Check-list of Cumberland County, Tennessee, Birds

 

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Cumberland County, TN, 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
    Snow Goose, intermediate morph **
_____ Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * X
_____ Brant (Branta bernicla) **
_____  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) **
_____  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
_____  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) * X
_____ Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) **
_____  Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) *
_____  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) * X
_____ Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) **
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) *  
_____ Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) ** X
_____ 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) * 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) * X
_____ 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 americana—reintroduced migrant) ** X
_____ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) ** X
_____ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) **
_____ Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatorola) **
_____ American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) * X
_____ Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) X
_____ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) X
_____ Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) **  
_____ Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) **
_____ Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) **
_____ Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) **
_____ Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) *  
_____ Sanderling (Calidris alba) ** X
_____ Dunlin (Calidris alpina)  
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) **  
_____ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) X
_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) *
_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) **  
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) X
_____ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) * X
_____ Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) *
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) **
_____ 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) 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) X
_____ 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) * X
_____ 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) *
_____ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) *
_____ 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) **
_____ 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) ** X
_____ 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 ** 
    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) **
_____ 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) ** X
_____ 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) ** X
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) * X
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) ** X
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) X
_____ Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) ** X
_____ Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) * X
_____ Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) * X
_____ 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) * 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) *
_____ 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-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 * x
    "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) * X
_____ 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 247

 

Table 2. Annotated list of Cumberland County, TN, bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose * (17–18 January 2011, JEM, EKL photo)

_____ Snow Goose (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a])

_____ Ross's Goose * (19 March 2014, EKL photo)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan (7–8 January 2002, CC photo et al.)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS; 21 April 2000, SJS)

_____ Northern Shoveler (25 February 2006, SJS, ASF, NEB, ACE, CB)

_____ Gadwall (9 February 2003, EKL)

_____ American Wigeon (25 March 2005, JEM)

_____ Mallard  (21 April 2000, SJS)

_____ American Black Duck (10 December 2005, SJS, JEM, MB)

_____ Northern Pintail (early March 2005, JEM)

_____ Green-winged Teal (22 December 2007, CBC)

_____ Canvasback (10 December 2005, SJS, JEM, MB)

_____ Redhead (9 February 2003, EKL; 26 November 2005, JEM)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Greater Scaup (8 February 2007, JEM)

_____ Lesser Scaup (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 26 November 2005, JEM)

_____ Surf Scoter * (5 December 2009, DJS, JEM)

_____ White-winged Scoter * (2 March 2008, DaS)

_____ Long-tailed Duck (17 February–2 April 2013, EKL—a GBBC record on the first date)

_____ Bufflehead (30 April 1971, KLD; 9 February 2003, EKL)

_____ Common Goldeneye (6 December 2008, EKL, SJS, DAD, JEM)

_____ Hooded Merganser (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Common Merganser (6–7 January, 12 February 2012, EKL et al.)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 28 November 2005, JEM)

_____ Ruddy Duck (26 November 2005, JEM)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Ruffed Grouse (22 August 1993, SJS)

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)

_____ Horned Grebe (6 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 3 December 2005, JEM)

_____ Red-necked Grebe * (5 March 2014, EKL photo)

_____ Western Grebe * (12–23 December 2009, JEM, DJS, EKL photo)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (30 April 2006, JCF, RCF)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7–8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous
            1966a]; 10 October 1973, AW; Williams 1973d)

_____ Common Nighthawk (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Selasphorus sp. (early December 1989, fide JBO [Knight 1990b])

_____ Virginia Rail * (21 October 1978, TL, RP [Bierly 1979a])

_____ Sora (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ American Coot (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 3 November 1995, SJS)

_____ Common Gallinule * (several records from Lake Hiawatha, EKL photos)

_____ Sandhill Crane (13 March 1939, P. Adams [Adams 1939]; 3 November 1995, SJS)

_____ Whooping Crane * (10 November 2004, DR; 27 February 2007, JD)

_____ Black-necked Stilt * (29 April 2006, JEM photo, AFM)

_____ American Golden-Plover * (30 March 2014, EKL photo)

_____ Semipalmated Plover (1 September 2011, EKL)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Least Sandpiper (3 May 2008, m. ob.—a SBC record)

