Check-list of Cumberland County, Tennessee, Birds
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Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Cumberland County, TN, 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.
| _____ | Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) * | |
| _____ | Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) | X |
| Snow Goose, white form | ||
| Snow Goose, blue form | ||
| Snow Goose, intermediate form ** | ||
| _____ | Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) ** | |
| _____ | Brant (Branta bernicla) ** | |
| _____ | Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) ** | |
| _____ | Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | X |
| _____ | Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) * | X |
| _____ | Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) * | |
| _____ | Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | X |
| _____ | Gadwall (Anas strepera) | X |
| _____ | American Wigeon (Anas americana) | X |
| _____ | American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | X |
| _____ | Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) | X |
| _____ | Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) | X |
| _____ | Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) | X |
| _____ | Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | X |
| _____ | Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | X |
| _____ | Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | X |
| _____ | Redhead (Aythya americana) | X |
| _____ | Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | X |
| _____ | Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) * | X |
| _____ | Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | X |
| _____ | Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) * | |
| _____ | White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) * | X |
| _____ | Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) ** | |
| _____ | Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) ** | |
| _____ | Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | X |
| _____ | Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | |
| _____ | Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | X |
| _____ | Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) ** | |
| _____ | Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | X |
| _____ | Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | X |
| _____ | Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | X |
| _____ | Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) | X |
| _____ | Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | X |
| _____ | Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) * | |
| _____ | Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) ** | |
| _____ | Common Loon (Gavia immer) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) ** | |
| _____ | Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | X |
| _____ | Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | X |
| _____ | Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) ** | |
| _____ | Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) * | |
| _____ | Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) ** | |
| _____ | American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) ** | |
| _____ | Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) | X |
| _____ | American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) * | X |
| _____ | Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) ** | |
| _____ | Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | X |
| Great Blue Heron, blue form | ||
| Great Blue Heron, white form ** | ||
| _____ | Great Egret (Ardea alba) | X |
| _____ | Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) * | |
| _____ | Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) * | |
| _____ | Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) ** | |
| _____ | Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) * | X |
| _____ | Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | X |
| _____ | Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) * | X |
| _____ | White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) ** | |
| _____ | Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) | X |
| _____ | Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | X |
| _____ | Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | X |
| _____ | Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) ** | |
| _____ | Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | X |
| _____ | Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) | X |
| _____ | Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | X |
| _____ | Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi) | X |
| _____ | Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | X |
| _____ | Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | X |
| _____ | Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | X |
| B. j. harlani ** | ||
| B. j. calurus ** | ||
| B. j. borealis light morph (Krider's) ** | ||
| _____ | Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) * | X |
| _____ | Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) * | |
| _____ | American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | X |
| _____ | Merlin (Falco columbrius) * | X |
| _____ | Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) * | X |
| _____ | Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) ** | |
| _____ | King Rail (Rallus elegans) ** | |
| _____ | Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) * | X |
| _____ | Sora (Porzana carolina) * | X |
| _____ | Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) ** | |
| _____ | Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) ** | |
| _____ | American Coot (Fulica americana) | X |
| _____ | Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) | X |
| _____ | Whooping Crane (Grus americana--reintroduced migrant) ** | X |
| _____ | Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatorola) ** | |
| _____ | American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) * | |
| _____ | Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | |
| _____ | Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) | X |
| _____ | Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) ** | X |
| _____ | American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) ** | |
| _____ | Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | X |
| _____ | Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | X |
| _____ | Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | X |
| _____ | Willet (Tringa semipalmata) ** | |
| _____ | Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | X |
| _____ | Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) ** | |
| _____ | Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)** | |
| _____ | Sanderling (Calidris alba) ** | |
| _____ | Semipalmated Sandpiper (Caladris pusilla) | X |
| _____ | Western Sandpiper (Caladris mauri) * | X |
| _____ | Least Sandpiper (Caladris minutilla) | X |
| _____ | White-rumped Sandpiper (Caladris fuscicollis) * | |
| _____ | Baird's Sandpiper (Caladris bairdii) ** | |
| _____ | Pectoral Sandpiper (Caladris melanotos) | |
| _____ | Dunlin (Caladris alpina) | |
| _____ | Stilt Sandpiper (Caladris himantopus) * | |
| _____ | Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) ** | |
| _____ | Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) * | |
| _____ | Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) ** | |
| _____ | Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) | X |
| _____ | American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | X |
| _____ | Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) ** | |
| _____ | Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) ** | |
