Check-list of Metcalfe County, Kentucky, Birds
Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Metcalfe 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.
| _____ | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) ** | X |
| _____ | Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) * | |
| _____ | Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) | |
| 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) * | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | X |
| _____ | Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) * | |
| _____ | 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 migratorius—extinct) | -- |
| _____ | White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) ** | |
| _____ | Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | X |
| _____ | Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) * | |
| _____ | Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) ** | |
| _____ | Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) ** | |
| _____ | American Coot (Fulica americana) | X |
| _____ | Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) | X |
| _____ | Whooping Crane (Grus americana—reintroduced migrant) ** | |
| _____ | Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) ** | |
| _____ | American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) ** | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | Sanderling (Calidris alba) ** | |
| _____ | Dunlin (Calidris alpina) | |
| _____ | Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) ** | |
| _____ | Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | |
| _____ | White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) * | |
| _____ | Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) ** | |
| _____ | Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) | |
| _____ | Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) | |
| _____ | Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) * | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | Willet (Tringa semipalmata) ** | |
| _____ | Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | |
| _____ | 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 (Larus philadelphia) | |
| _____ | Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) ** | |
| _____ | Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) ** | |
| _____ | Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) * | |
| _____ | Mew Gull (Larus canus) ** | |
| _____ | Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) ** | |
| _____ | Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) * | |
| _____ | Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) ** | |
| _____ | Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) * | |
| _____ | Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | X |
| _____ | Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | |
| _____ | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) * | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) | X |
| _____ | Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | X |
| _____ | Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi) | X |
| _____ | Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | |
| _____ | 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 ** | ||
| B. j. calurus ** | x | |
| B. j. borealis light morph (Krider's) ** | ||
| _____ | Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) * | |
| _____ | Barn Owl (Tyto alba) * | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | 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) ** | |
| _____ | Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | X |
| _____ | Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) | X |
| _____ | American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | X |
| _____ | Merlin (Falco columbarius) * | |
| _____ | Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) * | |
| _____ | 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) ** | |
| _____ | Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) * | |
| _____ | Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) ** | X |
| _____ | Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) | X |
| _____ | Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) ** | |
| _____ | Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) * | |
| _____ | 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 |
| _____ | Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) ** | |
| _____ | American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos) | X |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) * | |
| _____ | Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | X |
| _____ | Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) ** | X |
| _____ | House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | X |
| _____ | Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) | X |
| _____ | Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) * | |
| _____ | Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) * | |
| _____ | Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) * | |
| _____ | House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) | X |
| _____ | Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) | X |
| _____ | Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) ** | |
| _____ | Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) ** | |
| _____ | White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) ** | |
| _____ | Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) | |
| _____ | American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) | X |
| _____ | Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * | |
| _____ | Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) ** | |
| _____ | Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | X |
_____ |
Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) ** | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) * | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) | X |
| _____ | Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) | X |
| _____ | Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) | |
| _____ | Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * | |
| _____ | Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) * | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) | |
| _____ | 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 | 173 |
Table 2. Annotated list of Metcalfe County bird species. * = Rare species in UCR.
_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (21 June 2020, RS photo (eBird # S70662153)
_____ Ross's Goose * (6 January 2019, RS photo (eBird # S51377693)
_____ Canada Goose (20 June 1999, SJS; 18 June 2006, SJS—a BBS record)
_____ Tundra Swan (1 February 2020, RS photo [eBird # S64017730])
_____ Wood Duck
_____ Blue-winged Teal (1 April 2018, RS photo [eBird # S44174447])
_____ Northern Shoveler (1 April 2018, RS photo [eBird # S44174447])
_____ Gadwall (25 October 2018, RS photo [eBird # S49449115])
_____ American Wigeon (25 January 2019, RS photo [eBird # S52032763])
_____ Mallard (6 May 2010, SJS)
_____ American Black Duck (17 February 2012, SJS)
_____ Northern Pintail (8 February 2020, RS photo [eBird # S64232084])
_____ Green-winged Teal (3 February 2019, RS photo [eBird # S52341991])
_____ Canvasback (24 February 2019, RS photo [eBird # 53082876])
_____ Redhead (17 February 2012, SJS)
_____ Ring-necked Duck (2 November 2007, SJS)
_____ Lesser Scaup (10 March 2019, RS photo [eBird # S53661898])
_____ Bufflehead (10 March 2019, RS photo [eBird # S53661898])
_____ Common Goldeneye (1 February 2020, RS photo [eBird # S63995376])
_____ Hooded Merganser (25 January 2019, RS photo [eBird # S52032763])
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (23 November 2019, RS photo [eBird # S61682315])
_____ Northern Bobwhite
_____ Wild Turkey (AT)
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (25 October 2018, RS photo [eBird # S49449115])
_____ Rock Pigeon
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (30 September 2005, BLP, SJS)
_____ Mourning Dove
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (14 June 2003, SJS—a BBS record)
_____ Chuck-will's-widow (29 April 2003, AT)
_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (30 April 2003, AT)
