Early and Late Dates of Arrival and Departure for Migratory Birds in Pulaski County, Kentucky (Table 1)
High Counts for All Species Occurring in Pulaski County, Kentucky (Table 2)
Updates to the data below may be directed to the owner of this website via email (sstedman@tntech.edu).
Table 1. Early and Late Dates of Arrival and Departure for Migratory Birds in Pulaski County, Kentucky. A plus (+) indicates that records exist that are outside the dates listed.
| Species | Early Spring |
Late Spring |
Early Fall |
Late Fall |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | 26 Jan | 5 Apr | 26 Oct | |
| Snow Goose | 2 Apr | 25 Oct | ||
| Ross's Goose | 25 Mar | 28 Mar | 17 Nov | 11 Dec |
| Brant | 14 May | 28 May | ||
| Cackling Goose | 19 Feb | 2 Jan | ||
| Mute Swan | 27 May | 24 Dec | ||
| Tundra Swan | 7 Nov | 11 Jan | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | 4 Feb | 21 May + | 11 Aug | 25 Oct + |
| Northern Shoveler | 23 May | 25 Aug | ||
| Gadwall | 17 May | 22 Sep | ||
| American Wigeon | 25 Apr | 25 Oct | ||
| American Black Duck | 17 Apr | 26 Oct + | ||
| Northern Pintail | 1 Apr | 30 Sep | ||
| Green-winged Teal | 3 Apr | 22 Aug | ||
| Canvasback | 16 Mar | 28 Oct | ||
| Redhead | 22 Jun | 25 Oct | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | 8 May | 10 Sep | ||
| Greater Scaup | 14 Apr | 6 Nov | ||
| Lesser Scaup | 30 Apr | 28 Oct | ||
| Surf Scoter | 14 May | 25 Oct | 5 Jan | |
| White-winged Scoter | 26 Mar | 1 Nov | ||
| Black Scoter | 27 Oct | 12 Nov | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | 12 Nov | 10 Jan | ||
| Common Goldeneye | 25 Mar | 5 Nov | ||
| Bufflehead | 9 May | 25 Oct | ||
| Hooded Merganser | 15 May | 25 Oct | ||
| Common Merganser | 3 Apr | 20 Nov | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 15 May | 6 Oct | ||
| Ruddy Duck | 5 May | 25 Oct | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 15 May + | 8 Aug | ||
| Horned Grebe | 26 Apr | 19 Oct | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | 4 Nov | 24 Nov | ||
| Eared Grebe | 5 Nov | |||
| Western Grebe | 6 Nov | 30 Nov | ||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 22 Apr | 9 Nov | ||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 27 Apr | 30 May | 4 Sep | 8 Oct |
| Common Nighthawk | 23 Apr | 17 Nov | ||
| Chuck-will's-widow | 27 Apr | 12 Aug | ||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 2 Apr | 4 Oct | ||
| Chimney Swift | 31 Mar | 23 Oct | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4 Apr | 25 Oct | ||
| Rufous Hummingbird | c. 28 Oct | |||
| Virginia Rail | 23 Apr | 13 Jun | 22 Oct | 30 Nov + |
| Sora | 3 Apr | 13 May | 10 Aug | 5 Oct |
| Common Moorhen | 9 May | |||
| American Coot | 28 May | 6 Oct | ||
| Sandhill Crane | 11 May | 18 Oct | ||
| American Avocet | 11 Oct | |||
| Black-necked Stilt | 11 May | |||
| Black-bellied Plover | 5 Sep | 6 Sep | ||
| American Golden-Plover | 18 Apr | 29 Aug | 16 Nov | |
| Semipalmated Plover | 13 Apr | 3 Jun | 29 Jul | 19 Oct |
| Piping Plover | 22 Aug | |||
| Upland Sandpiper | 4 May | |||
| Ruddy Turnstone | 14 Aug | 4 Sep | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper | 2 May | 30 Jul | 24 Oct | |
| Sanderling | 26 Jul | 5 Nov | ||
| Dunlin | 11 Apr | 18 May | 29 Sep | 1 Dec |
| Baird's Sandpiper | 25 Aug | 4 Nov | ||
| Least Sandpiper | 30 Mar | 28 May | 3 Jul | 22 Nov |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 May | 13 Jun | 6 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 26 Aug | 20 Sep | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 5 Mar | 28 May | 13 Jul | 22 Nov |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 1 May | 12 Jun | 29 Jul | 11 Oct |
