Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee—Fall 2010

 

    If you have arrival or departure data that supersede any of the data below, please send me an e-mail message:

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I. Arrival Dates for Summer Visitors, Transients, and Winter Residents

    

      * = documentation provided for extremely early date or rare species

    ** = record early for site; documentation also provided

    Key to observer initials:

RMD Roseanna M. Denton
SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Early Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Greater White-fronted Goose 26 October * Pulaski KY RMD
Snow Goose 9 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
  16 November Pulaski KY RMD
  21 November DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson (photo)
Ross's Goose 20 November Russell KY RMD (photo)
  23 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Cackling Goose 12 December Barren KY David L. Roemer
Mute Swan 24 September Cumberland TN DJ Stanley (photo)
Gadwall 12 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  26 October Pulaski KY RMD
American Wigeon 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
  31 October Adair KY RMD
American Black Duck 18 September White TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya, Michael P. O'Rourke (FBC)
Blue-winged Teal 19 August Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Shoveler 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  15 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Northern Pintail 20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  21 October Pulaski KY RMD
  26 October Wayne KY RMD
Green-winged Teal 25 September DeKalb TN Douglas A. Downs, George Elrod (FBB)
Canvasback
Redhead 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
  4 November Russell KY RMD
Ring-necked Duck 22 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  26 October Pulaski KY RMD
  26 October Wayne KY RMD
  29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
Greater Scaup 4 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
  27 November Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Scaup 19 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Surf Scoter 16 November Barren KY David L. Roemer

White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter 4 November Russell KY RMD
  5 November Pulaski KY RMD
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead 16 November Pulaski KY RMD
  18 November DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  19 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
  19 November Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  20 November Pickett TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser 31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  31 October Pulaski KY RMD
  4 November Russell KY RMD
  5 November Wayne KY RMD
Red-breasted Merganser 1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Ruddy Duck 22 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  26 October Pulaski KY RMD
  30 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon 19 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Horned Grebe 22 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson, Peggy B. Huffstetler, SJS
  2 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
  4 November Russell KY RMD
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
American Bittern
Great Egret 29 June Barren KY David L. Roemer
10 July Bledsoe TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS
14 July Warren TN SJS
16 July Pulaski KY RMD
24 July Adair KY RMD
26 July Putnam TN Daniel L. Combs
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 4 July Pulaski KY Douglas McCoy (photo)
6 August Clay TN Terry M. Campbell (photo)
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
White Ibis 6 August * Clay TN Terry M. Campbell (photo)
Northern Harrier 25 September DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams et al. (FBB)
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Merlin 18 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
  24 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot 12 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  21 October Pulaski KY RMD
Sandhill Crane 21 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  1 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Whooping Crane
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover        
Semipalmated Plover 16 August Pulaski KY RMD
Spotted Sandpiper 29 June Barren KY David L. Roemer
16 July Pulaski KY RMD
24 July Adair KY RMD
Solitary Sandpiper 15 July Bledsoe TN Ben Britton
16 July Pulaski KY RMD
16 July Russell KY RMD
Greater Yellowlegs 16 August Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 10 July Bledsoe TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
Ruddy Turnstone 14 August Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Western Sandpiper 14 August Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Least Sandpiper 10 July Bledsoe TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand
12 July Barren KY David L. Roemer
13 July Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 19 July Pulaski KY RMD
Dunlin 26 October Pulaski KY RMD
  30 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper 30 July ** Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Short-billed Dowitcher 13 August Pulaski KY RMD
Dowitcher sp.
Wilson's Snipe 21 October Pulaski KY RMD
  29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
Wilson's Phalarope 13 August Pulaski KY RMD (photo)
Franklin's Gull 27 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Mew Gull 18 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Ring-billed Gull 12 September Barren KY Linda Craiger
Herring Gull 19 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern 8 August Barren KY Linda Craiger
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern 18 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand (photo)
Black-billed Cuckoo 25 September DeKalb TN Carol D. Williams et al. (FBB)
Short-eared Owl 10 November Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  20 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN Barbara H. Stedman, Brenda K. Curtis (FBB)
  2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Olive-sided Flycatcher 9 September * Adair KY RMD (photo)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 28 August Pulaski KY RMD
Least Flycatcher 5 September Pulaski KY RMD
Philadelphia Vireo 9 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
  14 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  19 September Adair KY RMD
  21 September Pulaski KY RMD
Bank Swallow 16 July Pulaski KY RMD
  28 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Red-breasted Nuthatch 17 September Putnam TN Ginger K. Ensor
  18 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
  21 September Pulaski KY RMD
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  4 October Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
Brown Creeper 20 October Putnam TN SJS
  30 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Winter Wren 2 October McCreary KY SJS (FBB)
Sedge Wren 31 July Adair KY RMD
  16 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 October Pulaski KY RMD
  2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  2 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  2 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  7 October Adair KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 18 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman, Janie C. Finch, Brenda K. Curtis (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Gray-cheeked Thrush 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
Swainson’s Thrush 11 September Pulaski KY RMD
  15 September Putnam TN SJS
Hermit Thrush 2 October McCreary KY SJS (FBB)
  6 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
  8 October Pulaski KY RMD
American Pipit 3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Tennessee Warbler 22 August Pulaski KY RMD
Orange-crowned Warbler 14 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Nashville Warbler 6 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Magnolia Warbler 24 August Pulaski KY RMD
  28 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Cape May Warbler 24 August Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  26 September Pulaski KY RMD
Blackburnian Warbler 24 August Pulaski KY RMD
  28 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Palm Warbler 5 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Bay-breasted Warbler 28 August Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Blackpoll Warbler 14 September ** Cumberland TN John Cyrus [from Minnesota]
Northern Waterthrush 4 September Pulaski KY RMD
  5 September Russell KY RMD
  13 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
  17 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
  18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
Mourning Warbler 29 August Pulaski KY RMD
Wilson’s Warbler 28 August Pulaski KY RMD
  9 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
American Tree Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow 8 October Overton TN SJS
  15 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Savannah Sparrow 17 August Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Fox Sparrow 11 November Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
Swamp Sparrow 30 September Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  5 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Lincoln’s Sparrow 24 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  30 September Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  14 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
White-throated Sparrow 23 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
  1 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
White-crowned Sparrow 5 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  20 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Dark-eyed Junco 2 October McCreary KY RMD (FBB)
  9 October Pulaski KY Laura Obiso
  30 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Lapland Longspur 20 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  19 September Adair KY RMD
  19 September Pulaski KY RMD
  19 September Putnam TN SJS
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird 3 November Pulaski KY RMD
  5 November Wayne KY RMD
  9 November Van Buren TN John Froeschauer
  12 November DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  20 November Pickett TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya
  22 November Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch 23 October Pulaski KY Connie S. Neeley
  23 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  29 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  30 October Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
  31 October Putnam TN SJS
  4 November Russell KY RMD
Pine Siskin 20 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  2 November Pulaski KY L. Obiso
Evening Grosbeak

