Arrival and Departure Dates of Migrant Birds in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee—Spring 2006
If you have arrival or departure data that supersede any of the data below, please send me an e-mail message:
I. Arrival Dates for Summer Residents and Transients
* = documentation provided for extremely early dates or rare species
** = record early for site; documentation also provided
Key to observer initials:
| RMD | Roseanna M. Denton |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
| Species | Early Date | County | State | Observer(s) |
| Blue-winged Teal | 7 January | Wayne | KY | RMD (photo) |
| 23 January | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams (photo), Judy C. Fuson | |
| 19 February | Putnam | TN | SJS, Barbara H. Stedman | |
| 28 February | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer | |
| 2 March | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 2 March | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| American White Pelican | 19 April | Barren | KY | Mike Vessels fide David L. Roemer |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 15 March | DeKalb | TN | SJS |
| American Bittern | 15 April | White | TN | SJS, Douglas A. Downs |
| Least Bittern | ||||
| Great Egret | 7 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| Snowy Egret | 14 April | Wayne | KY | RMD (photo) |
| Little Blue Heron | ||||
| Tricolored Heron | ||||
| Cattle Egret | 6 May | White | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke, Thomas Saya |
| 13 May ** | Putnam | TN | Carol D. Williams (photo), Janie C. Finch, Nancy S. Layzer, Margo Hinkle | |
| Green Heron | 1 April | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge |
| 6 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 11 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 12 April | Putnam | TN | SJS, Bettie Doyle | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | ||||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1 May | Putnam | TN | John Froeschauer |
| Osprey | 3 March | Jackson | TN | SJS |
| 23 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 7 April | Putnam | TN | Ginger K. Ensor |
| 8 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 9 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 11 April | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer | |
| 14 April | Smith | TN | SJS | |
| 14 April | Macon | TN | John Froeschauer | |
| Merlin | 19 March | Smith | TN | Winston A. Walden |
| Sora | ||||
| Sandhill Crane | 7 January | Putnam | TN | Michele Ramsey |
| American Golden-Plover | 6 April | Putnam | TN | SJS, Nancy S. Layzer (photo) |
| Semipalmated Plover | 19 April | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| Black-necked Stilt | 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast (photo), Anita F. Mast |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 6 April ** | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 13 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 14 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 31 March | White | TN | SJS |
| 2 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 11 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 2 March | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 28 March | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer |
| 8 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 15 April | White | TN | SJS, Douglas A. Downs | |
| 17 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 19 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | ||||
| Western Sandpiper | ||||
| Least Sandpiper | 7 April | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 18 March | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| 24 March | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 31 March | White | TN | SJS | |
| Dunlin | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | ||||
| Caspian Tern | ||||
| Black Tern | ||||
| Forster’s Tern | 11 April | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer |
| 19 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 26 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| 1 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 28 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 13 May | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| Common Nighthawk | 27 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 2 May | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| 6 May | White | TN | SJS, Joseph E. Mast | |
| Chuck-will’s-widow | 14 April | Jackson | TN | Nancy S. Layzer |
| 19 April | Putnam | TN | Janie C. Finch | |
| 23 April | White | TN | Douglas and Marti Downs | |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 1 April | Jackson | TN | James Layzer fide Nancy S. Layzer |
| 6 April | Putnam | TN | Susan H. Ford | |
| 6 April | DeKalb | TN | Michael J. Hawkins | |
| 12 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Chimney Swift | 5 April | Putnam | TN | SJS et al. |
| 6 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 30 March | DeKalb | TN | Judy C. Fuson |
| 1 April | Smith | TN | Kathy Harville | |
| 2 April | White | TN | Wally and Sharon Brines | |
| 3 April | Putnam | TN | Betty Bright/Stan Hood | |
| 3 April | Jackson | TN | Nancy S. Layzer | |
| 4 April | Pickett | TN | Margo Hinkle | |
| 10 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 25 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams |
| 27 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | m. ob. | |
| 3 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 14 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 28 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | SJS | |
| 30 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Alder Flycatcher | 23/26 May | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer |
| Willow Flycatcher | 12 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast (photo) |
| 13 May | Pulaski | KY | Scott Marsh | |
| Least Flycatcher | 26 April ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 15 April | Putnam | TN | Ginger K. Ensor |
| 18 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 19 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 22 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 26 April | Pulaski | KY | Wendell Neeley | |
| Eastern Kingbird | 11 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 14 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| 14 April | Jackson | TN | SJS | |
