Check-list of Birds Observed at the Roaring River Recreation Area, Jackson County, Tennessee
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In the check-list below, the dates and initials in parentheses refer to the first date that the species was registered during ParkWatch surveys and the observer who obtained the date, respectively; for information about ParkWatch, click below:
Abbreviations and Symbols:
* Very Uncommon or Rare species in RRRA
_____ Snow Goose * (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Canada Goose (19 March 2005, WAW)
_____ Wood Duck (18 March 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Blue-winged Teal (14 April 2007, WAW)
_____ Northern Bobwhite (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (18 September 2005, WAW)
_____ Great Blue Heron (18 March 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Great Egret (10 October 2005, WAW)
_____ Green Heron (17 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Black Vulture (26 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Turkey Vulture (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Osprey (16 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Bald Eagle (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Cooper's Hawk (23 October 2005, WAW)
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (18 September 2005, WAW)
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (12 February 2005, WAW)
_____ American Kestrel (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Sandhill Crane (26 November 2005, WAW)
_____ Killdeer (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ American Woodcock (18 March 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Ring-billed Gull (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Rock Pigeon (12 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Mourning Dove (12 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (11 June 2005,
NSL, WAW)
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (17 June 2005, WAW, CEW)
_____ Barred Owl (26 April 2008, Jackson
County Spring BirdBlitz--MPO, TMS)
_____ Chimney Swift (17 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (10 July
2005, WAW)
_____ Belted Kingfisher (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (29 October
2005, WAW)
_____ Downy Woodpecker (12 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Hairy Woodpecker (16 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Northern Flicker (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (28 May 2005, WAW)
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (26 April 2008,
Jackson County Spring BirdBlitz--MPO, TMS)
_____ Willow Flycatcher * (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Eastern Phoebe (26 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (26 April 2008, Jackson County Spring BirdBlitz--MPO, TMS)
_____ Eastern Kingbird (16 April 2005, WAW)
_____ White-eyed Vireo (9 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (7 May 2005, WAW)
_____ Red-eyed Vireo (16 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Blue Jay (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ American Crow (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Purple Martin (28 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Tree Swallow (9 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (16 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Cliff Swallow (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Barn Swallow (9 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Carolina Chickadee (5 February 2005,
WAW)
_____ Tufted Titmouse (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Carolina Wren (12 February 2005, WAW)
_____ House Wren (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Winter Wren (26 November 2005, WAW)
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (5 March 2005, WAW)
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (10 October 2005, WAW)
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (9 April 2005,
CEW, WAW)
_____ Eastern Bluebird (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Hermit Thrush (23 October 2005, WAW)
_____ Wood Thrush (7 May 2005, WAW)
_____ American Robin (26 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Gray Catbird (7 May 2005, WAW)
_____ Northern Mockingbird (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Brown Thrasher (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ European Starling (12 February 2005, WAW)
_____ American Pipit (24 October 1993, SJS)
_____ Cedar Waxwing (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Northern Parula (16 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Yellow Warbler (17 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (30 September 2007, WAW)
_____ Magnolia Warbler (10 September 2005,
WAW)
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (26 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (30
September 2007, WAW)
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Pine Warbler (10 September 2005, WAW)
_____ Prairie Warbler (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Palm Warbler (28 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (7 May 2005, WAW)
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (26 April 2008, Jackson County Spring BirdBlitz--MPO, TMS)
_____ American Redstart (10 September
2005, WAW)
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (18 September 2005, WAW)
_____ Kentucky Warbler (26 April 2008,
Jackson County Spring BirdBlitz--MPO, TMS)
_____ Common Yellowthroat (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat (7 May 2005, WAW)
_____ Eastern Towhee (12 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Chipping Sparrow (9 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Field Sparrow (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Song Sparrow (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Swamp Sparrow (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ White-throated Sparrow (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (29 October
2005, WAW)
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Summer Tanager (23 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Scarlet Tanager (28 August 2005, WAW)
_____ Northern Cardinal (5 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Blue Grosbeak (7 May 2005, WAW)
_____ Indigo Bunting (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Dickcissel * (22 May 2005, SJS, WAW)
_____ Red-winged Blackbird (9 April 2005,
WAW)
_____ Eastern Meadowlark (26 February 2005, WAW)
_____ Common Grackle (19 March 2005, WAW)
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (9 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Orchard Oriole (17 April 2005, WAW)
_____ Baltimore Oriole (28 May 2005, WAW)
_____ House Finch (10 July 2005, WAW)
_____ American Goldfinch (17 April 2005,
WAW)
Most of the species on this list were observed and submitted by Winston A. Walden (WAW) during 2005 as part of Project ParkWatch. Nancy S. Layzer (NSL), Michael P. O'Rourke (MPO), Thomas M. Saya (TMS), Stephen J. Stedman (SJS), and Catherine E. Walden (CEW) also took part in ParkWatch surveys with WAW or visited the area to record birds on their own.
If you see any species denoted with one or two asterisks (or any species not listed), please fill out a documentation form:
and send to me at 2675 Lakeland Dr., Cookeville, TN 38506.
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