Check-list of Birds Observed at Pulaski County Park, Pulaski County, Kentucky
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Abbreviations and Symbols:
* Very Uncommon or Rare species at Pulaski County Park
_____ Snow Goose * (26 November 2000, RMD)
_____ Brant * (20 May 2005, RMD)
_____ Canada Goose (5 October 1988, JBE)
_____ Mute Swan * (18 February 2006, RMD, CGH, AMM)
_____ Wood Duck (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Gadwall (20 March 2002, RMD)
_____ American Wigeon (14 January 1997, RMD)
_____ American Black Duck (14 January 1997, RMD)
_____ Mallard (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Blue-winged Teal (20 September 1983, JBE)
_____ Northern Shoveler (24 September 1986, JBE)
_____ Northern Pintail (25 December 1998, RMD)
_____Green-winged Teal (24 March 1999, RMD)
_____ Canvasback (13 November 1979, JBE)
_____ Redhead (11 November 1979, JBE)
_____ Ring-necked Duck (10 September 1988, JBE)
_____ Greater Scaup * (9 March 1994, JBE)
_____ Lesser Scaup (8 November 1991, JBE)
_____ Surf Scoter * (8 December 2001, RMD)
_____ Black Scoter * (9 November 2003, RMD)
_____ Bufflehead (22 march 1993, JBE)
_____ Common Goldeneye (17 February 2001, RMD)
_____ Hooded Merganser (9 March 1997, RMD)
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (6 October 1986, JBE)
_____ Ruddy Duck (12 April 1993, JBE)
_____ Wild Turkey (23 September 2001, RMD)
_____ Common Loon (1 November 1979, JBE)
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (5 October 1986, JBE)
_____ Horned Grebe (12 November 1979, JBE)
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (12 September 1991, JBE)
_____ Great Blue Heron (23 July 1980, JBE)
_____ Great Egret (15 September 1990, JBE)
_____ Tricolored Heron * (22 July 2011, RMD)
_____ Green Heron (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Black Vulture (13 May 1980, JBE)
_____ Turkey Vulture (16 April 1992, RMD)
_____ Osprey (20 April 1981, JBE)
_____ Bald Eagle (19 October 1988, JBE)
_____ Northern Harrier (29 December 2007, AMM, CGH)
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (14 September 1980, JBE)
_____ Cooper's Hawk (25 August 1980, JBE)
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (10 September 1980, JBE)
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (9 April 1981, JBE)
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ American Kestrel (7 March 1998, RMD)
_____ Merlin * (16 February 2008, RMD)
_____ Peregrine Falcon * (23 September 2001, RMD)
_____ American Coot (19 October 1998, RMD)
_____ Sandhill Crane (1 January 1999, RMD)
_____ American Golden-Plover * (22 September 1983, JBE)
_____ Semipalmated Plover (21 September 1983, JBE)
_____ Killdeer (20 June 1983, JBE)
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (21 July 1984, JBE)
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (9 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (23 October 2005, RMD)
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (10 September 1988, JBE)
_____ Ruddy Turnstone (29 August 1984, JBE)
_____ Sanderling * (30 October 1993, JBE)
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (29 October 1988, JBE)
_____ Dunlin (14 November 1991, JBE)
_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper * (17 September 1980, JBE)
_____ Short-billed Dowitcher * (20 September 1983, JBE)
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher * (2 December 2005, RMD, JD)
_____ Wilson's Snipe (23 October 2005, RMD)
_____ American Woodcock (12 March 2008, RMD, JD)
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (8 April 1980, JBE)
_____ Franklin's Gull * (10 October 1990, JBE)
_____ Ring-billed Gull (5 October 1988, JBE)
_____ Herring Gull (20 May 1981, JBE)
_____ Caspian Tern (27 April 1980, JBE)
_____ Black Tern (29 July 1981, JBE)
_____ Common Tern * (9 August 1984, JBE)
_____ Forster's Tern (7 May 1984, JBE)
_____ Mourning Dove (8 July 1995, SBC)
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (20 July 1996, RMD)
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo * (10 May 1980, JBE)
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (28 September 2005, RMD)
_____ Barred Owl (9 March 1997, RMD)
_____ Common Nighthawk (6 September 1984, JBE)
_____ Whip-poor-will (14 September 1988, JBE)
_____ Chimney Swift (26 April 1992, JBE)
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (8 July 1995, SBC)
_____ Belted Kingfisher (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (5 January 2003, RMD)
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (29 December 2002, RMD)
_____ Downy Woodpecker (26 April 1992, JBE)
_____ Hairy Woodpecker (7 September 1999, RMD)
_____ Northern Flicker (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (27 May 2008, RMD)
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (8 July 1995, SBC)
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Eastern Phoebe (8 July 1995, SBC)
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Eastern Kingbird (18 September 1981, JBE)
_____ White-eyed Vireo (7 September 1999, RMD)
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (14 April 1993, JBE)