| 15 April | Dekalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| 19 April | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| 19 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 20 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| White-eyed Vireo | 1 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 6 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| 6 April ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS | |
| 11 April | Cumberland | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 1 April | White | TN | Douglas A Downs |
| 9 April | DeKalb | TN | Michael J. Hawkins | |
| 10 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 10 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 13 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 8 March | Van Buren | TN | SJS |
| 11 March ** | Morgan | TN | SJS, Barbara H. Stedman | |
| 11 March | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| 12 March | Putnam | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 13 March ** | McCreary | KY | RMD | |
| 15 March ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Warbling Vireo | 15 April ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Philadelphia Vireo | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 11 April | Cumberland | TN | Michael E. Hodge |
| 12 April | Putnam | TN | Ginger K. Ensor, SJS | |
| 14 April | Jackson | TN | SJS | |
| 14 April | DeKalb | TN | Michael J. Hawkins | |
| 14 April | Smith | TN | SJS | |
| 14 April | Macon | TN | John Froeschauer | |
| 15 April | McCreary | KY | RMD, Somerset Bird Club | |
| 16 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Purple Martin | 4 March | DeKalb | TN | Thurman Seber fide Carol D. Williams |
| 8 March | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 16 March | Smith | TN | Bettie Hubbard | |
| 22 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Tree Swallow | 1 March | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 2 March | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 4 March | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 9 March | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 10 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 17 March | Clay | TN | Terry M. Campbell | |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 7 March | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 15 March | DeKalb | TN | Tommy and Virginia Curtis | |
| 20 March | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 22 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Bank Swallow | 27 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | SJS | |
| 2 May | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| Cliff Swallow | 30 March | Jackson | TN | SJS |
| 8 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Barn Swallow | 18 March | Van Buren | TN | SJS |
| 23 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 24 March | Jackson | TN | SJS | |
| 27 March | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| House Wren | 14 March | Russell | KY | RMD |
| 8 April | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman | |
| 10 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Sedge Wren | 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer |
| Marsh Wren | ||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 April | White | TN | SJS |
| 1 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 5 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke/SJS et al. | |
| 5 April | Pickett | TN | SJS et al. | |
| 5 April | DeKalb | TN | Tommy and Virginia Curtis | |
| 5 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Veery | 29 April | Cumberland | TN | SJS |
| 3 May | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | ||||
| Swainson’s Thrush | 28 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| Wood Thrush | 11 April | Cumberland | TN | Michael E. Hodge/Joseph E. Mast |
| 14 April | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman, SJS | |
| 14 April | Macon | TN | John Froeschauer | |
| 15 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| 15 April | White | TN | SJS, Douglas A. Downs | |
| 18 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Gray Catbird | 15 April | Pulaski | KY | Tim Houghton, RMD |
| 16 April | Putnam | TN | Michele Ramsey | |
Blue-winged Warbler |
13 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 14 April | Jackson | TN | SJS | |
| 14 April | Macon | TN | John Froeschauer | |
| 16 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 19 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 27 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast |
| 6 May | McCreary | KY | RMD | |
| Brewster's Warbler | 6 May | McCreary | KY | RMD (photo) |
| Tennessee Warbler | 22 April | Warren | TN | Scott Somershoe |
| 22 April | Van Buren | TN | Scott Somershoe | |
| 26 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 3 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
12 April | Putnam | TN | SJS, Ginger K. Ensor |
| Nashville Warbler | 20 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 7 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Northern Parula | 1 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 1 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 5 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 6 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Carol D. Williams | |
| 11 April | Cumberland | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| Yellow Warbler | 14 April | Jackson | TN | SJS |
| 20 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 27 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast |
| 29 April | DeKalb | TN | Ken Oeser | |
| 30 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 5 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Magnolia Warbler | 22 April ** | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman |
| 28 April ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Cape May Warbler | 26 April | DeKalb | TN | Tommy and Virginia Curtis |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | fide Joseph E. Mast, m. ob. (SBC) | |
| 3 May | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke/SJS, Ginger K. Ensor | |
| 3 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 29 April | Cumberland | TN | SJS |
| Black-thr. Green Warbler | 1 April | White | TN | SJS |
| 1 April | McCreary | KY | Connie S. Neeley, Wendell Neeley | |