| Western Sandpiper | 13 Jul | 27 Sep | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 2 May | 13 May | 13 Jul | 25 Sep |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | 30 Apr | 3 May | 29 Jul | 15 Dec |
| Wilson's Snipe | 19 May | 6 Sep | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | 3 Apr | 5 Jun + | 3 Jul | 19 Nov |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 10 Mar | 22 May | 12 Jul | 26 Oct |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 26 Mar | 22 May | 13 Jul | 24 Oct |
| Willet | 20 Apr | 21 Apr | 29 Oct | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 14 Mar | 25 May | 30 Jun | 23 Nov |
| Wilson's Phalarope | 3 Aug | 13 Aug | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | 6 Sep | 7 Sep | ||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | 7 Nov | |||
| Bonaparte's Gull | 8 May | 22 Sep | ||
| Laughing Gull | 21 Mar | 26 Sep | 27 Sep | |
| Franklin's Gull | 10 Oct | 1 Dec | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | 21 May | 24 Aug | ||
| Herring Gull | 20 May | 18 Oct | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 12 Sep | |||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 10 Jan | 11 Jan | ||
| Least Tern | 3 Aug | |||
| Caspian Tern | 17 Apr | 22 Aug | 28 Sep | |
| Black Tern | 29 Jul | 27 Sep | ||
| Common Tern | 20 May | 9 Aug | 28 Oct | |
| Forster's Tern | 30 Mar | 9 May | 29 Jun | 16 Nov |
| Common Loon | 16 May + | 27 Sep | ||
| Wood Stork | 6 Nov | 8 Nov | ||
| American White Pelican | 24 Oct | 11 Nov | ||
| American Bittern | 20 Apr | 5 May | 12 Oct | |
| Great Egret | 13 Mar | 26 Jun | 4 Jul | 25 Nov + |
| Snowy Egret | 20 April | 18 May | 21 Aug | 16 Oct |
| Little Blue Heron | 4 Apr | 18 May | 4 Jul | 27 Aug |
| Tricolored Heron | 22 July | |||
| Cattle Egret | 15 May | 8 Nov | ||
| Green Heron | 30 Mar | 16 Nov | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 8 Apr | 30 Jun | 26 Oct | |
| White Ibis | 19 Aug | |||
| Osprey | 14 Mar | 18 May | 4 Aug | 1 Dec |
| Golden Eagle | 24 Feb | 16 Nov | ||
| Northern Harrier | 17 May | 14 Sep | ||
| Mississippi Kite | 11 May | |||
| Broad-winged Hawk | 3 Apr | 15 Oct | ||
| Rough-legged Hawk | 29 Feb | 28 Nov | ||
| Long-eared Owl | 24 Dec | |||
| Short-eared Owl | 30 Mar | 23 Nov | ||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | 4 May | 14 Nov | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 21 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Merlin | 24 Feb | 3 Sep | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | 31 Mar | 11 May | 12 Sep | 23 Oct |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 13 Apr | 25 Sep | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | 7 Apr | 13 Nov | ||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 12 May | 27 May | 5 Sep | 29 Sep |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 26 Apr | 27 Oct | ||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 13 May | 31 May | 28 Aug | 5 Oct |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 18 Apr | 20 Sep | ||
| Alder Flycatcher | 11 May | 19 May | 24 Sep | 25 Sep |
| Willow Flycatcher | 8 May | 30 Jun | ||
| Least Flycatcher | 20 Apr | 1 Jun | 26 Aug | 25 Sep |
| White-eyed Vireo | 5 Apr | 28 Oct | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 5 Apr | 11 Oct | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | 15 Mar | 1 Dec | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | 5 May | 24 May | 16 Aug | 7 Oct |