| _____ | Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) ** | |
| _____ | Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | X |
| _____ | Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) ** | |
| _____ | Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) ** | |
| _____ | Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | X |
| _____ | Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | |
| _____ | Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) ** | |
| _____ | Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) ** | |
| _____ | Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | |
| _____ | Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | |
| _____ | Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) * | |
| _____ | Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | |
| _____ | Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) | X |
| _____ | Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) * | X |
| _____ | Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | X |
| _____ | Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius--extinct) | |
| _____ | Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis--extinct) | |
| _____ | Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | X |
| _____ | Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) * | X |
| _____ | Barn Owl (Tyto alba) * | X |
| _____ | Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | X |
| _____ | Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | X |
| _____ | Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) ** | |
| _____ | Barred Owl (Strix varia) | X |
| _____ | Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) ** | |
| _____ | Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) * | |
| _____ | Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) * | |
| _____ | Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | X |
| _____ | Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) | X |
| _____ | Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | X |
| _____ | Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | X |
| _____ | Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) ** | |
| _____ | Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) * | |
| _____ | Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) ** | |
| Selasphorus sp. | X | |
| _____ | Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) | X |
| _____ | Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | X |
| _____ | Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | X |
| _____ | Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) | X |
| _____ | Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) | X |
| _____ | Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis--extirpated) | X |
| _____ | Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | X |
| _____ | Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) | X |
| _____ | Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) * | X |
| _____ | Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) ** | |
| _____ | Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) | X |
| _____ | Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) ** | X |
| _____ | Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) * | X |
| _____ | Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) * | X |
| _____ | Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | X |
| _____ | Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | X |
| _____ | Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) ** | |
| _____ | Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | X |
| _____ | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) ** | |
| _____ | Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | X |
| _____ | White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | X |
| _____ | Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | X |
| _____ | Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | X |
| _____ | Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | X |
| _____ | Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | X |
| _____ | Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | X |
| _____ | American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos) | X |
| _____ | Common Raven (Corvus corax) * | |
| _____ | Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | X |
| _____ | Purple Martin (Progne subis) | X |
| _____ | Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | X |
| _____ | Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | X |
| _____ | Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | X |
| _____ | Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonata) | X |
| _____ | Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | X |
| _____ | Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Tufted Titmouse (Baeopholus bicolor) | X |
| _____ | Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | X |
| _____ | White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) ** | X |
| _____ | Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | X |
| _____ | Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) | X |
| _____ | Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) ** | X |
| _____ | House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | X |
| _____ | Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) | X |
| _____ | Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) * | X |
| _____ | Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) * | X |
| _____ | Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | X |
| _____ | Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) | X |
| _____ | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | X |
| _____ | Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | X |
| _____ | Veery (Catharus fuscescens) * | X |
| _____ | Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) | X |
| _____ | Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | X |
| _____ | Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | X |
| _____ | Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | X |
| _____ | American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | X |
| _____ | Gray Catbird (Dumatella carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | X |
| _____ | Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | X |
| _____ | European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | X |
| _____ | American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) | X |
| _____ | Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | X |
| _____ | Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) | X |
| _____ | Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | X |
| "Brewster's" Warbler | ||
| _____ | Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina) | X |
| _____ | Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) | X |
| _____ | Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) | X |
| _____ | Northern Parula (Parula americana) | X |
| _____ | Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) | X |
| _____ | Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) | X |
| _____ | Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) | X |
| _____ | Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) | X |
| _____ | Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) * | X |
| _____ | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) | X |
| _____ | Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) | X |
| _____ | Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) | X |
| _____ | Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus) | X |
| _____ | Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) | X |
| _____ | Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum) | X |
| _____ | Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) | X |
| _____ | Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) | X |