| 1 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 1 April | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| 6 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 26 April | DeKalb | TN | Tommy and Virginia Curtis |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| 1 May | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 29 March | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge |
| 31 March | Warren | TN | SJS | |
| 1 April | White | TN | SJS/Douglas A. Downs | |
| 1 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| 1 April | McCreary | KY | Connie S. Neeley, Wendell Neeley | |
| 1 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 2 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| 5 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Prairie Warbler | 1 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 11 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 13 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 14 April | Jackson | TN | SJS | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 25 April | Putnam | TN | Winston A. Walden |
| 3 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 6 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 22 April | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman, Ron MacDonald |
| 26 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 6 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
Cerulean Warbler |
13 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 15 April | McCreary | KY | RMD, Somerset Bird Club | |
| 18 April | Morgan | TN | David Engebretson | |
| 25 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| 25 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 1 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| 1 April | White | TN | SJS/Douglas A. Downs | |
| 1 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 1 April | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| 6 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| American Redstart | 13 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 11 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 14 April | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 13 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 14 April | Macon | TN | John Froeschauer | |
| 14 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 15 April | McCreary | KY | RMD, Somerset Bird Club | |
| 16 April ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Swainson’s Warbler | 13 May | Pulaski | KY | Scott Marsh |
| Ovenbird | 13 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 13 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 14 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 15 April | McCreary | KY | RMD, Somerset Bird Club | |
| 18 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Northern Waterthrush | 22 April | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman |
| 25 April | DeKalb | TN | Michael J. Hawkins | |
| 26 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 23 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 25 March | Putnam | TN | SJS, Barbara H. Stedman | |
| 1 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Kentucky Warbler | 16 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| Connecticut Warbler | 13 May | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman |
| Mourning Warbler | 20 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 20 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 23 May | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer | |
| Common Yellowthroat | 11 April | Pulaski | KY | Connie S. Neeley |
| 11 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 12 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 14 April | Jackson | TN | SJS | |
| 14 April | Macon | TN | John Froeschauer | |
| 15 April | McCreary | KY | RMD, Somerset Bird Club | |
| Hooded Warbler | 6 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast |
| 11 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 13 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 15 April | McCreary | KY | RMD, Somerset Bird Club | |
| 15 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| Wilson’s Warbler | 3 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 9 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD, Gay Hodges | |
| Canada Warbler | 10 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 14 April ** | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| 20 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 10 May | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer |
| Vesper Sparrow | 24 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD, Gay Hodges, Linda McClendon |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 7 April | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| 14 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 15 April | White | TN | SJS | |
| 20 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 11 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast |
| Harris's Sparrow | 22 April | Bledsoe | TN | Robin Sawvell et al. |
| Summer Tanager | 15 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams |
| 17 April | Clay | TN | Terry M. Campbell | |
| 27 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Scarlet Tanager | 13 April | DeKalb | TN | Michael J. Hawkins |
| 21 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 10 April ** | Putnam | TN | Michele Ramsey (photo) |
| 16 April | DeKalb | TN | Jackie Rigsby | |
| 22 April | Pulaski | KY | Wendell Neeley | |
| Blue Grosbeak | 18 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD, C. Gay Hodges |
| 20 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 22 April | Warren | TN | Scott Somershoe | |
| Indigo Bunting | 13 March | DeKalb | TN | Tommy and Virginia Curtis (photo) |
| 11 April | Jackson | TN | Nancy S. Layzer | |
| 13 April | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman | |
| 14 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 14 April | Macon | TN | John Froeschauer | |
| 19 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 19 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| Dickcissel | 22 May | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams (photo), Judy C. Fuson, Michael J. Hawkins |
| 30 May | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 3 June | White | TN | Susan H. Ford | |