| Warbling Vireo | 15 Apr | 24 Sep | ||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 5 Apr | 17 Oct | ||
| Purple Martin | 11 Mar | 24 Sep | ||
| Tree Swallow | 21 Feb | 12 Nov | ||
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 17 Mar | 10 Nov | ||
| Bank Swallow | 22 Mar | 4 Jun | 12 Jul | 24 Oct |
| Cliff Swallow | 30 Mar | 21 Sep | ||
| Barn Swallow | 17 Mar | 24 Oct | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 May | 3 Sep | ||
| Brown Creeper | 6 Apr | 30 Sep | ||
| House Wren | 12 Apr | 12 Dec + | ||
| Winter Wren | 24 Apr | 29 Sep | ||
| Sedge Wren | 30 Apr | 10 May | 27 Jul | 21 Oct + |
| Marsh Wren | 22 Sep | 8 Nov + | ||
| Bewick's Wren | 23 Apr | |||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 22 Mar | 5 Oct | ||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 19 Apr | 1 Oct | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 12 May | 19 Sep | ||
| Veery | 3 May | 15 May | 30 Aug | 4 Oct |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 2 May | 27 May | 8 Sep | 19 Oct |
| Swainson's Thrush | 26 Apr | 20 May | 3 Sep | 14 Oct |
| Hermit Thrush | 11 May | 6 Oct | ||
| Wood Thrush | 9 Apr | 21 Oct | ||
| Gray Catbird | 13 Apr | 27 Nov + | ||
| American Pipit | 9 May | 21 Sep | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | 1 May | 27 Oct | ||
| Purple Finch | 22 May | 20 Sep | ||
| Common Redpoll | 30 Jan | 25 Nov | ||
| Red Crossbill | 27 Feb | 11 Dec | ||
| Pine Siskin | 6 June | 10 Oct | ||
| Lapland Longspur | 5 Feb | 29 Dec | 2 Jan | |
| Snow Bunting | 29 Jan | 30 Jan | ||
| Bachman's Sparrow | 20 Mar | 26 Sep | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | 25 Mar | 22 Dec | ||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 10 Nov | |||
| Vesper Sparrow | 23 Feb | 27 Apr | 7 Oct | 7 Nov + |
| Lark Sparrow | 15 Apr | 10 Sep | ||
| Savannah Sparrow | 20 May | 6 Sep | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 7 Apr | 30 Oct | ||
| Henslow's Sparrow | 8 Apr | 30 Oct | ||
| Fox Sparrow | 10 Apr | 16 Oct | ||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 22 Apr | 16 May | 12 Sep | 6 Nov + |
| Swamp Sparrow | 12 May | 30 Sep | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 21 May | 1 Oct | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | 2 Jun | 1 Oct | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | 23 May | 5 Oct | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 19 Apr | 27 Sep | ||
| Bobolink | 19 Apr | 6 Jun + | 4 Oct | |
| Orchard Oriole | 13 Apr | 27 Aug | ||
| Baltimore Oriole | 18 Apr | 22 Sep + | ||
| Rusty Blackbird | 20 Apr | 3 Nov | ||
| Ovenbird | 3 Apr | 7 Nov | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | 7 Apr | 24 Sep | ||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 12 Mar | 19 Aug | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | 20 Apr | 12 May | 12 Aug | 31 Oct |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 29 April | 19 Aug | 15 Oct | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 4 Apr | 29 Sep | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 26 Mar | 6 Nov | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | 7 April | 14 Sep | ||
| Swainson's Warbler | 28 Apr | 14 Aug | ||
| Tennessee Warbler | 19 Apr | 20 May | 5 Aug | 31 Oct |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 20 Apr | 9 Sep | 16 Dec | |
| Nashville Warbler | 11 Apr | 12 May | 29 Aug | 17 Oct |
| Connecticut Warbler | 11 May | 28 May | ||
| Mourning Warbler | 8 May | 26 May | 29 Aug | 4 Oct |
| Kentucky Warbler | 15 Apr | 11 Sep | ||
| Common Yellowthroat | 4 Apr | 5 Dec | ||
