Results of Bird Inventory in the Shiloh National Military Park, Hardin County, Tennessee, July 2003 through July 2004

 

Under contract with the National Park Service, Barbara and Stephen Stedman conducted a bird inventory of this park service unit for each season of the year, beginning the inventory during late summer 2003 and completing it at the end of summer 2005.

   If you have data about any bird species not noted below or for any seasons without records in the table below, even if from a year before 2003, please contact us at the following e-mail address with the particulars of the sighting, including as accurate a date as possible:

                sstedman@tntech.edu

   A few Summer 2003 data were collected by BHS and SJS on the following date: 18 July 2003; x = present on the date indicated. 

    Fall 2003 data were collected by BHS on the following dates: 15-17 September and 2-7 October 2003; x = present on at least one of the dates indicated. 

    Winter 2003-2004 data were collected by BHS on the following dates: 21-23 January and 17-19 February 2004; x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.

    Spring 2004 data were collected by BHS on the following dates: 19-22 April and 28-30 April; x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.

    Summer 2004 data were collected by BHS on the following dates: 31 May-2 June and 27-28 June; x = present on at least one of the dates indicated.  Summer 2004 Point Count data were collected by BHS over 21 stops of 10 minutes each.

    Codes for breeding evidence follow (a date is provided with codes for probable and confirmed breeding):

        Possible Breeders:

            X = present

        Probable Breeders:

            T = territorial (present at same site on dates at least a week apart)
            P = pair
            A = agitated behavior (presumably near nest or young)
            C = courtship or copulation

        Confirmed Breeders:

            DD = distraction display
            CN = adult carrying nest material
            NB = adult building nest
            UN = used nest
            FY = adult carrying food for young
            BG = begging young
            FL = fledged young
              FS = fecal sac removed from nest by adult
            ON = adult on nest incubating
            NE = nest with eggs
            NY = nest with young

    A Checklist of the birds of Shiloh National Military Park may be viewed by clicking below:

    The following table summarizes bird inventory work at Shiloh National Military Park from late July 2003 to late July 2004.