| Bobolink | 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Winston A. Walden et al. |
| 2 May | White | TN | Edmund K. LeGrand | |
| Orchard Oriole | 14 April | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| 15 April | Pulaski | KY | Connie S. Neeley, Wendell Neeley | |
| 15 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| 18 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| Baltimore Oriole | 19 April | DeKalb | TN | Tommy and Virginia Curtis |
| 19 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 20 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 28 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke |
II. Departure Dates for Winter Residents and Transients
* = documentation requested for extremely late dates or rare species
** = record late for site; documentation also requested
Key to observer initials:
| RMD | Roseanna M. Denton |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
| Species | Late Date | County | State | Observer(s) |
| Snow Goose | ||||
| Mute Swan | 16 Feb ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Gadwall | 5 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 6 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 7 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 8 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| American Wigeon | 1 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast, SJS | |
| American Black Duck | 7 March | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| Blue-winged Teal | 29 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 6 May | White | TN | fide Douglas A. Downs (SBC) | |
| 13 May | Putnam | TN | Janie C. Finch, Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer, Margo Hinkle | |
| Northern Shoveler | 1 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer | |
| 14 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 12 May ** | Putnam | TN | Janie C. Finch, Richard C. Finch | |
| Northern Pintail | ||||
| Green-winged Teal | 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Carol D. Williams |
| Canvasback | ||||
| Redhead | 18 March | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| 19 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 31 March | Clay | TN | SJS | |
| 22 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Ring-necked Duck | 3 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 14 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 6 May | White | TN | Barbara H. Stedman | |
| Lesser Scaup | 1 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Nancy S. Layzer, Carol D. Williams | |
| 8 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Edmund K. LeGrand, Douglas A. Downs | |
| Surf Scoter | 23 May ** | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| Bufflehead | 3 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
Common Goldeneye |
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| Hooded Merganser | 12 April | Putnam | TN | SJS, Ginger K. Ensor, Bettie Doyle |
| 15 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs, SJS | |
| 17 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 25 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Edmund K. LeGrand, Douglas A. Downs | |
| Ruddy Duck | 1 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs |
| 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS | |
| 21 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 6 June ** | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| Common Loon | 14 April | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | m. ob. | |
| 2 May | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 6 May | White | TN | SJS, Nancy S. Layzer | |
| 12 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Horned Grebe | 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 13 May | Putnam | TN | SJS, Barbara H. Stedman |
| American Bittern | ||||
| Great Egret | 15 May | Clay | TN | Terry M. Campbell |
| Snowy Egret | ||||
| Little Blue Heron | ||||
| Tricolored Heron | ||||
| Northern Harrier | 1 April | White | TN | SJS/Douglas A. Downs |
| 3 April | Warren | TN | Jason Norris | |
| 8 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer, SJS | |
| 9 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 19 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 19 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 22 April | Putnam | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| American Coot | 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Edmund K. LeGrand, Douglas A. Downs |
| 6 May | White | TN | SJS, Nancy S. Layzer | |
| 22 May | Putnam | TN | Kim Sells fide Wally Brines | |
| Sandhill Crane | 18 March | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| 18 March | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 26 March | White | TN | SJS | |
| 31 March | Bledsoe | TN | Debbie and Roi Shannon | |
| Semipalmated Plover | 26 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 22 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 28 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 13 May | Putnam | TN | Carol D. Williams (photo), Nancy S. Layzer, Janie C. Finch, Margo Hinkle |
| 25 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 12 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 13 May | Putnam | TN | Barbara H. Stedman | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 12 June ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Western Sandpiper | ||||
| Least Sandpiper | 13 May | Putnam | TN | Carol D. Williams, Janie C. Finch, Nancy S. Layzer, Margo Hinkle |
| 24 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 28 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | ||||
| Dunlin | ||||
| Dowitcher sp. | 20 May | Wayne | KY | RMD |
| Wilson's Snipe | 9 April | DeKalb | TN | Judy C. Fuson |
| 15 April | White | TN | SJS, Douglas A. Downs | |
| 19 April | Wayne | KY | RMD | |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 5 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 11 April | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer |
| 14 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS | |
| 19 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Ring-billed Gull | 8 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer, SJS |
| 11 April | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer | |
| 19 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Edmund K. LeGrand, Douglas A. Downs | |
| Herring Gull | 19 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Caspian Tern | ||||