| _____ | Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica caerulea) | X |
| _____ | Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | X |
| _____ | American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | X |
| _____ | Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | |
| _____ | Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) | X |
| _____ | Swainson's Warbler * (Limnothylpis swainsonii) * | X |
| _____ | Ovenbird (Seiuris aurocapillus) | X |
| _____ | Northern Waterthrush (Seiuris noveboracensis) | X |
| _____ | Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiuris motacilla) | X |
| _____ | Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) | X |
| _____ | Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * | X |
| _____ | Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) * | X |
| _____ | Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis tricas) | X |
| _____ | Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) | X |
| _____ | Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) | |
| _____ | Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) | X |
| _____ | Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) | X |
| _____ | Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | X |
| _____ | Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | X |
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Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) ** | X |
| _____ | American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) * | |
| _____ | Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | X |
| _____ | Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) ** | |
| _____ | Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | X |
| _____ | Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | X |
| _____ | Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) ** | |
| _____ | Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | X |
| _____ | Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | X |
| _____ | Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) * | X |
| _____ | Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) ** | |
| _____ | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) ** | |
| _____ | Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) | X |
| _____ | Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodius) | X |
| _____ | Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | X |
| _____ | Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | X |
| _____ | White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | X |
| _____ | Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) ** | |
| _____ | White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) | X |
| _____ | Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | X |
| _____ | Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * | X |
| _____ | Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) ** | |
| _____ | Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | X |
| _____ | Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | X |
| _____ | Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) | X |
| _____ | Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | X |
| _____ | Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) ** | |
| _____ | Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | X |
| _____ | Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | X |
| _____ | Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | X |
| _____ | Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) ** | |
| _____ | Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) | X |
| _____ | Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) * | X |
| _____ | Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | X |
| _____ | Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | X |
| _____ | Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) | X |
| _____ | Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | X |
| _____ | Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) | X |
| _____ | House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) | X |
| _____ | Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) ** | X |
| _____ | Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) ** | |
| _____ | Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) | X |
| _____ | American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) | X |
| _____ | Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) * | X |
| _____ | House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | X |
| Total Species | 219 |
Table 2. Annotated list of Cumberland County, TN, bird species. * = Rare species in UCR.
_____ Snow Goose (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a])
_____ Canada Goose
_____ Mute Swan (7-8 January 2002, CC photo et al.)
_____ Wood Duck
_____ Gadwall (9 February 2003, EKL)
_____ American Wigeon (25 March 2005, JEM)
_____ American Black Duck (10 December 2005, SJS, JEM, MB)
_____ Mallard (21 April 2000, SJS)
_____ Blue-winged Teal (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS; 21 April 2000, SJS)
_____ Northern Shoveler (25 February 2006, SJS, ASF, NEB, ACE, CB)
_____ Northern Pintail (early March 2005, JEM)
_____ Green-winged Teal (22 December 2007, CBC)
_____ Canvasback (10 December 2005, SJS, JEM, MB)
_____ Redhead (9 February 2003, EKL; 26 November 2005, JEM)
_____ Ring-necked Duck (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)
_____ Greater Scaup (8 February 2007, JEM)
_____ Lesser Scaup (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 26 November 2005, JEM)
_____ White-winged Scoter * (2 March 2008, DJS)
_____ Bufflehead (30 April 1971, KLD; 9 February 2003, EKL)
_____ Hooded Merganser (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 28 November 2005, JEM)
_____ Ruddy Duck (26 November 2005, JEM)
_____ Ruffed Grouse (22 August 1993, SJS)
_____ Wild Turkey
_____ Northern Bobwhite
_____ Common Loon (2-3 August 1950, KR [Roever 1950];
10-11 April 2003, BHS; 26 November 2005,
JEM)
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)
_____ Horned Grebe (6 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 3 December 2005, JEM)
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (25 March 2005, JEM, MB)
_____ American Bittern * (late October 2007 [found dead 2 November 2007], EKL)
_____ Great Blue Heron
_____ Great Egret (20 July 1995, MAS, AMS)
_____ Cattle Egret * (12 July 1988, MLM [Knight 1988d])
_____ Green Heron
_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Black Vulture
_____ Turkey Vulture
_____ Osprey (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7-8 May 1966,
TOS [Anonymous
1966a])
_____ Bald Eagle (30 September 2001, SJS, CAS)
_____ Northern Harrier (25 February 2006 (CB, SJS, ASF)
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (30 September 2001, SJS, CAS)
_____ Cooper's Hawk (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ Red-tailed Hawk
_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (winter 1977-1978 [Bierly 1978b])
_____ American Kestrel
_____ Merlin * (21 October 1995, JFA, JMC [Knight 1996a]; 4 December 2005, JEM)
_____ Peregrine Falcon * (30 September 2001, SJS, CAS)
_____ Virginia Rail * (21 October 1978, TL, RP [Bierly 1979a])
_____ Sora (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ American Coot (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 3 November 1995, SJS)
_____ Sandhill Crane (13 March 1939, P. Adams [Adams 1939]; 3 November 1995, SJS)
_____ Whooping Crane * (10 November 2004, DR; 27 February 2007, JD)
_____ Killdeer
_____ Black-necked Stilt * (29 April 2006, JEM photo, AFM)
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (7-8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (7-8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (7-8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (28 May 2005, JEM)
