Birds and Butterflies Observed along Cumberland Trail State Park--Grassy Cove (Brady Mt. and Black Mt. Sections) and Catoosa WMA Segments--June 2001-Present by Stephen J. Stedman (SJS).

 

   For directions to these locations, go to this website:

        http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/CumberlandTNPublicAccess.htm

 

I. Birds

Ruffed Grouse, photographed along the Cumberland Trail on Brady Mt., Grassy Cove Segment, Cumberland Co., TN, 20 May 2002; photo SJS.

    x = bird species observed on segment or section of trail

    * = breeding confirmed

 

Bird Species     Trail Segment

     Grassy Cove

 Catoosa WMA
Brady Black
Mt. Mt.
Ruffed Grouse x
Wild Turkey x
Great Blue Heron x
Turkey Vulture x x x
Cooper's Hawk x
Broad-winged Hawk x x * x
Red-tailed Hawk x x
Mourning Dove x x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x
Whip-poor-will x
Chimney Swift x
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird x x x
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x x
Downy Woodpecker x x
Hairy Woodpecker x x x
Northern Flicker x x
Pileated Woodpecker x x x
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x
Acadian Flycatcher x
Eastern Phoebe x x
Great Crested Flycatcher x
Yellow-throated Vireo x x
Blue-headed Vireo x x x
Philadelphia Vireo x x
Red-eyed Vireo x x x
Blue Jay x x x
American Crow x x x
Purple Martin x x
N. Rough-winged Swallow x
Carolina Chickadee x x x
Tufted Titmouse x x x
Red-breasted Nuthatch x x
White-breasted Nuthatch x x
Brown Creeper x
Carolina Wren x x x
Winter Wren x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x
Eastern Bluebird x
Veery x
Gray-cheeked Thrush x
Swainson's Thrush x
Hermit Thrush x
Wood Thrush x x
American Robin x x
Brown Thrasher x
European Starling x
Cedar Waxwing x x
Tennessee Warbler x x
Nashville Warbler x
Northern Parula x
Chestnut-sided Warbler x x
Magnolia Warbler x x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x
Black-thr. Green Warbler x x x
Blackburnian Warbler x
Yellow-throated Warbler x x
Pine Warbler x
Palm Warbler x
Bay-breasted Warbler x
Blackpoll Warbler x
Cerulean Warbler x
Black-and-white Warbler x * x x
American Redstart x
Worm-eating Warbler x x
Ovenbird x * x
Louisiana Waterthrush x
Kentucky Warbler x
Common Yellowthroat x
Hooded Warbler x x x
Yellow-breasted Chat x x
Scarlet Tanager x x
Eastern Towhee x x
Chipping Sparrow x
Field Sparrow x
Fox Sparrow x
Song Sparrow x
White-throated Sparrow x x
Dark-eyed Junco x
Northern Cardinal x x x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x
Indigo Bunting x x
Common Grackle x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x
Baltimore Oriole x
House Finch x
Pine Siskin x
American Goldfinch x x

    Hikes on/Visits to Grassy Cove Segment:

        23 June 2001 (Black Mt. only); 0600-1030 CDT; 29 species
        5 September 2001 (Black Mt. only); 1337-1527 CDT; 19 species
        2 April 2002 (Rt. 68 to Jewett Rd. and back); 0900-1735 CST; 27 species
        10 April 2002 (Rt. 68 to top of Black Mt. and back); 1130-1715 CDT; 36 species
        28 April 2002 (Rt. 68 for c. 5 miles on Brady Mt. and back); 0545-1116 CDT; 49 species
        8 May 2002 (Rt. 68 for 1 mile on Brady Mt. and for 2 miles on Black Mt.); 1330-2030 CDT;
                with D. L. Combs; 33 species
        20 May 2002 (Rt. 68 for c. 5 miles on Brady Mt. and back; 0530-0945 CDT; 43 species
        20 May 2002 (top of Black Mt.); 1330-1450 CDT; 24 species
        27 October 2002 (Rt. 68 for c. 5 miles south on Brady Mt.); 0900-1200 CST; 26 species
        27 April 2003 (top of Black Mt. only); 0800-1000 CDT; 23 species
        3 October 2004 (4.4 miles of Brady Mt.), 0800-1315 CDT, with E. K. LeGrand; 38 species
        6 June 2006 (8 miles--all of Brady Mt.), 1530-2100 CDT, with Joseph E. Mast, 33 species.
        21 December 2006 (10 miles--all of Brady Mt. and half of Black Mt.), 0600-1530 CST, 26 species
        17 May 2007 (8 miles--all of Brady Mt.), 0750-1305 CDT, with Jim McCullough, 36 species

    Hikes on/Visits to Catoosa WMA Segment:

        3 August 2003 (from DBT about 0.5 mi and from Nemo about 2 mi; 0842-0930 and
            1050-1230 CDT; 20 species; with E. K. LeGrand)

 

II. Butterflies

Adult Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) below, photographed on the 
Cumberland Trail on Brady Mt., Cumberland Co., TN, 8 May 2002; photo SJS.

 

   x = butterfly species observed on segment or section of the trail

    * = butterfly species photographed on segment or section of the trail

 

Butterfly Species     Trail Segment

       Grassy Cove

     Catoosa WMA
Brady Black
Mt. Mt.
Pipevine Swallowtail *
Zebra Swallowtail x x
Black Swallowtail *
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail * x x
Spicebush Swallowtail x
West Virginia White *
Falcate Orangetip x
Clouded Sulfur x
Cloudless Sulfur x
Brown Elfin x
Henry's Elfin *
Red-banded Hairstreak *
Eastern Tailed-Blue x
Spring/Summer Azure x *
Great Spangled Fritillary x
Pearl Crescent x
Eastern Comma x *
Mourning Cloak x *
Red Admiral *
Common Buckeye x
Red-spotted Admiral x x
Gemmed Satyr x x
Carolina Satyr x
Little Wood-Satyr x *
Silver-spotted Skipper x x
Hoary Edge * x
Northern Cloudywing *
Juvenal's Duskywing *
Common Roadside-Skipper x
Female Juvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) below, photographed along Cumberland Trail on Black Mt., Grassy Cove Segment, Cumberland Co., TN, 10 April 2002; photo SJS.

 

Adult Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) below, photographed on Brady Mountain Section of Grassy Cove Segment, CTSP, Cumberland Co., TN, 29 April 2002; photo SJS.