| Forster's Tern | 29 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Short-eared Owl | 18 March | Bledsoe | TN | SJS |
| Rufous Hummingbird | 30 March | Putnam | TN | Stan Hood (photo) |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 April | McCreary | KY | Connie S. Neeley |
| 3 April | DeKalb | TN | Michael J. Hawkins | |
| 4 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 6 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 9 April | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| 14 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 26 May | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer (photo) |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 20 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
Alder Flycatcher |
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| Least Flycatcher | 1 June ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Philadelphia Vireo | ||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 April | White | TN | SJS |
| 8 April | Scott | TB | Connie S. Neeley, Wendell Neeley | |
| 20 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Brown Creeper | 6 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 10 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| Winter Wren | 9 April | Morgan | TN | Michael E. Hodge |
| 10 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| 11 April | Cumberland | TN | Michael E. Hodge | |
| 13 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Sedge Wren | ||||
| Marsh Wren | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1 April | White | TN | SJS |
| 5 April | Pickett | TN | SJS et al. | |
| 6 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 6 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 8 April | DeKalb | TN | Nancy S. Layzer, SJS | |
| 8 April | Scott | TN | Connie S. Neeley, Wendell Neeley | |
| 12 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 May | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke |
| 12 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 20 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| Veery | 14 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 17 May ** | Putnam | TN | SJS, Steve Holzman | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 20 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 20 May | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| Swainson's Thrush | 20 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Hermit Thrush | 6 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast |
| 9 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| 13 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 14 April | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| 16 April | Cumberland | TN | Janie C. Finch | |
| American Pipit | 15 April | White | TN | SJS, Douglas A. Downs |
| 12 May * | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast (photo), Anita F. Mast | |
| Tennessee Warbler | 20 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 20 May | Putnam | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | ||||
| Nashville Warbler | 7 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 22 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Magnolia Warbler | 19 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 23 May | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer | |
| 24 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Cape May Warbler | 20 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 13 May | Putnam | TN | SJS, m. ob. (SBC) |
| 14 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 16 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 22 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 23 May | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| Palm Warbler | 8 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast |
| 13 May | Putnam | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 20 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast |
| 22 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 20 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 20 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 24 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Northern Waterthrush | 19 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| Connecticut Warbler | ||||
| Mourning Warbler | ||||
| Wilson's Warbler | 17 May | Putnam | TN | Steve Holzman |
| 26 May | Barren | KY | David L. Roemer | |
| Canada Warbler | 19 May | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| Vesper Sparrow | 14 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Savannah Sparrow | 8 April | DeKalb | TN | SJS, Carol D. Williams, Nancy S. Layzer |
| 12 April | Putnam | TN | SJS, Bettie Doyle | |
| 6 May | White | TN | Michael P. O'Rourke, m. ob. | |
| 14 May | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast | |
| 20 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Fox Sparrow | 24 March | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | ||||
| Swamp Sparrow | 29 April | Cumberland | TN | m. ob. |
| 6 May | White | TN | SJS | |
| 9 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD, Gay Hodges | |
| White-throated Sparrow | 6 May | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 13 May | Putnam | TN | SJS, Barbara H. Stedman | |
| Harris's Sparrow | 1 May | Bledsoe | TN | Robin Sawvell et al. |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 14 April | Putnam | TN | SJS |
| 29 April | Cumberland | TN | Joseph E. Mast, Anita F. Mast | |
| 1 May | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams, Judy C. Fuson | |
| 21 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 3 April | McCreary | KY | Connie S. Neeley |
| 4 April | Putnam | TN | SJS | |
| 4 April | Jackson | TN | Michael J. Hawkins | |
| 8 April | White | TN | Douglas A. Downs | |
| 11 April | Pulaski | KY | RMD | |
| 14 April | DeKalb | TN | Carol D. Williams | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 21 May ** | Pulaski | KY | RMD |
| 22 May | Putnam | TN | Michele Ramsey | |
| Painted Bunting | 26 May | Cumberland | KY | Gary Thompson (video) |
| Bobolink | 20 May | White | TN | SJS |
| Rusty Blackbird | 10 April ** | Pulaski | KY | Connie S. Neeley, Wendell Neeley |
| Brewer's Blackbird | ||||
| Purple Finch | 5 May | Putnam | TN | SJS, Barbara H. Stedman |
| Pine Siskin | ||||
Evening Grosbeak |
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