Check-list of Barren County, Kentucky, Birds

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Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Barren County indicated.  Species denoted below with one asterisk (*) are rare and with two asterisks (**) very rare within the UCR; sightings of these species should be reported via a documentation form.  Species on the Audubon WatchList are indicated below in pink (27 species) or red (8 species), with the latter being more critically decreasing species.

Table 2. Annotated list of Barren County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose * (22 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Snow Goose (CBC; also 14 November 2003, RLD)

_____ Ross's Goose * (22 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Cackling Goose * (4 January 1999, DLR)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan * (4 December 2000, DLR)

_____ Tundra Swan * (CBC; also 29 August 1982 [Kentucky Warbler 59: 14]; 27 November 1999 [flyover flock
             heard], DLR)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Gadwall (9 December 1998, DLR)

_____ American Wigeon (12 January 1997, DLR)

_____ American Black Duck (9 February 1998, DLR)

_____ Mallard

_____ Blue-winged Teal (14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Northern Shoveler (17 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Northern Pintail (12 January 1997, DLR)

_____ Green-winged Teal (9 February 1998, DLR)

_____ Canvasback (26 October 1996, DLR)

_____ Redhead (12 January 1997, DLR)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (9 February 1998, DLR)

_____ Greater Scaup (15 on 14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Lesser Scaup (14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Surf Scoter * (1 December 1997, DLR)

_____ White-winged Scoter * (17 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Black Scoter * (14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Long-tailed Duck * (6 December 2000, DLR; see photo below)

_____ Bufflehead (100+ on 14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Common Goldeneye (15 November 1999, DLR)

_____ Hooded Merganser (19 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Common Merganser * (CBC; 7 December 2000, DLR; 31 December 2004, DLR, SJS)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (19 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Ruddy Duck (200+ on 14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Wild Turkey (17 April 1996, DLR)

_____ Northern Bobwhite (CBC)

_____ Red-throated Loon * (13 November 1997, DLR; see photo below)

_____ Common Loon (75+ on 21 April 1997, DLR)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe (200+ on 14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Red-necked Grebe * (7-25 January 2002, DLR et al.; see photo below)

_____ Eared Grebe * (16 November 1998, DLR; see photo below)

_____ Western Grebe * (January 1981 [Kentucky Warbler 57: 35])

_____ American White Pelican * (26 November 2002, DLR photos)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant  (CBC; also 4 September 2001, DLR)

_____ American Bittern (8 October 2007, DLR photo)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (11 November 2001, DLR [Busroe 2002a])

_____ Cattle Egret (19 November 2003, DLR)

_____ Green Heron (CBC)

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * (9 July 1984, WMM; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture (850 on 9 December 2001, DLR, SJS)

_____ Osprey (12 September 1985, DLR; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Bald Eagle (12 September 1985, DLR)

_____ Northern Harrier (CBC)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (CBC; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Cooper's Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Broad-winged Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk (CBC; also 5 October 1974 [American Birds 29: 65]).

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin * (20 April 1980, RS [Stamm 1980c]; 15 April 1998, DLR)

_____ Peregrine Falcon * (9 April 1964, RS [Wilson 1969]; 2 January 1985, DLR)

_____ Sora * (25 June-22 July 1963 [Gillenwater 1964; Wilson 1969; Palmer-Ball 2003])

_____ American Coot (2500+ on 14 November 1997, DLR)

_____ Sandhill Crane (25 February 1985, DLR; 5000+ on 15 November 1999, DLR)

_____ American Golden-Plover * (25 September 1966, RS [Starr 1967])

_____ Killdeer (760 on 9 December 2001, DLR, SJS)

_____ American Avocet * (15 August 1996, DLR)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (14 October 2007, DLR)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (10 May 2007, SJS et al.)

_____ Willet * (40+ on 29 April 1989, KOS meeting)

_____ Upland Sandpiper * (14 April 2003, MS [Palmer-Ball and McNeeley 2003a])

_____ Sanderling (5 September 2007, DLR)

_____ Least Sandpiper (fall 2003, DLR [Palmer-Ball and McNeeley 2004b])

_____ Dunlin (9 on 28 November 2000, DLR)

_____ Stilt Sandpiper * (19 October 2007, TD)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (CBC)

_____ American Woodcock (nesting record summer 1939--KW 15 [3]: 36; CBC records)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (13 January 1997, DLR)

_____ Laughing Gull (24-25 October 2005, DLR photo)

_____ Franklin's Gull * (CBC; also 4 November 2002, DLR)

_____ Ring-billed Gull

_____ Herring Gull (100 on 21 April 1997, DLR)

_____ Caspian Tern (3 August 1996, DLR)

_____ Black Tern  (4 September 2001, DLR)

_____ Common Tern * (21 April 1997, DLR)

_____ Forster's Tern  (18 February 1998, DLR; 4 September 2001, DLR)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (DLR)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43:69]; 2 May 1993, LM, CMS, VK, WK [Monroe and
            Stamm 1993a; 7 May 2007, SJS et al.]