| Hooded Warbler | 7 Apr | 9 Oct | ||
| American Redstart | 12 Apr | 14 Oct + | ||
| Cape May Warbler | 22 Apr | 21 May | 24 Aug | 29 Oct |
| Cerulean Warbler | 5 Apr | 14 Sep | ||
| Northern Parula | 26 Mar | 4 Oct | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | 28 Apr | 26 May | 21 Aug | 4 Nov |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 26 Apr | 22 May | 1 Sep | 20 Oct |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 21 Apr | 22 May | 6 Aug | 28 Oct |
| Yellow Warbler | 12 Apr | 13 Nov | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 28 Apr | 22 May | 18 Aug | 12 Oct |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 27 Apr | 24 May | 23 Sep | 18 Oct |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 30 Apr | 31 May | 5 Sep | 18 Oct |
| Palm Warbler | 5 Mar | 13 May | 6 Sep | 29 Nov + |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 19 May | 21 Sep | ||
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 20 Mar | 17 Oct | ||
| Prairie Warbler | 4 Apr | 5 Oct | ||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 24 Mar | 30 Oct | ||
| Canada Warbler | 9 May | 20 May | 18 Aug | 9 Sep |
| Wilson's Warbler | 1 May | 23 May | 16 Aug | 29 Sep |
| Summer Tanager | 12 Apr | 24 Oct | ||
| Scarlet Tanager | 7 Apr | 24 Oct | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 17 Apr | 22 May | 8 Sep | 4 Nov |
| Blue Grosbeak | 16 Apr | 30 Oct | ||
| Indigo Bunting | 18 Mar | 5 Nov + | ||
| Painted Bunting | 27 Apr | |||
| Dickcissel | 5 May | 10 Oct |
Many thanks to Roseanna M. Denton and the members of the Somerset Bird Club for providing the above early/late dates; also thanks to Jackie B. Elmore, Sr., for making copies of his seasonal bird reports available, as these provided many data cited above.
Table 2. High Counts for all Species Occurring in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
| Species | Count | Date | Observer(s) |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | 8 | 17 Feb 2015 | RMD |
| Snow Goose | 50 | 25 Oct 2009 | Robert Foster |
| Ross's Goose | 13 | 4 Jan2018 | RMD |
| Brant | 1 | 14 May 2005 | Laura Kamperman |
| Cackling Goose | 7 | 4 Feb 2017 | RMD |
| Canada Goose | 662 | 1 Jan 2018 | CBC |
| Mute Swan | 2 | 25 Jan 1997 | RMD |
| Tundra Swan | 1 | 2 Jan 1991 | JBE |
| Wood Duck | 110 | 25 Aug 1993 | JBE |
| Blue-winged Teal | 86 | 16 Oct 2011 | RMD |
| Northern Shoveler | 32 | 26 Mar 2002 | RMD |
| Gadwall | 176 | 1 Jan 2018 | CBC |
| American Wigeon | 20 | 7 Feb 2006 | RMD |
| Mallard | 626 | 1 Jan 2005 | CBC |
| American Black Duck | 250 | 18 Jan 1992 | JBE |
| Northern Pintail | 27 | 17 Jan 2018 | RMD, SD |
| Green-winged Teal | 31 | 4 Mar 2015 | RMD |
| Canvasback | 69 | 4 Mar 2015 | RMD |
| Redhead | 2500 | 30 Nov 2015 | RMD |
| Ring-necked Duck | 342 | 17 Nov 2002 | SJS, RMD et al. |
| Greater Scaup | 21 | 9 Mar 1994 | JBE |
| Lesser Scaup | 1215 | 9 Dec 2018 | Ray Bontrager |
| Surf Scoter | 22 | 5 Dec 2005 | RMD |
| White-winged Scoter | 6 | 26 Mar 2015 | RMD |
| Black Scoter | 4 | 5 Nov 1984 | JBE |
| Long-tailed Duck | 18 | 10 Jan 2004 | RMD |
| Bufflehead | 173 | 2 Dec 2014 | RMD |
| Common Goldeneye | 32 | 7 Mar 2015 | RMD |
| Hooded Merganser | 71 | 1 Jan 2005 | CBC |
| Common Merganser | 93 | 4 Mar 2015 | CBC |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 230 | 2 Dec 2014 | RMD |
| Ruddy Duck | 117 | 14 Nov 2018 | RMD |
| Northern Bobwhite | 31 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Ruffed Grouse | 4 | 24 Mar 2004 | RMD |
| Wild Turkey | 190 | 1 Jan 2013 | CBC |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 101 | 14 Nov 2018 | RMD |