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (28 May 2005, JEM)

_____ Western Sandpiper (1 May 2007, JEM photo)

_____ Sanderling * (6 September 2011, EKL photo)

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (6 April 2010, EKL)

_____ American Woodcock (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (11 April 2003, SJS, EKL)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (7–8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (7–8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Willet * (28 April 2012, EKL photo—a SBC record)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (7–8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (11 November 2005, SJS, MB)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (70+ on 28 February 1999, SJS)

_____ Herring Gull (7 December 2007, EKL photo)

_____ Caspian Tern * (6 September 2011, EKL)

_____ Black Tern (21 August 2009, EKL photo)

_____ Common Tern * (5 September 2011, EKL photo)

_____ Forster's Tern (18 August 2010, EKL photo)

_____ Common Loon (2–3 August 1950, KR [Roever 1950]; 10–11 April 2003, BHS; 26 November 2005,
            JEM)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (25 March 2005, JEM, MB)

_____ American White Pelican * (19 April 2009, Marc Lipner, EKL photo)

_____ American Bittern * (late October and 2 November 2007 [carcass hanging on fence] , EKL)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (20 July 1995, MAS, AMS)

_____ Cattle Egret * (12 July 1988, MLM [Knight 1988d])

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7–8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous
            1966a])

_____ Golden Eagle * (19 January 2013, SGS)

_____ Northern Harrier (25 February 2006 (CB, SJS, ASF)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (30 September 2001, SJS, CAS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)

_____ Bald Eagle (30 September 2001, SJS, CAS)

_____ Mississippi Kite * (29 May 2010, EKL)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (winter 1977–1978 [Bierly 1978b])

_____ Barn Owl (1 May 2007, JEM)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Short-eared Owl (25 December 2008–19 March 2009 (EKL, HEL)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (75 on 7–8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 22 August
            1993, SJS)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (extirpated; 9 on 5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a])

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin * (21 October 1995, JFA, JMC [Knight 1996a]; 4 December 2005, JEM)

_____ Peregrine Falcon * (30 September 2001, SJS, CAS)

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (11–12 July 2010, Mark Anderson, EKL photo)

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (25 May 1985, SJS, RVM, DFV)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher * (13 September 2013, EKL [eBird])

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Alder Flycatcher * (14 May 1984, BRC, JMC [Dubke and Dubke 1984]; 16 May 2005, JEM)

_____ Willow Flycatcher (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 15–21 May 2005, JEM, SJS)

_____ Least Flycatcher (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 4 June 2000, DS, RS)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (6 on 5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 20 July 1991, SJS,
            BHS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (19 September 1973, AW [Williams 1973d]; 5 September 2001, SJS; 3 October
            2004, SJS, EKL)

_____ Warbling Vireo (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 12 May 2006, JEM)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 5 June 1990, CPN)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (23 June 2001, CAS, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Cliff Swallow (29 April 2006, DAD)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 11 December 1993,
            SJS, BHS; 3 October 2004, EKL, SJS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (28 February 1990, RSD [Knight 1990b])

_____ Brown Creeper (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ House Wren (April 2005, JEM)

_____ Winter Wren (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Sedge Wren (13–18 May 2005, JEM)

_____ Marsh Wren (13 & 15 May 2005, JEM)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 6, 7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 4 June 1977, MPS, DRJ)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous
            1966a]; 11 June 2005, JEM; 29 April 2006, SJS; 28 May & 6 June 2006, JEM; JEM, SJS))

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous
            1966a]; 3 October 2004, SJS, EKL; 21 May 2005, JEM, SJS)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (19 September 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Hermit Thrush (5 December 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (28 February 2004, SJS, WAW, JM)

_____ Evening Grosbeak (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 8–29 April 1988, RSD [Knight 1988c]; 10
            November 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)

_____ Red Crossbill (10 April 1973, WB [Williams 1973b]; 11 June 1973, FJA, GRA [Williams 1973c; Alsop
            1974]; 21 October 1978, TL, RP [Bierly 1978a]; 14 May 1985, SJS, BHS [Dubke and Dubke 1985a])

