Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Abundance: Occasional (1 record in each of 2 Tennessee counties, each involving a single individual).
Status: Transient during spring (1 record) and fall (1 record); photograph (see link below).
Information on Records:
20 April 2002 (1--adult) Lillydale Campground, Dale Hollow Lake, Clay County, Tennessee (Winston A. Walden, Stephen J. Stedman photo, Roseanna M. Denton, m. ob.; Casteel 2002c).
29 August 2009 (1--adult) Edgar Evins State Park, Center Hill Lake, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Judy C. Fuson, Michael J. Hawkins).
YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: No registrations.
Habitat: Edges of bodies of water of all sizes at fairly open sites; however, each of the Regional records was made at one of the big lakes of the Region.
Remarks: The site of the only Regional spring record lies about 7-8 km from Kentucky.
Counties with Observations (boldfaced):
| Barren | Metcalfe | Adair | Russell | Pulaski |
| Monroe | Cumberland | Clinton | Wayne | McCreary |
| Macon | Clay | Pickett | Fentress | Scott |
| Smith | Jackson | Overton | Putnam | Morgan |
| DeKalb | White | Cumberland | ||
| Warren | Van Buren | Bledsoe |
To see a map (Figure 1) displaying the data in the table above, click on the boldfaced word in this sentence.
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