| Horned Grebe | 182 | 2 Dec 2014 | RMD |
| Red-necked Grebe | 1 | 4 Nov 2006 | RMD |
| Eared Grebe | 1 | 5 Nov 2005 | RMD |
| Western Grebe | 1 | 6 Nov 2000 | RMD |
| Rock Pigeon | 398 | 1 Jan 2011 | CBC |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 5 | 17 Jan 2005 | RMD |
| Mourning Dove | 1399 | 1 Jan 2003 | CBC |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 23 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 1 | 10 May 1980 | JBE |
| Common Nighthawk | 1000 | 31 Aug 2005 | RMD |
| Chuck-will's-widow | 24 | 9 May 2015 | SBC |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 33 | 6 June 2010 | Foray |
| Chimney Swift | 1500 | 9 Oct 1991 | JBE |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 50 | 9 Sep 2012 | RMD |
| Rufous Hummingbird | 1 | 28 Oct 2011 | Susan Huffman |
| Virginia Rail | 1 | 23 Apr 2003 | RMD |
| Sora | 3 | 5 Oct 2011 | RMD |
| Common Gallinule | 1 | 9 May 1997 | RMD |
| American Coot | 2600 | 4 Nov 1982 | JBE |
| Sandhill Crane | 545 | 18 Feb 2008 | RMD |
| Black-necked Stilt | 1 | 11 May 2017 | RMD |
| American Avocet | 2 | 11 Oct 1982 | JBE |
| Black-bellied Plover | 2 | 5 Sept 2011 | RMD |
| American Golden-Plover | 1 | 4 Oct 1982 | JBE |
| Semipalmated Plover | 44 | 18 May 2007 | David L Roemer |
| Piping Plover | 1 | 22 Aug 2016 | RMD |
| Killdeer | 352 | 31 Dec 2018 | RMD |
| Upland Sandpiper | 2 | 4 May 2014 | RMD |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 2 | 4 Sep 1984 | JBE |
| Stilt Sandpiper | 4 | 6 Sep 2006 | RMD |
| Sanderling | 2 | 16 Sep 1996 | RMD |
| Dunlin | 79 | 6 Nov 2003 | RMD |
| Baird's Sandpiper | 3 | 26 Aug 2011 | RMD |
| Least Sandpiper | 109 | 12 May 2007 | RMD |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 12 | 30 May 2017 | RMD |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 3 | 8 Sep 2005 | RMD |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 42 | 29 Jul 2006 | RMD |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 62 | 27 May 2007 | RMD |
| Western Sandpiper | 4 | 6 Sep 2018 | RMD? |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 21 | 12 May 2007 | RMD |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | 10 | 30 Apr 2014 | RMD |
| American Woodcock | 35 | 14 Mar 2008 | RMD |
| Wilson's Snipe | 31 | 1 Jan 2010 | CBC |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 20 | 25 Aug 1985 | JBE |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 29 | 2 May 2005 | RMD |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 90 | 5 Aug 2012 | RMD |
| Willet | 16 | 29 Apr 2019 | RMD |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 23 | 21 Oct 1993 | JBE |
| Wilson's Phalarope | 1 | 3 Aug 2002 | RMD |
| Red-necked Phalarope | 1 | 6 Sep 2011 | RMD |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | 1 | 7 Nov 2012 | RMD |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 1000 | 4 Jan 2011 | Steve Denton |
| Laughing Gull | 3 | 26 Sep 2005 | RMD |
| Franklin's Gull | 1 | 1 Dec 2006 | RMD |
| Ring-billed Gull | 3500 | 26 Jan 2019 | RMD |
| Herring Gull | 63 | 14 Jan 2015 | JBE |
| Least Tern | 1 | 3 Aug 2006 | RMD |
| Caspian Tern | 7 | 5 Sep 1988 | JBE |
| Black Tern | 15 | 22 Aug 1984 | JBE |
| Common Tern | 75 | 17 Sep 2018 | Ray Bontrager |
| Forster's Tern | 20 | 22 Sep 2002 | RMD |
| Common Loon | 87 | 3 Apr 2015 | RMD |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 140 | 31 Mar 2008 | RMD |
| American White Pelican | 1 | 24 Oct 1987 | JBE |
| American Bittern | 1 | 20 Apr 2000 | RMD |
| Great Blue Heron | 75 | 25 Mar 2014 | RMD |