_____ Pine Siskin (5 December 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Lapland Longspur (6 January 2007, JEM et al.)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow * (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7–8 May 1966, TOS
            [Anonymous 1966a];10 June–July 1974, AK [Williams 1974d])

_____ Chipping Sparrow (25 February 2006, SJS, ASF, CB)

_____ Clay-colored Sparrow * (29 November 2008, EKL photo, DJS photo, JEM)

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Lark Sparrow (22 August 2012, EKL photo)

_____ Vesper Sparrow (12 April 2007, JEM)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (20 July 1991, SJS, BHS)

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (1 July–12 August 2006, SJS, JEM et al.)

_____ Fox Sparrow (19 March 2005, JEM, MB)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 21 October 1995, CPN et al.
            [Knight 1996a]; 29 April 2006, JEM)

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 29 April 2006, JEM)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (25 May 1985, SJS, RVM, DFV—a TOS foray record; 29 April 2006, WAW, MPO, JEM)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (29 April 2002, SJS)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (25 February 2006, SJS, ASF, CB, NEB, ACE)

_____ Brewer's Blackbird * (17 February 2007, JEM, AFM)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Northern Waterthrush (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a])

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (20 July 1924, GRM [Mayfield 1932]; 22 August 1993, SJS; 1 May 1998, SJS,
            BHS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

     _____ "Brewster's" Warbler (30 May 2010, EKL—a Cumberland County Foray record)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (31 May 2010,  BHS)

_____ Swainson's Warbler * (21 April 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler * (15 October 1989, CPN, ARH [Knight 1990a]; 15 March 1995,
            SJS)

_____ Nashville Warbler (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 29 April 2002, SJS)

_____ Connecticut Warbler (1 May 2007, JEM)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (20 May 2006, JEM)

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Cape May Warbler (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])

_____ Cerulean Warbler (4 June 2000, DS, RS)

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler (21 May 2005, JEM, SJS)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (19 September 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (1 October 1994, SJS)

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (29 April 2002, SJS)

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (5–6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 29 April 2006, SJS)

_____ Palm Warbler (25 May 1985, SJS, RVM, DFV)

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (19 September 1993, SJS, BHS; 21 May 2005, SJS, JEM)

_____ Wilson's Warbler (29 August 2008, EKL)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (late May 1985, SJS, DFV)

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (Anonymous 1966a; 29 May & 3–10 July 2010, EKL)

 

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:

GRA G. Ron Austing
NEB Nan Evans Beesley
WB Wayne Brown
CB Chester Bush
MB Margie Buxbaum
BRC Betty Reid Campbell
CC Carol Campbell
JMC James M. Campbell
JD Janet Dowlen
DAD Douglas A. Downs
RSD Roger S. Doxey
KLD Kenneth L. Dubke
ACE Arthur C. Evans
ASF Annell S. Fields
JCF Janie C. Finch
RCF Richard C. Finch
RJH R. John Henderson
ARH Audrey R. Hoff
DRJ Daniel R. Jacobson
AK Anthony ("Tony") Koella
TL Tom Laughlin
EKL Edmund K. LeGrand
HEL Harry E. LeGrand
MLM Margaret L. Mann
JEM Joseph E. Mast
RVM Ruth V. McMillan
CPN Charles P. Nicholson
MPO Michael P. O'Rourke
JBO J. B. Owens
RP Rick Phillips
DR Dick Riesz
KR Kilian Roever
AMS Ann M. Sanders
MAS Michael A. Sanders
DS Debbie Shannon
RS Roi Shannon
DaS Damien J. Simbeck
CAS Christopher A. Sloan
SGS Scott G. Somershoe
MPS M. Pat Stallings
DJS DJ Stanley
BHS Barbara H. Stedman
SJS Stephen J. Stedman
DFV David F. Vogt
WAW Winston A. Walden
AW Adele West
   
CBC Christmas Bird Count (Crossville)
GBBC Great Backyard Bird Count (Cumberland County)
SBC Spring Bird Count (Cumberland County)
TBBA Tennessee Breeding Bird Atlas
TOS Tennessee Ornithological Society

 

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