Arrival and Departure Dates for Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee—Spring 2002
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I. Arrival Dates for Summer Residents and Transients
* = documentation requested for extremely early or late dates or rare species
** = record early for site (documentation requested)
Species Date, County, State (Observer)
Blue-winged Teal: 10 March, Fentress Co., TN (SJS)
Double-crested Cormorant: 20 March, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
American Bittern:
Least Bittern:
Great Egret: 3 April, Putnam Co., TN (Ginger K. Ensor)
Snowy Egret: 16 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS photo)
Little Blue Heron:
Tricolored Heron: 20 April, Clay Co., TN (Winston A. Walden, Roseanna M. Denton, SJS [photo] et al.) *
Cattle Egret: 11 May, Bledsoe Co., TN (Debbie and Roi Shannon)
Green Heron: 8 April, Clay Co., TN (Terry M. Campbell)
Black-crowned Night-Heron:
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: 13 April, Putnam Co., TN (Winston A. Walden) **
Osprey: 3 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Broad-winged Hawk: 9 April, Putnam Co., TN (Rirchard W. Simmers, Jr.); 10 April (at nest), Cumberland Co., TN (SJS)
Peregrine Falcon: 11 May, Pulaski Co., KY (fide Roseanna M. Denton)
Merlin:
Sora: 26 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Sandhill Crane: 25 January, Putnam Co., TN (David Trently; Jonathan Tune)
American Golden-Plover:
Semipalmated Plover: 15 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Spotted Sandpiper: 10 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Solitary Sandpiper: 6 April, Fentress Co., TN (Jay Degrosellier, Chris Sloan et al.)
Greater Yellowlegs: 9 March, Adair Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Lesser Yellowlegs: 22 March, Pickett Co., TN (Robbie C. Hassler)
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 12 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Western Sandpiper:
Least Sandpiper: 9 March, Adair Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
White-rumped Sandpiper:
Pectoral Sandpiper: 21 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton); closer to being a late date
Short-billed Dowitcher:
Caspian Tern:
Black Tern:
Forster’s Tern:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 28 April, Warren Co., TN (Doug and Crystal Malone)
Black-billed Cuckoo: 11 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Margaret York)
Common Nighthawk: 20 April, Putnam Co., TN (Ginger K. Ensor) **
Chuck-will’s-widow: 17 April, Putnam Co., TN (Susan H. Ford)
Eastern Whip-poor-will: 11 April, McCreary Co., KY (Tom and Lynda Mills)
Chimney Swift: 1 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 3 April, Jackson Co., TN (Michael Hawkins fide Carol D. Williams)
Olive-sided Flycatcher: 9 April, Warren Co., TN (Doug Malone) *
Eastern Wood-Pewee: 28 April, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Acadian Flycatcher: 29 April, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Alder Flycatcher: 11 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton, Judy Brant)
Willow Flycatcher: 8 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Least Flycatcher: 3 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Great Crested Flycatcher: 19 April, Morgan Co., TN (SJS, Barbara H. Stedman, Susan H. Ford)
Eastern Kingbird: 7 April, Putnam Co., TN (Susan H. Ford)
White-eyed Vireo: 7 April, Putnam Co., TN (Susan H. Ford)
Yellow-throated Vireo: 4 April, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.) **
Blue-headed Vireo: 15 March, DeKalb Co., TN (SJS)
Warbling Vireo: 27 April, Overton Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Philadelphia Vireo: 11 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Scott Marsh)
Red-eyed Vireo: 12 April, Clay Co., TN (Ronnie Smith)/Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Purple Martin: 16 March, Putnam/White counties, TN (R. Wayland Hawkins)
Tree Swallow: 21 February, Putnam Co., TN (SJS).**
N. Rough-winged Swallow: 23 March, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Bank Swallow: 26 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Cliff Swallow: 13 April, Jackson Co., TN (SJS)
Barn Swallow: 23 March, Pickett Co., TN (Robbie C. Hassler), and Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna Denton)
House Wren: 14 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Sedge Wren:
Marsh Wren:
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Veery: 2 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Gray-cheeked Thrush:
Swainson’s Thrush: 27 April, DeKalb Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Wood Thrush: 11 April, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H. Stedman)
Gray Catbird: 16 April, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H. Stedman)
Blue-winged Warbler: 13 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Golden-winged Warbler: 11 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Scott Marsh)
Tennessee Warbler: 20 April, Clay Co., TN (SJS, Roseanna M. Denton et al.)