| Great Egret | 9 | 3 May 2018 | RMD |
| Snowy Egret | 2 | 18 May 1997 | RMD |
| Little Blue Heron | 4 | 26 Jul 2006 | RMD |
| Tricolored Heron | 1 | 22 Jul 2011 | RMD |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 15 May 1983 | JBE |
| Green Heron | 18 | 20 Aug 2018 | RMD |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 2 | 16 Aug 1988 | JBE |
| White Ibis | 1 | 19 Aug 2011 | RMD |
| Black Vulture | 162 | 31 Dec 2011 | CBC |
| Turkey Vulture | 127 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Osprey | 3 | 5 Oct 1986 | JBE |
| Golden Eagle | 1 | 30 Dec 2000 | RMD |
| Northern Harrier | 6 | 28 Jan 2007 | RMD |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 7 | 31 Dec 2011 | CBC |
| Cooper's Hawk | 11 | 29 Dec 2007 | CBC |
| Bald Eagle | 4 | 13 Oct 2006 | RMD |
| Mississippi Kite | 1 | 11 May 2017 | RMD |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 17 | 1 Jan 2014 | CBC |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 51 | 29 Sep 2003 | RMD |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 47 | 31 Dec 2011 | CBC |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | 26 Jan 1980 | JBE |
| Barn Owl | 2 | 9 Jul 2015 | Connie Neeley, Steve Denton et al. |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 7 | 5 Jan 2002 | CBC |
| Great Horned Owl | 9 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Barred Owl | 5 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| Long-eared Owl | 1 | 24 Dec 2000 | RMD |
| Short-eared Owl | 2 | 23 Nov 1995 | Gary & Linda McClendon |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | 6 | 1 Feb 2004 | RMD |
| Belted Kingfisher | 18 | 1 Jan 2013 | CBC |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 17 | 1 Jan 2003 | CBC |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 98 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 11 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Downy Woodpecker | 76 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 15 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Red-cockaded Woodpecker | 4 | 12 Jun 1980 | Jeffrey E. Schmaltz |
| Northern Flicker | 72 | 1 Jan 2010 | CBC |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 33 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| American Kestrel | 87 | 5 Jan 2002 | CBC |
| Merlin | 2 | 13 Jan 2003 | RMD/Connie Neeley |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 12 Sep 2001 | RMD |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 38 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Eastern Kingbird | 67 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 1 | 10 Sep 2001 | RMD |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 70 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 1 | 13 May 2000 | RMD |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 76 | 7 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Alder Flycatcher | 2 | 11 May 2002 | RMD/Judy Brant/Scott Marsh/Rhonda Bryant |
| Willow Flycatcher | 2 | 16 May 2008 | RMD |
| Least Flycatcher | 2 | 13 May 2006 | SM |
| Eastern Phoebe | 55 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 4 | 8 Jun 2001 | RMD |
| White-eyed Vireo | 86 | 8 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 20 | 8 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 17 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 2 | 23 Sep 2001 | RMD |
| Warbling Vireo | 5 | 11 Jul 2014 | RMD |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 265 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Blue Jay | 364 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| American Crow | 977 | 31 Dec 2016 | CBC |