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (CBC)

_____ Great Horned Owl (CBC)

_____ Snowy Owl * (Palmer-Ball 2003)

_____ Barred Owl (CBC)

_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl * (5 March 2000, DLR)

_____ Common Nighthawk (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Whip-poor-will (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Chimney Swift (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (CBC)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (2 on 26 May 2006, DLR photo, RD)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Alder Flycatcher * (23 [3]/26 [2] May 2006, DLR/ DLR, RD)

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (12 May 1979, RS [Stamm 1979d])

_____ Least Flycatcher (10 May 2007, SJS)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (CBC; 24 January 1997, MS [Busroe 1997b])

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (7 May 2007, BHS et al.)

_____ Warbling Vireo (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; 20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (7 May 2007, John Brunjes, SJS et al.)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (CBC; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 9 December 2001, DLR, SJS)

_____ Purple Martin (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Tree Swallow (25 October 2006, DLR)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Bank Swallow (13 July 1961, RS [Wilson 1962])

_____ Cliff Swallow (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; Monroe et al. 1988)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (CBC)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (CBC)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren * (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; 13 April 1998, DLR)

_____ House Wren (12 April 1993, MS [Monroe and Stamm 1993a])

_____ Winter Wren (8/9 October 1948 [Wilson 1948]; 24 April 1996)

_____ Sedge Wren * (8/9 October 1948 [Wilson 1948]; 1 May 1993, CMS [Monroe and Stamm 1993a])

_____ Marsh Wren * (8 October 2007, DLR)

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70]; CBC)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70]; 5 October 1984, RS [Stamm 1985a]

_____ Swainson's Thrush (9 May 2007, SJS et al.)

_____ Hermit Thrush (CBC)

_____ Wood Thrush (21 April 1996, DLR)

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird (CBC)

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ European Starling

_____ American Pipit (CBC)

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (24 April 1996, DLR)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70])

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (29 April 1944, GW [Wilson 1944]; 16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70])

_____ Nashville Warbler (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70])

_____ Northern Parula (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Yellow Warbler (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (9 May 2007, SJS et al.)

_____ Magnolia Warbler (8/9 October 1948 [Wilson 1948]; 23 May 2006, DLR)

_____ Cape May Warbler (24 April 1996, DLR)

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (7 May 2007, SJS et al.)

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70])

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (7 May 2007, BHS et al.)

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Pine Warbler (10 November 1996, DLR)

_____ Prairie Warbler (20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Palm Warbler (17 April 1996, DLR)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (24 September 1982, RS [Stamm 1983a])

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (7 May 2007, SJS et al.)

_____ Cerulean Warbler (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 17 April 1996,
            DLR)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ American Redstart (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Worm-eating Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Ovenbird (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Kentucky Warbler (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70]; 20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (23 May 2006, DLR)

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Wilson's Warbler * (26 May 2006, DLR, RD)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat (20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Summer Tanager (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Scarlet Tanager (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow * ([Wilson 1942])

_____ American Tree Sparrow (CBC)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Clay-colored Sparrow * (10 May 2006, RMD)

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (CBC)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70]; 6 May 2007, BHS, SJS; CBC)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (4 on 26 December 1963-2 January 1964 [Monroe et al. 1988]; 6-9 May 2007, SJS, BHS et al.)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (31 December 1996, DLR [Busroe 1997b])

_____ Swamp Sparrow (CBC)

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (9 December 2001, DLR, SJS)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Lapland Longspur * (6 November 1966, RS [Starr 1967]; 22 November 2000, DLR)

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (16 April 1967, RS et al. [KW 43: 70])

_____ Blue Grosbeak (24 April 1996, DLR)

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (summer 1978, HES et al. [Shadowen 1978]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 2 & 6 June, 7 July
            1997, MS [Busroe 1997d])

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Yellow-headed Blackbird * (2 October 1976, WMM [Mason 1976])

_____ Rusty Blackbird (9 October 1948 [Wilson 1948]; 22 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Brewer's Blackbird * (CBC)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Orchard Oriole (20 June 2001, DLR)

_____ Baltimore Oriole (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Purple Finch (CBC; also 22 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ House Finch (CBC)

_____ Pine Siskin (CBC; also 16 November 1999, DLR)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Evening Grosbeak * (CBC)

_____ House Sparrow

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