Check-list McCreary County, Kentucky, Birds

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Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in McCreary 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 McCreary County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Gadwall (28 October 2007, RMD)

_____ American Wigeon (22 February 2007, RMD)

_____ American Black Duck (4 January 2002, LMM, TBM)

_____ Mallard

_____ Blue-winged Teal

_____ Northern Pintail (8 January 2002, TBM)

_____ Am. Green-winged Teal (24 March 2002, SJS, BHS)

_____ Redhead (5 February 2006, RMD)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (4 January 2002, LMM, TBM)

_____ Surf Scoter * (6 May 2000, DLC, SJS)

_____ Bufflehead (21 January 1999, LP)

_____ Hooded Merganser

_____ Ruddy Duck (21 January 1999, LP)

_____ Ruffed Grouse

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Common Loon *

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (19 September 1998, SJS+)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (12 November 2000, SJS, RGE; 11 October 2002, LMM, TBM)

_____ American Bittern * (29 April 1987, BP)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (fide LMM)

_____ Green Heron (16 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey

_____ Bald Eagle (13 September 1980, WHB [Stamm 1981a]; 14 October 2002, LMM, TBM)

_____ Northern Harrier (18 September 1999, RMD, LMM)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (19 September 1998, SJS; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]

_____ Cooper's Hawk (5 June 2003, SJS)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

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

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

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

_____ American Coot (fide LMM; 5 February 2006, RMD))

_____ Sandhill Crane

_____ Killdeer

_____ Spotted Sandpiper

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (9 April 2000, RMD)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (21  April 2001, SJS+)

_____ Willet * (2 May 1982, SRS photo, RS)

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (8 May 2000, LMM, SJS)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (15 October 2002, LMM, TBM)

_____ American Woodcock (6 on 29 April 2002, LMM, TBM; 12 on 25 February 2005, SJS)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (5 May 1994, SJS, RGE)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl * (28 February 2000, SJS, DLC)

_____ Common Nighthawk (5 May 2002, TBM, LMM)

_____ Whip-poor-will

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker 

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

_____ Downy Woodpecker (16 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (extirpated)

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (5 May 1994, SJS, RGE)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher 

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Warbling Vireo * (22 April 2008, RMD)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (17 September 2000, SJS, RGE)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Common Raven (extirpated [Mengel 1949])

_____ Horned Lark (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 14 May 2002, SJS, LMM et al.)

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

_____ Tree Swallow

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ House Wren (8 May 2000, LP)

_____ Winter Wren

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (21 September 2002, RMD)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (23 September 1995, SJS, RGE)

_____ Swainson's Thrush

_____ Hermit Thrush

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin (16 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (15 September 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (16 April 2005, BP)

_____ Nashville Warbler (15 October 1996, SJS)

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Cape May Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler * (18 September 1999, LMM)

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Blackburnian Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler (16 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Palm Warbler (25 Oct 1998, RMD)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (15 September 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (14 May 1994, RMD)

_____ Cerulean Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 16 April 2005, SJS, BP)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

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

_____ Prothonotary Warbler

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Swainson's Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (19 September 1997, SJS)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (1 January 2008, LMM, TBM)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (9 May 2000, LMM, SJS)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow

_____ Fox Sparrow

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Bobolink  * (9 & 29 May 2000, LMM)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Orchard Oriole (16 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])

_____ Baltimore Oriole

_____ Purple Finch

_____ House Finch

_____ Pine Siskin

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Evening Grosbeak * (mid-January 1988, D. Stephens fide BP [Stamm 1988b])

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

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Literature Cited

    A list of the Regional counties displaying the total number of species known to have been reported in each as of certain dates may be accessed via the link below:

• List Totals for UCR Counties