Orange-crowned Warbler: 21 April, Bledsoe Co., TN (SJS, Winston A. Walden); closer to being a late date.
Nashville Warbler: 24 April, McCreary Co., KY (Tom Mills)
Northern Parula: 6 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna Denton)
Yellow Warbler: 13 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Chestnut-sided Warbler: 15 April, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.) **
Magnolia Warbler: 1 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Cape May Warbler: 1 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 28 April, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Black-throated Green Warbler: 29 March, Scott Co., TN (SJS)
Blackburnian Warbler: 9 April, Clay Co., TN (Ronnie Smith) *
Yellow-throated Warbler: 26 March, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Pine Warbler: 1 February, Putnam Co., TN (Ginger K. Ensor)
Prairie Warbler: 6 April, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H. Stedman)
Bay-breasted Warbler: 23 April, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H. Stedman) **
Blackpoll Warbler: 18 April, Putnam Co., TN (Winston A. Walden) **
Cerulean Warbler: 13 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS) **
Black-and-white Warbler: 22 March, Fentress Co., TN (Peggy Camden)
Am. Redstart: 13 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS) **
Prothonotary Warbler: 11 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Worm-eating Warbler: 13 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Swainson’s Warbler: 21 April, McCreary Co., KY (Lynda M. Mills, Tom Mills) **
Ovenbird: 6 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna Denton) *
Northern Waterthrush: 20 April, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H. Stedman)
Louisiana Waterthrush: 24 March, Scott Co., TN (SJS, Barbara Stedman) **
Kentucky Warbler: 16 April, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Connecticut Warbler:
Mourning Warbler:
Common Yellowthroat: 12 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Hooded Warbler: 10 April, Cumberland Co., TN (SJS)
Wilson’s Warbler: 11May, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara
H. Stedman) and Pulaski Co., KY (Tom and Lynda
Mills)
Canada Warbler: 11May, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Yellow-breasted Chat: 19 April, Morgan Co., TN (SJS, Barbara H. Stedman, Susan H. Ford)
Vesper Sparrow: 20 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Grasshopper Sparrow: 14 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Henslow's Sparrow: 14 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Lincoln’s Sparrow: 29 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Summer Tanager: 18 April, Putnam Co., TN (Winston A. Walden)
Scarlet Tanager: 12 April, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.); 14 April, McCreary Co., KY (Tom and Lynda Mills)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 17 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS, Susan H. Ford; Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Blue Grosbeak: 17 April, Wayne Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Indigo Bunting: 18 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton) *
Dickcissel: 11 May, Bledsoe Co., TN (Debbie and Roi Shannon)
Bobolink: 27 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Orchard Oriole: 17 April, Wayne Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Baltimore Oriole: 18 April, Putnam Co., TN (Winston A. Walden)
II. Departure Dates for Winter Residents and Transients
* = documentation requested for extremely late dates or rare species
** = record late for site (documentation requested)
Species Date, County, State (Observer)
Gadwall: 11 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
American Wigeon: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Winston A. Walden, Michael P. O'Rourke et al.) **
American Black Duck: 15 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Blue-winged Teal: 29 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Northern Shoveler: 1 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Northern Pintail: 6 February, Wayne Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Green-winged Teal: 23 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Canvasback:
Redhead: 23 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Ring-necked Duck: 16 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Lesser Scaup: 30 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Greater Scaup: 16 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Long-tailed Duck, 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Ginger K. Ensor, Ken Morgan; SJS photo) **