 

II. Departure Dates for Summer Visitors, Transients, and Summer Residents

 

      * = documentation provided for extremely late date or rare species

    ** = record late for site; documentation also provided

    Key to observer initials:

Key to observer initials:

SJS Stephen J. Stedman

 

Species Late Date(s) County State Observer(s)
Blue-winged Teal
American White Pelican 25 November Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
Great Egret 1 October Pulaski KY RMD
  7 October Adair KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
  5 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 14 September * DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 26 October Cumberland TN Annell Fields et al. (photo)
Green Heron 23 September Adair KY RMD
  29 September Pulaski KY RMD
Black-crowned Night Heron 7 October Adair KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9 October Putnam TN Evan Tanner (eBird)
Osprey 30 October Pulaski KY RMD
Broad-winged Hawk 25 September DeKalb TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand (FBB)
  2 October McCreary KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
Merlin 25 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot        
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover 16 November ** Pulaski KY RMD
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper 2 October McCreary KY RMD (FBB)
  7 October Adair KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
  31 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Solitary Sandpiper 18 September White TN Douglas A. Downs (FBC)
  1 October Pulaski KY RMD
  3 October Putnam TN SJS
Greater Yellowlegs 30 October Adair KY RMD
  16 November Pulaski KY RMD
Lesser Yellowlegs 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  12 November Barren KY David L. Roemer, David R. Brown, SJS
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper 18 September White TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya, Michael P. O'Rourke (FBC)
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 3 November Pulaski KY RMD
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 18 September White TN SJS (FBC)
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
Dunlin 20 November Pulaski KY RMD
  15 December Barren KY David L. Roemer
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Franklin's Gull 20 November Barren KY David L. Roemer
Caspian Tern 9 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Black Tern
Common Tern 29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 October McCreary KY Winston A. Walden, Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
  4 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  7 October Adair KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
  11 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  23 October Barren KY Eric Ripma
Common Nighthawk 12 September Barren KY Linda Craiger
Eastern Whip-poor-will 18 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
  2 October McCreary KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift 5 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  9 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  9 October Jackson TN Nancy S. Layzer
  10 October Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
  13 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
  18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  12 October Pulaski KY RMD
  14 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 19 September Adair KY RMD
  22 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Acadian Flycatcher 24 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
  25 September DeKalb TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand (FBB)
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  22 September Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
Eastern Kingbird 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
White-eyed Vireo 2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  11 October DeKalb TN Winston A. Walden
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 20 October Putnam TN SJS
  29 October Barren KY David L. Roemer et al.
  30 October Adair KY RMD
  2 November Pulaski KY RMD
Warbling Vireo 9 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Philadelphia Vireo 2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
Red-eyed Vireo 2 October McCreary KY SJS (FBB)
  11 October DeKalb TN Winston A. Walden
  19 October Russell KY RMD (photo)
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow 9 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
N. Rough-winged Swallow 18 September White TN SJS (FBC)
  27 September Pulaski KY RMD
  30 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Bank Swallow 27 September Pulaski KY RMD
Cliff Swallow 16 August Barren KY Linda Craiger
Barn Swallow 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  3 October Pulaski KY RMD
  5 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
House Wren 6 November Pulaski KY RMD
Sedge Wren 14 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
Veery 1 September ** Pulaski KY RMD
  18 September White TN Barbara H. Stedman, Janie C. Finch, Brenda K. Curtis (FBC)