| Horned Lark | 1000 | 31 Dec 2000 | RMD |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 100 | 6 Apr 2007 | RMD |
| Purple Martin | 142 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| Tree Swallow | 1000 | 16 Apr 2007 | RMD |
| Bank Swallow | 40 | 20 May 1981 | JBE |
| Barn Swallow | 1000 | 25 Aug 2001 | RMD |
| Cliff Swallow | 54 | 20 Jun 2005 | RMD |
| Carolina Chickadee | 246 | 30 Dec 2006 | CBC |
| Tufted Titmouse | 232 | 1 Jan 2013 | CBC |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 12 | 3 Jan 1998 | CBC |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 107 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Brown Creeper | 9 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Winter Wren | 9 | 1 Jan 2016 | CBC |
| House Wren | 47 | 8 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Sedge Wren | 2 | 6 Aug 2012 | Connie Neeley, RMD et al. |
| Marsh Wren | 1 | 4 Oct 1982 | JBE |
| Carolina Wren | 199 | 1 Jan 2005 | CBC |
| Bewick's Wren | 1 | 19 May 1986 | JBE |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 195 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 43 | 30 Dec 2006 | CBC |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 16 | 23 Oct 2005 | RMD |
| Eastern Bluebird | 297 | 1 Jan 2000 | CBC |
| Veery | 3 | 12 May 2007 | NAMC |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 3 | 9 May 2009 | NAMC |
| Swainson's Thrush | 22 | 10 May 2014 | RMD |
| Hermit Thrush | 23 | 6 Apr 2002 | RMD |
| Wood Thrush | 88 | 12 May 2007 | NAMC |
| American Robin | 10000 | 15 Nov 1979 | JBE |
| Gray Catbird | 23 | 14 May 2011 | NAMC |
| Northern Mockingbird | 171 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| Brown Thrasher | 46 | 9 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| European Starling | 1500000 | 16 Dec 1979 | JBE |
| Cedar Waxwing | 400 | 3 Jan 1982 | JBE |
| House Sparrow | 220 | 16 Dec 1979 | JBE |
| American Pipit | 100 | 1 Jan 2018 | Scott Marsh, Rhonda Bryant |
| Evening Grosbeak | 31 | 27 Oct 1985 | JBE |
| House Finch | 521 | 1 Jan 2000 | CBC |
| Purple Finch | 200 | 2 Feb 1981 | JBE |
| Common Redpoll | 1 | 16 Jan 1994 | RMD |
| Red Crossbill | 1 | 26 Feb 1993 | JBE |
| Pine Siskin | 200 | 30 Jan 2009 | RMD |
| American Goldfinch | 308 | 1 Jan 2015 | CBC |
| Lapland Longspur | 700 | 29 Jan 2009 | RMD |
| Snow Bunting | 3 | 30 Jan 2009 | RMD |
| Eastern Towhee | 107 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Bachman's Sparrow | 1 | 5 May 1946 | Dan Wesley |
| American Tree Sparrow | 7 | 18 Feb 2001 | RMD |
| Chipping Sparrow | 178 | 8 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 1 | 10 Nov 2003 | RMD |
| Field Sparrow | 201 | 1 Jan 2013 | CBC |
| Vesper Sparrow | 40 | 28 Mar 1981 | JBE |
| Lark Sparrow | 1 | 9 Sep 2003 | RMD |
| Savannah Sparrow | 40 | 22 Oct 2002 | RMD |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 34 | 6 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 22 | 17 Jul 2004 | RMD |
| Fox Sparrow | 33 | 30 Dec 2000 | CBC |
| Song Sparrow | 474 | 29 Dec 2007 | CBC |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 11 | 20 Oct 2006 | RMD |
| Swamp Sparrow | 178 | 20 Oct 2006 | RMD |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 192 | 30 Dec 2006 | CBC |
