Check-list of Overton County, Tennessee, Birds

   If you have personal records for species not listed below or if you know of historical records for species not listed below, please send details to me at this e-mail address:

                        sstedman@tntech.edu

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

_____ Ross's Goose (5 April 2008, SJS)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan * (17 February 2001, BHS; 23 December 2005, GM, KM)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Gadwall (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ American Wigeon (13 November 1993, SJS)

_____ American Black Duck (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Mallard

_____ Blue-winged Teal (27 April ___, SJS et al.)

_____ Canvasback (17 February 2007, SJS)

_____ Redhead (17 February 2006, SJS)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (26 February 1995, SJS)

_____ Lesser Scaup (26 February 1995, SJS)

_____ Bufflehead (3 December 1995, SJS)

_____ Common Goldeneye (25 January 1997, SJS)

_____ Hooded Merganser

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (15 November 1996, SJS)

_____ Ruffed Grouse (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Northern Bobwhite (21 April 2002, SJS et al.)

_____ Common Loon (6 April 1996, SJS et al.)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe (3 December 1995, SJS)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (15 November 1996, SJS)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (11 April 2001, SJS, CDW photo)

_____ Cattle Egret * (15 May 1965, fide PLH [Hollister 1966a]; 24 September 1986, RVM et al.
            [Stedman 1987a])

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (23 April 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Mississippi Kite * (13 May 1951, AFG [Ganier 1951a])

_____ Bald Eagle (January 2006, fide LB; 7 March 2006, MPO)

_____ Northern Harrier (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 2 March 2003, WAW, SJS)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (31 July 1994, SJS)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk (winter 1977-1978 [Bierly 1978b]; winter 1979-1980 [Bierly 1980])

_____ Golden Eagle * (1951, AFG [Ganier 1951a])

_____ American Kestrel

_____ American Coot (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 195]; 9 April 1994, SJS)

_____ Sandhill Crane (15 March 1965 RH [Hollister 1966b]; 10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Semipalmated Plover (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Killdeer

_____ Spotted Sandpiper

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (21 July 1990, SJS)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (15  on 2 May 1991, SJS)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Wilson's Snipe (22 December 1999, SJS)

_____ Forster's Tern (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (26 February 1995, SJS)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Barn Owl (2 ad & 4 y, 17 August 1993, Larry Misenheimer [Witt 1994a]).

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Common Nighthawk (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Whip-poor-will (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (10 on 10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (24 May 1986, SJS, DJS [Stedman 1986c])

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher (25 May 1986, DFV [Stedman 1986d])

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (9 June 2007, SC)

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (27 March 1988, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Warbling Vireo * (27 April 2002, SJS et al.)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (winter 1977-1978 [Bierly 1978b]; 19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (13 April 1997, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Cliff Swallow (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (12 January 1994 MAS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Winter Wren

_____ Marsh Wren (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951]); 8 or 9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (18 May  1997, SJS)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Hermit Thrush (10 March 1995, SJS, MAS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing (12 January 1994 MAS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Yellow Warbler (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Cape May Warbler (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (19 April 2003, SJS et al.)

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Palm Warbler  (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (3 October 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Cerulean Warbler (2 nests found 12 May 1951 in SSSP [Ganier 1951c]; 8-9 May 1954, TOS
            [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ American Redstart (nest found 12 May 1951 in SSSP [Ganier 1951c])

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Northern Waterthrush ((8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954]; 28 April 2000,  SJS, GKE)

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Connecticut Warbler * (late May 1986, SJS)

_____ Mourning Warbler (12-13 May 1951, JTT, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (12-13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Savannah Sparrow (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Fox Sparrow

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Lapland Longspur * (19 December 2000, SJS)

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (26-27 May 1986, CHB et al. [Stedman 1986d]; 15 July 2002, SHF)

_____ Bobolink (12 or 13 May 1951, TOS [Anonymous 1951])

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Rusty Blackbird (28 April 2000, SJS, GKE)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Orchard Oriole (19 April 2003, SJS et al.)

_____ Baltimore Oriole (8-9 May 1954, TOS [Anonymous 1954])

_____ Purple Finch (21 March 1997, SJS)

_____ House Finch

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ House Sparrow

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    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