Check-list of Overton County, Tennessee, Birds

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Overton 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 Overton County bird species.  * rare species in Overton County; ** probably or certainly extirpated.

_____ Snow Goose * (1 April 2017, SJS photo).

_____ Ross's Goose * (5 April 2008, SJS)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan * (17 February 2001, BHS; 23 December 2005, GM, KM)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (30 April 2011, m. ob.—a SBB record)

_____ Gadwall (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ American Wigeon (13 November 1993, SJS)

_____ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Green-winged Teal (22 February 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Canvasback (17 February 2007, SJS)

_____ Redhead (17 February 2006, SJS)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (26 February 1995, SJS)

_____ Lesser Scaup (26 February 1995, SJS)

_____ Long-tailed Duck (16 February 2014, JCF photo—a GBBC record)

_____ Bufflehead (3 December 1995, SJS)

_____ Common Goldeneye (25 January 1997, SJS)

_____ Hooded Merganser

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (15 November 1996, SJS)

_____ Northern Bobwhite (21 April 2002, SJS et al.)

_____ Ruffed Grouse * (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe (3 December 1995, SJS)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (26 February 1995, SJS, TMS)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo * (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Common Nighthawk (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

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

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Sora * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

_____ American Coot (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 9 April 1994, SJS)

_____ Sandhill Crane (15 March 1965 RTH [Hollister 1966b]; 10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Semipalmated Plover * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Killdeer

_____ Least Sandpiper * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (23 May 2011, EKL photo)

_____ American Woodcock (14 December 2006, SJS)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (22 December 1999, SJS)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (21 July 1990, SJS)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (15  on 2 May 1991, SJS)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Ring-billed Gull (22 January 2012; SJS)

_____ Forster's Tern * (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Common Loon (6 April 1996, SJS et al.)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (15 November 1996, SJS)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (11 April 2001, SJS, CDW photo)

_____ Cattle Egret * (15 May 1965, fide PLH [Hollister 1966a]; 24 September 1986, RVM et al.
            [Stedman 1987a])

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (23 April 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Golden Eagle * (1951, AFG [Ganier 1951a])

_____ Northern Harrier (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 2 March 2003, WAW, SJS)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (31 July 1994, SJS)

_____ Bald Eagle (January 2006, fide LB; 7 March 2006, MPO)

_____ Mississippi Kite * (13 May 1951, AFG [Ganier 1951a])

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (winter 1977–1978 [Bierly 1978b]; winter 1979–1980 [Bierly 1980])

_____ Barn Owl * (17 August 1993 [2 ad & 4 y], Larry Misenheimer [Witt 1994a]).

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Short-eared Owl (23 March 2015, SJS)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (8 or 9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (9 June 2007, Stanley Carter)

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (24 May 1986, SJS, DJS [Stedman 1986c]—aTOS Foray record; 30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (25 May 1986, DFV [Stedman 1986d]—aTOS Foray record)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike * (27 March 1988, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Philadelphia Vireo * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Warbling Vireo * (27 April 2002, SJS et al.)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (winter 1977–1978 [Bierly 1978b]; 19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (13 April 1997, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow * (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Cliff Swallow (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (12 January 1994, MAS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ House Wren (30 April 2011, m. ob.—a SBB record)

_____ Winter Wren (30 April 2011, TMS, MPO—a SBB record)

_____ Sedge Wren * (30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

_____ Marsh Wren * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]); 8 or 9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren ** (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery * (30 April 2011, BHS—a SBB record)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (18 May  1997, SJS)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Hermit Thrush (10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing (12 January 1994 MAS)

_____ House Sparrow

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (21 March 1997, SJS)

_____ Pine Siskin (22 February 2009, SJS, EKL; 30 April 2011, SJS—a SBB record)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Lapland Longspur * (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow ** (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (8 October 2010, SJS)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 30 April 2011, SJS—a SBB record; 27 May 2011, SJS—an Overton County Foray record; the last two records pertain to a singing male at the same site on each date in the Windle 6 block)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (23 May 2009, SJS; 30 April 2011, DAD, EKL—a SBB record)

_____ Fox Sparrow

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole (19 April 2003, SJS et al.)

_____ Baltimore Oriole * (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird * (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Northern Waterthrush (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 28 April 2000,  SJS, GKE)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler * (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler * (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 17 April 2011, EKL)

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Nashville Warbler * (30 April 2011, m. ob.—a SBB record)

_____ Connecticut Warbler * (late May 1986, SJS—a TOS Foray record)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (12–13 May 1951, JTT, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart (12 May 1951 [nest], TOS [Ganier 1951c])

_____ Cape May Warbler (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Cerulean Warbler (2 nests found 12 May 1951 in SSSP [Ganier 1951c]; 8–9 May 1954, TOS
            [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (19 April 2003, SJS et al.)

_____ Yellow Warbler (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler * (30 April 2011, SJS—a SBB record)

_____ Palm Warbler  (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (8–9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Canada Warbler * (12–13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]; 30 April 2011, SJS—a SBB record)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel * (26–27 May 1986, Carolyn H. Bullock et al. [Stedman 1986d]; 15 July 2002, SHF; 30 April 2011, EKL, DAD—a SBB record)

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