Check-list of DeKalb County, Tennessee, Birds
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Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in DeKalb 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.
| _____ | Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) * | |
| _____ | Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) | X |
| Snow Goose, white form | x | |
| Snow Goose, blue form | ||
| Snow Goose, intermediate form ** | ||
| _____ | Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) ** | X |
| _____ | 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) * | X |
| _____ | White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) * | X |
| _____ | Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) ** | X |
| _____ | Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) ** | X |
| _____ | Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | X |
| _____ | Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | X |
| _____ | Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | X |
| _____ | Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) ** | |
| _____ | Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | X |
| _____ | Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | X |
| _____ | Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | |
| _____ | Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) | X |
| _____ | Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | X |
| _____ | Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) * | X |
| _____ | Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) ** | X |
| _____ | 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) * | X |
| _____ | 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 | x | |
| Great Blue Heron, white form ** | x | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) ** | |
| _____ | Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) | X |
| _____ | Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | X |
| _____ | Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | X |
| _____ | Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) ** | X |
| _____ | 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) ** | x | |
| _____ | Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) * | |
| _____ | Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) * | X |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | 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) ** | |
| _____ | 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) ** | X |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | Least Sandpiper (Caladris minutilla) | X |
| _____ | White-rumped Sandpiper (Caladris fuscicollis) * | |
| _____ | Baird's Sandpiper (Caladris bairdii) ** | |
| _____ | Pectoral Sandpiper (Caladris melanotos) | X |
| _____ | Dunlin (Caladris alpina) | X |
| _____ | 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) ** | X |
| _____ | Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) ** | |
| _____ | Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | X |
| _____ | Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) ** | X |
| _____ | Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) ** | |
| _____ | Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | X |
| _____ | Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | X |
| _____ | Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) ** | |
| _____ | Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) ** | |
| _____ | Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | X |
| _____ | Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | X |
| _____ | Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) * | X |
| _____ | Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | X |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | 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) * | X |
| _____ | 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) * | X |
| _____ | Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) ** | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) ** | |
| _____ | 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) ** | |
| _____ | 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) * | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) | X |
| _____ | Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) | X |
| _____ | Swainson's Warbler * (Limnothylpis swainsonii) * | X |
| _____ | Ovenbird (Seiuris aurocapillus) | X |
| _____ | Northern Waterthrush (Seiuris noveboracensis) | |
| _____ | Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiuris motacilla) | X |
| _____ | Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) | X |
| _____ | Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * | X |
| _____ | Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) * | |
| _____ | Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis tricas) | X |
| _____ | Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) | X |
| _____ | Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) | X |
| _____ | 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) ** | |
| _____ | 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) | |
| _____ | 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) ** | |
| _____ | Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) ** | |
| _____ | Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) | X |
| _____ | American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) | X |
| _____ | Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) * | |
| _____ | House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | X |
| Total Species | 224 |
Table 2. Annotated list of DeKalb County bird species. * = Rare species in UCR.
_____ Snow Goose (14 November 1999, JN [Fekel 2000]; 6 January 2006, JCF, CDW photo)
_____ Ross's Goose * (27 January 2004, JCF, CDW photo; 13-14 January 2005, CDW photo, JCF)
_____ Canada Goose
_____ Mute Swan * (24 December 2005, SJS)
_____ Wood Duck (19 April 1996, GKE, DLC et al.)
_____ Gadwall (8 December 1995, SJS, BHS)
_____ American Wigeon (6 October 1991, SJS)
_____ American Black Duck
_____ Mallard
_____ Blue-winged Teal (23 March 1995, SJS; 23 January 2006, CDW photo, JCF)
_____ Northern Shoveler (21 October 1998, SJS, GKE, MAS)
_____ Northern Pintail (14 October 1998, SJS, GKE)
_____ Green-winged Teal (2 December 1994, SJS, MAS)
_____ Canvasback (28 November 1998, SJS)
_____ Redhead (17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)
_____ Ring-necked Duck
_____ Greater Scaup (16 February 2004, SJS)
_____ Lesser Scaup
_____ Surf Scoter * (26 October 1975, WJJ [Williams 1976a]; 23 October 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ White-winged Scoter * (1 November 2002, SJS)
_____ Black Scoter * (6 November 2002, SJS)
_____ Long-tailed Duck * (7 December 2007, SJS)
_____ Bufflehead
_____ Common Goldeneye
_____ Hooded Merganser
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (8 March 1992, SJS)