_____ Blue-headed Vireo (15 October 2005, RMD, CGH, GC)
_____ Philadelphia Vireo * (13 September 1983, JBE)
_____ Red-eyed Vireo (26 April 1992, RMD)
_____ Blue Jay (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ American Crow (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Purple Martin (21 July 1984, JBE)
_____ Tree Swallow (16 May 1983, JBE)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (16 May 1983, JBE)
_____ Bank Swallow (16 May 1983, JBE)
_____ Cliff Swallow (4 May 1983, JBE)
_____ Barn Swallow (16 May 1983, JBE)
_____ Carolina Chickadee (26 April 1992, RMD)
_____ Tufted Titmouse (26 April 1992, RMD)
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (12 October 1980, JBE)
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (26 April 1992, RMD)
_____ Brown Creeper (18 March 2000, SBC)
_____ Carolina Wren (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ House Wren (15 October 2005, SBC)
_____ Winter Wren (17 April 1993, JBE)
_____ Sedge Wren * (30 April 1983, JBE)
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (17 March 1994, RMD)
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (26 April 1992, RMD)
_____ Eastern Bluebird (13 May 1980, JBE)
_____ Veery (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush, 27 May 2008, RMD)
_____ Swainson's Thrush (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Hermit Thrush (11 May 1983, JBE)
_____ Wood Thrush (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Hermit Thrush (22 November 2005, RMD)
_____ American Robin (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Gray Catbird (10 May 2000, RMD)
_____ Northern Mockingbird (7 March 1998, RMD)
_____ Brown Thrasher (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ European Starling (17 March 1994, RMD)
_____ American Pipit (19 October 1988, JBE)
_____ Cedar Waxwing (3 January 1982, JBE)
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (21 April 2006, RMD)
_____ Goden-winged Warbler (15 October 2005, RMD, CGH, GC)
_____ Tennessee Warbler (28 September 2005, RMD)
_____ Nashville Warbler (16 April 1981, JBE)
_____ Northern Parula (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Yellow Warbler (30 April 1983, JBE)
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (7 September 1999, RMD)
_____ Magnolia Warbler (7 September 1999, RMD)
_____ Cape May Warbler (7 May 1983, JBE)
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (3 January 1982, JBE)
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (28 September 2005, RMD)
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Pine Warbler (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Prairie Warbler (20 April 2005, RMD)
_____ Palm Warbler (16 April 1998, RMD)
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (23 September 2001, RMD)
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (10 May 2000, RMD)
_____ Cerulean Warbler (26 April 1992, RMD)
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ American Redstart (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (13 May 1980, JBE)
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (20 April 2005, RMD)
_____ Ovenbird (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Northern Waterthrush (5 May 2005, RMD)
_____ Louisiana waterthrush (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Kentucky Warbler (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Mourning Warbler * (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Common Yellowthroat (20 July 1996, RMD)
_____ Hooded Warbler (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Canada Warbler (9 September 2006, RMD)
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat (20 July 1996, RMD)
_____ Eastern Towhee (20 July 1996, RMD)
_____ American Tree Sparrow (9 March 2008, RMD)
_____ Chipping Sparrow (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Field Sparrow (20 July 1996, RMD)
_____ Vesper Sparrow (29 October 1988, JBE)
_____ Savannah Sparrow (29 October 1988, JBE)
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow * (27 April 2000, RMD)
_____ Fox Sparrow (18 March 2000, SBC)
_____ Song Sparrow (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Swamp Sparrow (15 October 2005, RMD, CGH, GC)
_____ White-throated Sparrow (21 March 1998, SBC)
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (15 October 2005, RMD, CGH, GC)
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Summer Tanager (8 July 1995, SBC)
_____ Scarlet Tanager (10 May 2000, RMD)
_____ Northern Cardinal (10 April 1993, SBC)
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (23 September 2001, RMD)
_____ Blue Grosbeak (9 May 1984, JBE)
_____ Indigo Bunting (15 May 1999, RMD)
_____ Red-winged Blackbird (18 March 2000, SBC)
_____ Eastern Meadowlark (7 March 1998, RMD)
_____ Common Grackle (17 March 1994, RMD)
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (8 July 1995, SBC)
_____ Orchard Oriole (9 July 1980, SBC)
_____ Baltimore Oriole (19 July 2000, RMD)
_____ Purple Finch (3 January 1982, JBE)
_____ House Finch (28 February 1982, JBE)
_____ Red Crossbill (11 December 2012, RMD)
_____ Pine Siskin (19 October 1988, JBE)
_____ American Goldfinch (21 April 1993,
SBC)
Many thanks to Roseanna M. Denton (RMD) for supplying this list of species; many species listed above are the result of field work by Jackie B. Elmore, Sr., (JBE) and the members of the Somerset Bird Club (SBC), including Granville Cox (GC), Julie Denton (JD), C. Gay Hodges (CGH), and Arlene M. Morton (AMM). If you see any rare species at this site, please fill out a documentation form:
and send to Roseanna Denton or to me at TTU Box 5053, Cookeville, TN 38505.
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