| White-throated Sparrow | 393 | 30 Dec 2013 | CBC |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 415 | 5 Jan 2002 | CBC |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 89 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Bobolink | 75 | 2 May 1983 | JBE |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 305 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| Orchard Oriole | 34 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Baltimore Oriole | 13 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 70000 | 4 Jan 1981 | CBC (JBE) |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 50000 | 4 Jan 1981 | JBE |
| Rusty Blackbird | 5000 | 4 Jan 1981 | JBE |
| Common Grackle | 1500000 | 16 Dec 1979 | CBC (JBE) |
| Ovenbird | 136 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 25 | 5 Jun2001 | Barbara Stedman |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 26 | 13 Apr 2006 | RMD |
| Northern Waterthrush | 3 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 13 | 12 May 2007 | NAMC |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 3 | 21 Sep 2013 | Scott Marsh/Rhonda Bryant |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 50 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 37 | 2 Aug 2003 | RMD |
| Swainson's Warbler | 8 | 17 Jun 2015 | RMD |
| Tennessee Warbler | 30 | 2 Oct 2012 | RMD |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 2 | 20 Apr 2007 | RMD |
| Nashville Warbler | 3 | 12 May 2012 | Laura Obiso |
| Connecticut Warbler | 1 | 11 May 1991 | JBE |
| Mourning Warbler | 1 | 4 Oct 1981 | JBE |
| Kentucky Warbler | 23 | 13 May 2006 | NAMC |
| Common Yellowthroat | 164 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Hooded Warbler | 88 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| American Redstart | 11 | 12 May 2007 | NAMC |
| Cape May Warbler | 10 | 9 May 1984 | JBE |
| Cerulean Warbler | 15 | 12 May 2004 | RMD |
| Northern Parula | 35 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Magnolia Warbler | 26 | 24 Sep 2004 | RMD |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 13 | 9 Oct 2018 | RMD |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 8 | 4 Sep 2013 | RMD, SD |
| Yellow Warbler | 10 | 30 Apr 1983 | JBE |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 8 | 19 Sep 2013 | RMD, SD |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 14 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 1 | 30 Apr 1980 | JBE |
| Palm Warbler | 25 | 6 Oct 2001 | RMD |
| Pine Warbler | 27 | 11 May 2002 | NAMC |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 268 | 1 Jan 2004 | CBC |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 46 | 12 Apr 2006 | RMD/Steve Denton |
| Prairie Warbler | 121 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 52 | 10 Apr 2004 | RMD |
| Canada Warbler | 1 | 11 May 1999 | RMD |
| Wilson's Warbler | 1 | 29 Sep 1986 | RMD |
| Summer Tanager | 50 | 8 May 2004 | NAMC |
| Scarlet Tanager | 58 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Northern Cardinal | 618 | 29 Dec 2007 | CBC |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 86 | 27 Sep 2012 | RMD, SD |
| Blue Grosbeak | 29 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Indigo Bunting | 412 | 5 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| Painted Bunting | 1 | 27 Apr 1997 | RMD |
| Dickcissel | 19 | 6 Jun 2010 | Foray |
| CBC—Christmas Bird Count | |||
| Foray—Pulaski County Breeding Bird Foray 2010 | |||
| NAMC—North American Migration Count | |||
| SBC—Spring Bird Count | |||
| RMD—Roseanna M. Denton | |||
| JBE—Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. | |||
| SJS—Stephen J. Stedman | |||
Many thanks to Roseanna M. Denton for sharing this compilation of high count data.
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