Species Summer  Fall Winter  Spring Summer
2003 2003 2003-2004 2004 2004 Point Counts Breeding
Stops Individuals Evidence
Canada Goose x
Wood Duck x x x x 3 4 FL 08-25-04
Mallard x x
Blue-winged Teal x
Northern Shoveler x x
Common Goldeneye x
Wild Turkey x x x x x 2 2 FL 07-13-03
Northern Bobwhite x x x x 2 2
Double-crested Cormorant x x x
American Bittern x
Least Bittern *** x 1 1
Great Blue Heron x x x x 2 2
Great Egret x x
Snowy Egret x
Little Blue Heron x
Green Heron x x 1 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron x
Black Vulture x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x
Osprey x x
Bald Eagle x x x
Northern Harrier x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x
Cooper's Hawk x x x
Red-shouldered Hawk x x x x 2 2
Broad-winged Hawk x x x x 4 4
Red-tailed Hawk x x x x x 1 1 BG 06-28-04
American Kestrel x
Killdeer x x x x 1 1
Solitary Sandpiper x
American Woodcock x x x
Bonaparte's Gull x
Ring-billed Gull x x
Herring Gull x
Caspian Tern x
Forster's Tern x
Rock Pigeon x x x x
Mourning Dove x x x x x 5 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x x 8 9
Black-billed Cuckoo x
Barn Owl x
Eastern Screech-Owl x x x x
Great Horned Owl x x x x 2 2
Barred Owl x x x x 1 1 FL 04-30-04
Chuck-will's-widow x x
Whip-poor-will x x x
Chimney Swift x x x x 1 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x
Belted Kingfisher x x x x 1 1
Red-headed Woodpecker x x x x 3 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x x x x 12 24 FL 07-13-03
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x x
Downy Woodpecker x x x x x 7 11 FL 06-01-04
Hairy Woodpecker x x x x x 2 3 FL 06-01-04
Northern Flicker x x x x 5 7 FL 06-01-04
Pileated Woodpecker x x x x x 5 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x x 13 18 FL 07-13-03
Acadian Flycatcher x x x 13 22
Willow Flycatcher x
Eastern Phoebe x x x x 6 7 ON 04-19-04
Great Crested Flycatcher x x x 7 12
Eastern Kingbird x x x x
White-eyed Vireo x x x x 7 9 FL 06-28-04
Bell's Vireo * x 
Yellow-throated Vireo x x x x 9 9
Blue-headed Vireo x x
Warbling Vireo x x
Philadelphia Vireo x x
Red-eyed Vireo x x x x 21 40
Blue Jay x x x x x 10 28 CN 04-30-04
American Crow x x x x x 8 25
Horned Lark x x
Purple Martin x x x 1 2
Tree Swallow x x x ON 06-01-04
N. Rough-winged Swallow x x x 1 2
Bank Swallow x
Cliff Swallow x x
Barn Swallow x x x NY 07-13-03
Carolina Chickadee x x x x x 11 23 FL 06-01-04
Tufted Titmouse x x x x x 17 36 FL 06-01-04
White-breasted Nuthatch x x x x x 9 18 FL 06-01-04
Brown Creeper x
Carolina Wren x x x x x 19 65 FL 06-01-04
House Wren x
Marsh Wren x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x x x 10 19 FL 06-01-04
Eastern Bluebird x x x x x 9 21 NY 06-01-04
Veery  x
Gray-cheeked Thrush x
Swainson's Thrush x x
Hermit Thrush x
Wood Thrush x x x x 14 21
American Robin x x x x x 3 7 FL 06-01-04
Gray Catbird x x x x
Northern Mockingbird x x x x x 4 4 NY 06-01-04
Brown Thrasher x x x x x 2 2 FL 06-01-04
European Starling x x x x FL 06-01-04
Cedar Waxwing x
Blue-winged Warbler x x
Tennessee Warbler x x
Nashville Warbler x
Northern Parula x x x 1 1
Yellow Warbler x x
Chestnut-sided Warbler x x
Magnolia Warbler x x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x x
Blackburnian Warbler x
Yellow-throated Warbler x x x 2 2
Pine Warbler x x x x 3 4
Prairie Warbler x x x 1 1
Palm Warbler x x
Bay-breasted Warbler x x
Blackpoll Warbler x x
Cerulean Warbler x
Black-and-white Warbler x x
American Redstart x x
Prothonotary Warbler x x 3 14 NY 06-28-04
Worm-eating Warbler x x 1 1
Swainson's Warbler x x
Ovenbird x x x 2 4
Northern Waterthrush x
Louisiana Waterthrush x x x 3 5 FL 06-28-04
Kentucky Warbler x x x 6 7
Connecticut Warbler** x
Common Yellowthroat x x x x 1 1
Hooded Warbler x x x 3 3
Canada Warbler x
Yellow-breasted Chat x x x 5 5
Summer Tanager x x x x 15 28
Scarlet Tanager x x x 3 4
Eastern Towhee x x x x x 8 11 FL 07-13-03
Chipping Sparrow x x x x x 8 29
Field Sparrow x x x x x 2 2
Savannah Sparrow x x
Grasshopper Sparrow x x x
Fox Sparrow x
Song Sparrow x x
Lincoln's Sparrow x
Swamp Sparrow x x x
White-throated Sparrow x x x
Dark-eyed Junco x
Northern Cardinal x x x x x 17 80
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x x
Blue Grosbeak x x x 9 18 FL 06-28-04
Indigo Bunting x x x x 15 62 FL 07-13-03
Dickcissel x
Red-winged Blackbird x x x x 1 4 ON 05-31-04
Eastern Meadowlark x x x x x 2 2 FL 06-28-04
Common Grackle x x x x 2 4 FL 05-31-04
Brown-headed Cowbird x x x x 12 37
Orchard Oriole x x
Baltimore Oriole x x
Purple Finch x
House Finch x x x x
American Goldfinch x x x x x
House Sparrow x x x

    * The Bell's Vireo was noted 17 September 2003.

    ** The Connecticut Warbler was noted 29 April 2004.

    *** The Least Bittern was noted 2 June 2004.

   Thanks are due all personnel in the Resource Management Office at Shiloh National Military Park for providing logistical support that enabled the point count plots to be located this year. Thanks are also due the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program for support in providing funding to accomplish this bird inventory of the park.