_____ Western Sandpiper (1 May 2007, JEM photo)
_____ Least Sandpiper (3 May 2008, SBC--m. ob.)
_____ Wilson's Snipe (11 April 2003, SJS, EKL)
_____ American Woodcock (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (11 November 2005, SJS, MB)
_____ Ring-billed Gull (70+ on 28 February 1999, SJS)
_____ Rock Pigeon
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (30 April 2006, JCF, RCF)
_____ Mourning Dove
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous
1962a]; 7-8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous
1966a]; 10 October
1973, AW; Williams 1973d)
_____ Barn Owl (1 May 2007, JEM)
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Great Horned Owl
_____ Barred Owl
_____ Common Nighthawk (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Chuck-will's-widow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Whip-poor-will (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Chimney Swift
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
_____ Selasphorus sp. (early December 1989, fide JBO [Knight 1990b])
_____ Belted Kingfisher
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (75 on 7-8 May 1966,
TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 22 August
1993, SJS)
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)
_____ Downy Woodpecker
_____ Hairy Woodpecker
_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (extirpated; 9 on 5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a])
_____ Northern Flicker
_____ Pileated Woodpecker
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (25 May 1985, SJS, RVM, DFV)
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee
_____ Acadian Flycatcher
_____ Alder Flycatcher * (14 May 1984, BRC, JMC [Dubke and Dubke 1984]; 16 May 2005, JEM)
_____ Willow Flycatcher (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 15-21 May 2005, JEM, SJS)
_____ Least Flycatcher (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 4 June 2000, DS, RS)
_____ Eastern Phoebe
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher
_____ Eastern Kingbird
_____ Loggerhead Shrike (6 on 5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous
1962a]; 20 July 1991, SJS,
BHS)
_____ White-eyed Vireo
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo
_____ Blue-headed Vireo
_____ Warbling Vireo (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 12 May 2006, JEM)
_____ Philadelphia Vireo (19
September 1973, AW [Williams 1973d]; 5 September 2001,
SJS; 3 October
2004, SJS,
EKL)
_____ Red-eyed Vireo
_____ Blue Jay
_____ American Crow
_____ Horned Lark (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 5 June 1990, CPN)
_____ Purple Martin
_____ Tree Swallow (23 June 2001, CAS, SJS)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
_____ Bank Swallow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Cliff Swallow (29 April 2006, DAD)
_____ Barn Swallow
_____ Carolina Chickadee
_____ Tufted Titmouse
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous
1962a]; 11 December 1993,
SJS, BHS; 3
October 2004, EKL, SJS)
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch
_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (28 February 1990, RSD [Knight 1990b])
_____ Brown Creeper (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)
_____ Carolina Wren
_____ Bewick's Wren (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 6, 7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 4 June 1977, MPS, DRJ)
_____ House Wren (April 2005, JEM)
_____ Winter Wren (12 March 1994, SJS, BHS)
_____ Sedge Wren (13-18 May 2005, JEM)
_____ Marsh Wren (13 & 15 May 2005, JEM)
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
_____ Eastern Bluebird
_____ Veery (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7 or 8 May
1966, TOS [Anonymous
1966a]; 11
June 2005, JEM; 29
April 2006, SJS; 28 May & 6 June 2006, JEM; JEM, SJS))
_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (5-6 May 1962,
TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous
1966a]; 3
October 2004, SJS, EKL; 21 May 2005, JEM, SJS)