_____ Ruddy Duck (6 November 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ Wild Turkey
_____ Northern Bobwhite
_____ Red-throated Loon * (27 March 1992, BHS)
_____ Pacific Loon * (9 March 2005, SJS, BHS)
_____ Common Loon (24 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--WAW)
_____ Pied-billed Grebe
_____ Horned Grebe (575 on 23 February 1997, SJS)
_____ Eared Grebe * (7 & 22 November 2000, SJS; 12 April 2003, PC, SJS et al.)
_____ Double-crested Cormorant
_____ American Bittern (1 April 2003, CDW photo)
_____ Great Blue Heron
_____ Great Blue Heron, blue form
_____
Great Blue Heron, white form (21 September-11 November 2002, CDW, TMC, SJS
photo
[Stedman and Williams 2003])
_____ Great Egret (25 September 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ Cattle Egret (5-6 June 2003, Eddie Fuson, JCF)
_____ Green Heron
_____ Black-crowned Night Heron * (summer
1976, HES [Shadowen 1978]; summer 2003, CDW [photo] et
al.;
summer 2004, CDW [photo of juvenile] et al.)
_____ Black Vulture
_____ Turkey Vulture
_____ Osprey
_____ Mississippi Kite (24 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--DAD)
_____ Bald Eagle
_____ Northern Harrier (6 January 2003, MJH)
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (1 April 1994, SJS, BHS)
_____ Cooper's Hawk
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk
_____ Broad-winged Hawk
_____ Red-tailed Hawk
_____ Golden Eagle (c. 4-9 January 1983 [Nicholson 1983])
_____ American Kestrel
_____ Merlin (28-31 December 2003, JCF photo)
_____ Peregrine Falcon * (28 September 2005, SJS)
_____ Sora (19 September 2003, Eddie Fuson fide Judy C. Fuson)
_____ American Coot
_____ Sandhill Crane
_____ Killdeer
_____ Black-necked Stilt * (8 May 2004, JCF photo, CDW photo)
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (25 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--MW, JN)
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (9 April 2004, TLC, VC)
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (2 April 2000, SJS)
_____ Willet * (3 May 1979, CE [Bierly 1979c])
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (18 May 2004, SJS)
_____ Least Sandpiper (8 May 2004, SJS, CDW, JCF)
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Dunlin (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Wilson's Snipe (5 March 2003, MJH)
_____ American Woodcock (21 February 2005, CDW)
_____ Red Phalarope * (20 November 1994, SJS)
_____ Bonaparte's Gull
_____ Laughing Gull * (28 September 2005, SJS)
_____ Ring-billed Gull
_____ Herring Gull (20 November 1994, SJS)
_____ Caspian Tern (8 September 2004, SJS)
_____ Black Tern (26 on 25 August 1999, SJS, CDW)
_____ Common Tern * (24 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--MW, JN
_____ Forster's Tern (21 October 1998, SJS, GKE, MAS)
_____ Rock Pigeon
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (24-25 March 2000, CDW photo; 21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Mourning Dove
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (summers 1974 & 1975, HES [Shadowen 1978]).
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl
_____ Great Horned Owl
_____ Barred Owl
_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl * (road casualty, 2/3 November 2007, SJS photo [of specimen]).
_____ Common Nighthawk (13 May 2004, CDW, JCF)
_____ Chuck-will's-widow (May 2008, UCR Foray members)
_____ Whip-poor-will (Summer 1999, CDW)
_____ Chimney Swift
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
_____ Rufous Hummingbird * (26 November 2004-13 March 2005, TLC photo, VC, CDW photo, RC photos)
_____ Belted Kingfisher
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
_____ Downy Woodpecker
_____ Hairy Woodpecker
_____ Northern Flicker
_____ Pileated Woodpecker
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (23-27 August 2004, VC, TLC photo, CDW photo)
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee
_____ Acadian Flycatcher
_____ Willow Flycatcher * (summers 1972-1976 & 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978]; 7 June 1990, SJS)
_____ Least Flycatcher * (summer 1973, HES [Shadowen 1978])
_____ Eastern Phoebe
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher
_____ Eastern Kingbird
_____ Loggerhead Shrike (17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)
_____ White-eyed Vireo
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo
_____ Blue-headed Vireo (16 March 2002, SJS)
_____ Warbling Vireo (30 May 1998, SJS; 23-24 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--SJS)
_____ Philadelphia Vireo (26 September 2002, SJS; 17 September 2006, SJS)
_____ Red-eyed Vireo
_____ Blue Jay
_____ American Crow
_____ Horned Lark (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Purple Martin
_____ Tree Swallow (2 June 1997, SJS)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
_____ Bank Swallow (summers 1974-1976 & 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978])
_____ Cliff Swallow
_____ Barn Swallow
_____ Carolina Chickadee
_____ Tufted Titmouse
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (14 October 1997, SJS, BHS)
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch
_____ Brown Creeper
_____ Carolina Wren
_____ Bewick's Wren * (summers 1972-1973 & 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978]; TBBA [Nicholson 1997])
_____ House Wren (28 December 2004, WAW)
_____ Winter Wren (11 November 1994, SJS, BHS)
_____ Sedge Wren (8 April 2006, SJS)
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
_____ Eastern Bluebird
_____ Veery (25 April 2004, SJS, MJH; 17 September 2006, SJS)
_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (DOR 6 October 1991, SJS)
_____ Swainson's Thrush (27 September 2004, SJS)
_____ Hermit Thrush (DOR 17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)
_____ Wood Thrush
_____ American Robin
_____ Gray Catbird
_____ Northern Mockingbird
_____ Brown Thrasher
_____ European Starling
_____ American Pipit (11 November 1994, SJS, BHS)
_____ Cedar Waxwing
_____ Blue-winged Warbler
_____ Golden-winged Warbler (25 September 1998, SJS, BHS; 17 September 2006, SJS)
_____ Tennessee Warbler
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (13 February 2006, JCF photo)
_____ Nashville Warbler (SJS, MJH)
_____ Northern Parula
_____ Yellow Warbler
_____ Magnolia Warbler
_____ Cape May Warbler (13 May 2008, CDW)
_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler * (30
May 1976, WJJ [Williams 1976f]; 25 September 1976, MCW
[Williams 1977])
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (17 September 2006, SJS)
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (25 September 1998, SJS, BHS)
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler
_____ Pine Warbler
_____ Prairie Warbler
_____ Palm Warbler (19 April 1996, GKE, DLC et al.)
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (29 September 2000, SJS, GKE)
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (23 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--SJS)
_____ Cerulean Warbler
_____ Black-and-white Warbler
_____ American Redstart
_____ Prothonotary Warbler
_____ Worm-eating Warbler
_____ Swainson's Warbler * (summer 1978, HES [Shadowen 1978])
_____ Ovenbird
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush
_____ Kentucky Warbler
_____ Connecticut Warbler (26 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--SJS, CDW, JCF)
_____ Common Yellowthroat
_____ Hooded Warbler
_____ Wilson's Warbler (26 September 2002, SJS)
_____ Canada Warbler (25 August 1993, SJS, BHS)
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat
_____ Summer Tanager
_____ Scarlet Tanager
_____ Eastern Towhee
_____ Chipping Sparrow
_____ Field Sparrow
_____ Vesper Sparrow (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Savannah Sparrow
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 17 May 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (27 June-1 July 2006, SJS, CDW photo [30 June 2006] et al.)
_____ Fox Sparrow (16 January 2003, CDW photo)
_____ Song Sparrow
_____ Swamp Sparrow (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ White-throated Sparrow
_____ White-crowned Sparrow
_____ Dark-eyed Junco
_____ Lapland Longspur * (9 & 19 February 2008, JCF, CDW)
_____ Northern Cardinal
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
_____ Blue Grosbeak
_____ Indigo Bunting
_____ Dickcissel (summer 1973, HES [Shadowen 1978]; 22 May-14 July 2006, CDW photo, JCF, MJH et al.)
_____ Bobolink (2 May 2004, JCF photo)
_____ Red-winged Blackbird
_____ Eastern Meadowlark
_____ Rusty Blackbird (21 February 2003, CDW photo)
_____ Brewer's Blackbird * (21 March 2003, SJS, CDW)
_____ Common Grackle
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird
_____ Orchard Oriole
_____ Baltimore Oriole (26 May 2008, DeKalb County Foray--SJS, CDW)
_____ Purple Finch
_____ House Finch
_____ Pine Siskin (19 November 1993, SJS, BHS; 27 April 2005, TLC, VC)
_____ American Goldfinch
_____ House Sparrow
Key to Initials and Abbreviations:
| PC | Pat Collins |
| DLC | Daniel L. Combs |
| RC | Richard Connors |
| TLC | Tommy L. Curtis |
| VC | Virginia Curtis |
| DAD | Douglas A. Downs |
| DOR | Dead on road |
| CE | Craig Empson |
| GKE |
