999, DS, RSh [Knight 1999d]; 21 June 2012, SJS—a Bledsoe County Foray record)

_____ Least Flycatcher * (20–21 June 1987, RLK, CPN [Knight 1987d]—a TBBA record)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (18 July 1983, RAR [Dubke and Dubke 1983b]; 11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (11 May 2002, DS, RSh)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (24 September 2011, BHS—a FBB record)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark

_____ Purple Martin (11 May 2002, DS, RSh)

_____ Tree Swallow (7 July 2008, SJS, EKL)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Cliff Swallow (21 June 2007, SJS)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (17 September 2007, DG)

_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (19 & 21 June 2012, EKL—a Bledsoe County Foray record)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ House Wren (29 December 2008, SJS—a CBB record)

_____ Winter Wren (30 November 2003, SJS)

_____ Marsh Wren (28 December 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren * (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (11 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (24 September 2011, BHS—a FBB record)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (24 September 2011, m. ob.—a FBB record)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (24 September 2011, m. ob.—a FBB record)

_____ Hermit Thrush (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird (11 November 2001, SJS)

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (21 January 2008, EKL, SJS)

_____ Evening Grosbeak (January–12 May 1962, CEM [McCollum 1962]; 67 on 12 December 1997, DS, RSh
            [Knight 1998b]; 5 November 2001, RSh)

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Pine Siskin (24 May 2000, DS, RSh [Knight 2000c]).

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow * (29 July 1974, AK [Williams 1974d; Nicholson 1976])

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (1–7 January 2010, DFV, DJS photo)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Savannah Sparrow (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW; 20 June 2012, SJS—a Bledsoe County Foray record)

_____ Vesper Sparrow (31 March 2013, EKL)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (20 June 1987, SJS, BHS)

_____ Henslow's Sparrow (1 May 2012, EKL—a SBB record; 19 June 2012, SJS—a Bledsoe County Foray record)

_____ Fox Sparrow (29 December 2008, SJS—a CBB record)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ Harris's Sparrow * (22 April–1 May 2006, RSa, Diane Steffy photo)

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (30 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (11 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (1 May 2012, SJS, JCF—a SBB record)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (29 December 2008, SJS—a CBB record)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler (21 June 2007, SJS)

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Northern Waterthrush (24 September 2011, BHS—a FBB record)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (24 September 2011, EKL, SJS—a FBB record)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (29 August 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (24 September 2011, m. ob.—a FBB record)

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (21 April 2002, SJS. WAW)

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Cape May Warbler (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Cerulean Warbler (21 June 1987, RLK, CPN [Knight 1987d])

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler (24 September 2011,m. ob.—a FBB record)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (24 September 2011, BHS—a FBB record)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (29 August 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Yellow Warbler (21 April 2002, SJS. WAW)

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (20–21 June 1987, RLK, CPN [Knight 1987d]—a TOS Foray record and a TBBA record)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Palm Warbler (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (11 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Canada Warbler (11 May 2002, RSh, DS)

_____ Wilson's Warbler (24 September 2011, BHS—a FBB record)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (24 September 2011, m. ob.—a FBB record)

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (17 May 1999, DS, RSh [Knight 1999c])

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