_____ Swainson's Thrush (19 September 1993, SJS, BHS)
_____ Hermit Thrush (5 December 1993, SJS, BHS)
_____ Wood Thrush
_____ American Robin
_____ Gray Catbird
_____ Northern Mockingbird
_____ Brown Thrasher
_____ European Starling
_____ American Pipit (28 February 2004, SJS, WAW, JM)
_____ Cedar Waxwing
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Golden-winged Warbler (20 July 1924, GRM
[Mayfield 1932]; 22 August 1993, SJS; 1 May 1998, SJS,
BHS)
_____ Tennessee Warbler (1 May 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ Nashville Warbler (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a]; 29 April 2002, SJS)
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler * (15 October 1989, CPN,
ARH [Knight 1990a]; 15 March 1995,
SJS)
_____ Northern Parula
_____ Yellow Warbler
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])
_____ Magnolia Warbler (21 May 2005, JEM, SJS)
_____ Cape May Warbler (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 29 April 2006, SJS)
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (1 October 1994, SJS)
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler
_____ Pine Warbler
_____ Prairie Warbler
_____ Palm Warbler (25 May 1985, SJS, RVM, DFV)
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (19 September 1993, SJS, BHS)
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (29 April 2002, SJS)
_____ Cerulean Warbler (4 June 2000, DS, RS)
_____ Black-and-white Warbler
_____ American Redstart
_____ Worm-eating Warbler
_____ Swainson's Warbler * (21 April 1996, SJS, BHS)
_____ Ovenbird
_____ Northern Waterthrush (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a])
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush
_____ Kentucky Warbler
_____ Connecticut Warbler (1 May 2007, JEM)
_____ Mourning Warbler * (20 May 2006, JEM)
_____ Common Yellowthroat
_____ Hooded Warbler
_____ Canada Warbler (19 September 1993, SJS, BHS; 21 May 2005, SJS, JEM)
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat
_____ Summer Tanager
_____ Scarlet Tanager
_____ Eastern Towhee
_____ Bachman's Sparrow * (5-6 May 1962,
TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 7-8 May 1966, TOS
[Anonymous 1966a];10 June-July 1974, AK [Williams
1974d])
_____ Chipping Sparrow (25 February 2006, SJS, ASF, CB)
_____ Field Sparrow
_____ Vesper Sparrow (12 April 2007, JEM)
_____ Savannah Sparrow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous 1966a])
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (20 July 1991, SJS, BHS)
_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (1 July-12 August 2006, SJS, JEM et al.)
_____ Fox Sparrow (19 March 2005, JEM, MB)
_____ Song Sparrow
_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (7 or 8 May 1966, TOS [Anonymous
1966a]; 21 October 1995, CPN et al.
[Knight
1996a]; 29 April 2006, JEM)
_____ Swamp Sparrow
_____ White-throated Sparrow
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (5-6 May 1962, TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 29 April 2006, JEM)
_____ Dark-eyed Junco
_____ Lapland Longspur (6 January 2007, JEM et al.)
_____ Northern Cardinal
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
_____ Blue Grosbeak
_____ Indigo Bunting
_____ Dickcissel (Anonymous 1966a)
_____ Bobolink (25 May 1985, SJS, RVM, DFV; 29 April 2006, WAW, MPO, JEM)
_____ Red-winged Blackbird
_____ Eastern Meadowlark
_____ Rusty Blackbird (25 February 2006, SJS, ASF, CB, NEB, ACE)
_____ Brewer's Blackbird * (17 February 2007, JEM, AFM)
_____ Common Grackle
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird
_____ Orchard Oriole
_____ Baltimore Oriole (29 April 2002, SJS)
_____ Purple Finch (12 April 1996, SJS et al.)
_____ House Finch
_____ Red Crossbill (10 April 1973, WB [Williams
1973b]; 11 June 1973, FJA, GRA [Williams 1973c; Alsop
1974]; 21
October 1978, TL, RP [Bierly 1978a]; 14 May 1985, SJS, BHS [Dubke and Dubke
1985a])
_____ Pine Siskin (5 December 1993, SJS, BHS)
_____ American Goldfinch
_____ Evening Grosbeak (5-6 May 1962,
TOS [Anonymous 1962a]; 8-29 April 1988, RSD [Knight 1988c]; 10
November 1995, SJS, BHS)
_____ House Sparrow
Key to Initials:
| GRA | G. Ron Austing |
| NEB | Nan Evans Beesley |
| WB | Wayne Brown |
| CB | Chester Bush |
| MB | Margie Buxbaum |
| BRC | Betty Reid Campbell |
| CC | Carol Campbell |
| JMC | James M. Campbell |
| JD | Janet Dowlen |
| DAD |
