Check-list of Birds Observed at the Casey Cove Campground (Holmes Creek Recreation Area), DeKalb County, Tennessee
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In the check-list below, the dates and initials in parentheses refer to the first date that the species was registered during ParkWatch surveys and to the observer(s) who obtained the date, respectively; for information about ParkWatch, click below:
Abbreviations and Symbols:
* Very Uncommon or Rare Species in the Casey Cove Campground
_____ Canada Goose (12 February 2005, JCF, MJH)
_____ Wood Duck (19 March 2005, SJS, CDW, JCF, NSL)
_____ Gadwall (10 September 2005, MJH, JCF)
_____ Mallard (10 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Wild Turkey (17 May 2005, JCF, CDW, SJS)
_____ Common Loon (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Horned Grebe (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Great Blue Heron (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Green Heron (17 May 2005, JCF, CDW, SJS)
_____ Black Vulture (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Turkey Vulture (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Bald Eagle (17 October 2008, SJS, JCF)
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (18 October 2005, JCF, TLC, VC)
_____ Cooper's Hawk (7 April 2005, TLC, VC)
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (4 February 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Sandhill Crane (14 February 2005 (CDW, DW)
_____ Killdeer (18 October 2005, JCF, TLC, VC)
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (4 February 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Ring-billed Gull (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Mourning Dove (4 February 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (15 June 2005, CDW, NSL, SJS)
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (17 October
2008, JCF, SJS)
_____ Barred Owl (17 February 2005, JCF, CDW, DW)
_____ Chimney Swift (17 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (22 April 2005,
CDW, DW)
_____ Belted Kingfisher (12 February 2005, JCF, MJH)
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (8 October
2005, SJS, CDW, WAW
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (26 January 2005,
JCF, CDW)
_____ Downy Woodpecker (4 February 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Hairy Woodpecker (12 February 2005, JCF, MJH)
_____ Northern Flicker (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (4 February 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (10
September 2005, JCF, MJH)
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (27 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Eastern Phoebe (26 February 2005, JCF, CDW, SJS)
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (22 April 2005, CDW, DW
_____ Eastern Kingbird (7 April 2005, TLC, VC)
_____ White-eyed Vireo (17 April 2005, CDW,
DW)
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Warbling Vireo * (27 April 2005,
Gambills, TLC, VC)
_____ Red-eyed Vireo (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Blue Jay (19 March 2005, JCF, NSL, CDW, SJS)
_____ American Crow (12 February 2005, JCF, MJH)
_____ Purple Martin (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Barn Swallow (30 April 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Carolina Chickadee (26 January 2005,
JCF, CDW)
_____ Tufted Titmouse (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Brown Creeper (12 February 2005, JCF, MJH)
_____ Carolina Wren (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Winter Wren (12 November 2005, MJH,
CDW, JCF)
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (12 February 2005, JCF, MJH)
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (4 April 2005,
CDW, DW)
_____ Eastern Bluebird (26 January 2005, CDW, JCF)
_____ Swainson's Thrush (30 April 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Hermit Thrush (26 January 2005, JCF,
CDW)
_____ American Robin (12 March 2005, JCF, TLC, VC)
_____ Gray Catbird (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Brown Thrasher (10 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ European Starling (5 March 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Cedar Waxwing (22 May 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (30 April 2005, JCF, CDW, MJH)
_____ Tennessee Warbler (8 October 2005 (SJS, CDW, WAW)
_____ Northern Parula (5 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Yellow Warbler (4 May 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler ( 30 April 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Magnolia Warbler (8 October 2005,
SJS, CDW, WAW)
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (26 February 2005, SJS, JCF, CDW)
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (8
October 2005, SJS, WAW, CDW)
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (10 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Pine Warbler (8 October 2005, SJS,
CDW, WAW)
_____ Prairie Warbler (10 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Palm Warbler (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (8 October 2005, SJS, CDW, WAW)
_____ Cerulean Warbler (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (2 May 2005, JCF, CDW, MJH)
_____ American Redstart (27 September
2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (17 May 2005, SJs, JCF, CDW)
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Kentucky Warbler (17 May 2005, SJS,
JCF, CDW)
_____ Hooded Warbler (24 May 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Chipping Sparrow (5 April 2005, CDW,
DW)
_____ Field Sparrow (4 February 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ Song Sparrow (4 February 2005, JCF, CDW, MJH)
_____ White-throated Sparrow (18 October 2005,
JCF, TLC, VC)
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Summer Tanager (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Scarlet Tanager (22 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Northern Cardinal (26 January 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (8 October 2005,
SJS, CDW, WAW)
_____ Indigo Bunting (30 April 2005, JCF, CDW, MJH)
_____ Common Grackle (5 March 2005, JCF, CDW)
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (10 April 2005, CDW, DW)
_____ Orchard Oriole (30 April 2005, JCF, MJH, CDW)
_____ House Finch (26 February 2005, JCF, CDW, SJS)
_____ American Goldfinch (26 February 2005,
JCF, CDW, SJS)
Most of the species on this list were observed and submitted by Carol D. Williams (CDW), Judy C. Fuson (JCF), and Michael J. Hawkins (MJH) during 2005 as part of Project ParkWatch. Nancy S. Layzer (NSL), Tommy L. Curtis (TLC), Virginia Curthis (VC), Stephen J. Stedman (SJS), and Winston A. Walden (WAW) also took part in ParkWatch surveys. Additionally, Red and Louise Gambill took part in one survey.
If you see any species denoted with one or two asterisks (or any species not listed), please fill out a documentation form:
and send to me at 2675 Lakeland Dr., Cookeville, TN 38506.
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