_____ Chimney Swift
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
_____ Virginia Rail * (21 October 1966, JH [Starr 1967]).
_____ American Coot (April 2003, AT)
_____ Sandhill Crane (5 November 1970, JH [Starr 1971]; "several hundred on ground," 19 February 2003, AT)
_____ Semipalmated Plover (16 May 2020, RS photo and eBird record [# S69155404].
_____ Killdeer
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (29 April 2003, AT)
_____ American Woodcock (18 February 2003, AT)
_____ Wilson's Snipe (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ Black Tern (26 August 2018, RS photo [eBird # 48105137])
_____ Common Loon (18 November 2018, RS photo [eBird # S50017156])
_____ American Bittern (11 June 2015, RMD—a Metcalfe County Foray record)
_____ Great Blue Heron
_____ Great Egret (1 April 2018, RS photo [eBird # S44174447])
_____ Green Heron
_____ Black Vulture (7 March 2003, AT)
_____ Turkey Vulture
_____ Osprey (19 April 2003, AT)
_____ Northern Harrier (17 March 2018, RS photo [eBird # S34734442])
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (13 August 1996, MS [Busroe 1997a])
_____ Cooper's Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 18 June 2001, SJS—a BBS record)
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Red-tailed Hawk
____ Red-tailed Hawk (B. calcurus) (18 March 2018, RS photo [eBird # 43768897)
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (2 November 2007, BHS, SJS)
_____ Great Horned Owl (5 October 2018,RS photo [eBird # S48944096])
_____ Barred Owl (29 April 2003, AT)
_____ Belted Kingfisher
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (18 June 2001, SJS—a BBS record)
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ Downy Woodpecker
_____ Hairy Woodpecker
_____ Northern Flicker
_____ Pileated Woodpecker
_____ American Kestrel
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher
_____ Eastern Kingbird
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (25 August 2019, RS photo [eBird # 59243912])
_____ Acadian Flycatcher
_____ Least Flycatcher (7 October 2018, RS photo [eBird # 49032689])
_____ Eastern Phoebe
_____ Loggerhead Shrike (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ White-eyed Vireo
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo
_____ Blue-headed Vireo (10 October 2019, RS photo [eBird # 60498012])
_____ Philadelphia Vireo (18 September 2018, RS photo [eBird # S48828875])
_____ Warbling Vireo * (14 June 2003, SJS—a BBS record; 6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Red-eyed Vireo
_____ Blue Jay
_____ American Crow
_____ Horned Lark (17 February 2012, SJS)
_____ Purple Martin
_____ Tree Swallow (14 June 2003, SJS—a BBS record)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
_____ Cliff Swallow (14 July 1997, MS [Busroe 1997d])
_____ Barn Swallow
_____ Carolina Chickadee
_____ Tufted Titmouse
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch
_____ Brown Creeper (21 March 2020, RS photo [eBird # 66048604])
_____ House Wren
_____ Winter Wren (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ Carolina Wren
_____ Bewick's Wren * (25 December 1936, fide RLB—a CBC record)
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (20 January 2003, AT)
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (14 October 2018, RS photo [eBird # S49202493])
_____ Eastern Bluebird
_____ Veery (5 May 2019, RS photo [eBird # 55869989])
_____ Swainson's Thrush (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Hermit Thrush (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ Wood Thrush
_____ American Robin
_____ Gray Catbird
_____ Brown Thrasher
_____ Northern Mockingbird
_____ European Starling
_____ Cedar Waxwing
_____ House Sparrow
_____ House Finch
_____ Purple Finch (8 February 2020, RS photo [eBird # 64236518]
_____ American Goldfinch
_____ Eastern Towhee
_____ American Tree Sparrow (25 December 1936 [CBC])
_____ Chipping Sparrow
_____ Field Sparrow
_____ Savannah Sparrow (2 November 2007, BHS)
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow
_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (6 July 1990, BLP; 18 June 2005, SJS—a BBS record; 15 on 8 June 2013, SJS—a Metcalfe County Foray record)
_____ Fox Sparrow (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ Song Sparrow
_____ Swamp Sparrow (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ White-throated Sparrow (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (30 April 2003, AT)
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (3 January 2007, SJS)
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat
_____ Eastern Meadowlark
_____ Orchard Oriole
_____ Baltimore Oriole (19–27 August 1944, GW [Wilson 1945]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 14 June 2003, SJS--a BBS record)
_____ Red-winged Blackbird
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird
_____ Common Grackle
_____ Ovenbird (AT)
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush
_____ Northern Waterthrush (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Golden-winged Warbler (16 September 2018, RS photo [eBird # S48566519])
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (14 June 2003, SJS—a BBS record)
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (8 June 2013, SJS—a Metcalfe County Foray record)
_____ Tennessee Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (20 October 2019, RS photo [eBird # S60798030])
_____ Kentucky Warbler
_____ Common Yellowthroat
_____ Hooded Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ American Redstart (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Cape May Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Cerulean Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Northern Parula (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Magnolia Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (15 September 2019, RS photo (eBird # S59819725)
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Yellow Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (7 September 2019, RS photo [eBird # S59588526])
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Palm Warbler (15 April 2018, RS photo [eBird # S44624449)
_____ Pine Warbler (2 November 2007, BHS)
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (28 April 2003, AT)
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler
_____ Prairie Warbler
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (AT)
_____ Summer Tanager
_____ Scarlet Tanager (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Northern Cardinal
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (6 May 2010, SJS—a MBB record)
_____ Blue Grosbeak
_____ Indigo Bunting
_____ Dickcissel (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
Key to Initials and Abbreviations:
| RLB | Robert L. Baldock |
| RMD | Roseanna M. Denton |
| JH | James Hiser |
| BLP | B. Lemon Palmer-Ball, Jr. |
| RS | Rickey Shive |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
| MS | Mitchell Sturgeon |
| AT | Anthony Trimboli |
| GW | Gordon Wilson |
| BBS | Breeding Bird Survey (KY 39008) |
| CBC | Christmas Bird Count (Summer Shade) |
| MBB | Mini-BirdBlitz (Metcalfe County) |
| KBBA | Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas |
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