Bufflehead: 26 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Common Goldeneye: 16 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Hooded Merganser: 26 April, Morgan Co., TN (SJS)--but also 30 May 2002, Putnam Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Red-breasted Merganser: 23 March , Adair Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Ruddy Duck: 21 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS, Winston A. Walden)
Common Loon: 27 April, DeKalb Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Horned Grebe: 12 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Double-crested Cormorant: 29 May, Overton Co., TN (SJS)
American Bittern:
Least Bittern:
Great Egret: 12 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Snowy Egret:
Little Blue Heron:
Tricolored Heron:
Cattle Egret:
Northern Harrier: 28 April, Putnam Co., TN (Winston A. Walden)
American Coot: 29 May, Overton Co., TN (SJS)
Sandhill Crane: 11 March, Putnam Co., TN (Michael P. O'Rourke)
Semipalmated Plover: 3 June, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Spotted Sandpiper: 31 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Solitary Sandpiper: 17 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Greater Yellowlegs: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H. Stedman)
Lesser Yellowlegs: 17 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 7 June, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna
M. Denton); McCreary Co., KY (Lynda M.
Mills, Thomas
B. Mills)
Western Sandpiper:
Least Sandpiper: 21 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
White-rumped Sandpiper: 7 June, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Pectoral Sandpiper: 26 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Dunlin:
Common Snipe: 28 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Bonaparte's Gull: 23 March, Adair Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Ring-billed Gull: 26 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Herring Gull: 20 April, Clinton Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton, SJS et al.)
Caspian Tern:
Forster's Tern: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Ginger K. Ensor, Ken Morgan, Ann Davis)
Northern Saw-whet Owl: 13 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 6 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Olive-sided Flycatcher: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H. Stedman)
Alder Flycatcher:
Philadelphia Vireo: 19 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 9 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Brown Creeper: 6 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Winter Wren: 12 April, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Sedge Wren:
Marsh Wren:
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 6 April, Scott or Fentress Co., TN (SJS et al.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Barbara H.Stedman)
Swainson's Thrush: 20 May, Cumberland Co., TN (SJS)
Gray-cheeked Thrush:
Hermit Thrush: 14 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
American Pipit: 27 April, Putnam Co., TN (Louann I. Gum, SJS et al.) **
Tennessee Warbler: 20 May, Cumberland Co., TN (SJS)
Orange-crowned Warbler:
Nashville Warbler:
Magnolia Warbler: 21 May, McCreary Co., KY (Thomas B. Mills)
Cape May Warbler: 21 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 20 May, Cumberland Co., TN (SJS)
Palm Warbler: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Ginger K. Ensor, Winston A. Walden)
Bay-breasted Warbler: 21 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Blackpoll Warbler: 23 May, McCreary Co., KY (Lynda M. Mills)
Northern Waterthrush:
Connecticut Warbler: 21 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Mourning Warbler:
Wilson's Warbler: 21 May, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Vesper Sparrow: 27 March, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Savannah Sparrow: 15 May, McCreary Co., KY (Lynda M. Mills, Thomas B. Mills)
Fox Sparrow: 6 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Lincoln's Sparrow: 29 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Swamp Sparrow: 4 May, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
White-throated Sparrow: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
White-crowned Sparrow: 7 May, Putnam Co., TN (Jane Herrin)
Dark-eyed Junco: 6 April, Pulaski Co., KY (Roseanna M. Denton)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak:
Bobolink: 21 May, White Co., TN (SJS)
Rusty Blackbird: 19 March, Putnam Co., TN (SJS)
Brewer's Blackbird: 18 February, Putnam, TN (SJS)
Purple Finch: 7 May, Putnam Co., TN (Jane Herrin)
Pine Siskin: 11 May, Putnam Co., TN (Richard W. Simmers, Jr.)
Evening Grosbeak:
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