  2 October McCreary KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  19 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya
Swainson's Thrush 12 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
  12 October Pulaski KY RMD
Wood Thrush 19 October Putnam TN SJS
Gray Catbird 8 October Jackson TN SJS
  8 October Pulaski KY RMD
  11 October DeKalb TN Winston A. Walden
  15 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
  23 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  27 November ** Putnam TN SJS
Blue-winged Warbler 25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  27 September Pulaski KY RMD
Golden-winged Warbler 17 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
  18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  19 September Cumberland TN John Cyrus
  25 September DeKalb TN Michael P. O'Rourke (FBB)
Tennessee Warbler 12 October Pulaski KY RMD
Orange-crowned Warbler 30 October Putnam TN Thomas M. Saya
Nashville Warbler 25 September DeKalb TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand (FBB)
  3 October Barren KY Linda Craiger
  4 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  10 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
Northern Parula 2 October McCreary KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
  2 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  7 October Adair KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
  11 October DeKalb TN Winston A. Walden
Yellow Warbler 22 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
  22 September Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  25 September DeKalb TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand (FBB)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 October Pulaski KY RMD
  15 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Magnolia Warbler 13 October Putnam TN SJS, Barbara H. Stedman
  14 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  18 October Pulaski KY RMD
  4 November Russell KY RMD (photo)
Cape May Warbler 25 September DeKalb TN Edmund K. LeGrand, SJS (FBB)
  12 October Pulaski KY RMD
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
Black-throated Green Warbler 12 October Pulaski KY RMD
  14 October Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  14 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
  19 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden, Thomas M. Saya
Blackburnian Warbler 2 October McCreary KY SJS (FBB)
  7 October Adair KY RMD, Somerset Bird Club
  12 October Pulaski KY RMD
Yellow-throated Warbler 25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
Prairie Warbler 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
Bay-breasted Warbler 12 October Putnam TN Winston A. Walden
  18 October Pulaski KY RMD
Cerulean Warbler 2 August Macon TN John D. Froeschauer
  14 August Pulaski KY RMD
  6 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  16 September Putnam TN Barbara H. Stedman
Black-and-white Warbler 2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  8 October Jackson TN Winston A. Walden
American Redstart 2 October McCreary KY SJS (FBB)
  2 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler 18 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
  21 September Pulaski KY RMD
  25 September DeKalb TN SJS (FBB)
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird 4 October Pulaski KY RMD
Northern Waterthrush 2 October McCreary KY SJS, Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
  3 October Pulaski KY RMD
Louisiana Waterthrush 15 August Pulaski KY RMD
18 August Putnam TN SJS
Kentucky Warbler 13 September Barren KY Linda Craiger
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler 21 September Pulaski KY RMD
Canada Warbler 25 September DeKalb TN Michael J. Hawkins (FBB)
Wilson's Warbler 24 September Cumberland TN Edmund K. LeGrand
  25 September DeKalb TN SJS, Edmund K. LeGrand (FBB)
  2 October McCreary KY Barbara H. Stedman (FBB)
Yellow-breasted Chat 18 September White TN m. ob. (FBC)
  25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow 16 August Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Lincoln's Sparrow 28 October Pulaski KY RMD
  28 October Russell KY RMD
Summer Tanager 2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  9 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  12 October Barren KY Linda Craiger/David L. Roemer
  12 October Pulaski KY RMD
  19 October Russell KY RMD
  24 October Putnam TN SJS
Scarlet Tanager 2 October McCreary KY m. ob. (FBB)
  9 October DeKalb TN Judy C. Fuson
  12 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
  12 October Pulaski KY RMD
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12 October Pulaski KY RMD
Blue Grosbeak 25 September DeKalb TN m. ob. (FBB)
  14 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Indigo Bunting 15 October Warren TN Susan N. McWhirter
Dickcissel 5 October Barren KY David L. Roemer
Bobolink 17 September Barren KY David L. Roemer
  18 September White TN Edmund K. LeGrand (FBC)
  27 September Pulaski KY RMD
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole

 

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