Early and Late Dates of Arrival and Departure for Migratory Birds in Pulaski County, Kentucky
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+ = record(s) outside the dates listed exist.
| Species | Early Spring |
Late Spring |
Early Fall |
Late Fall |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | 26 Jan | 16 Feb | ||
| Snow Goose | 2 Apr | 13 Nov | ||
| Ross's Goose | 25 Mar | 28 Mar | 4 Dec | 11 Dec |
| Brant | 14 May | 28 May | ||
| Mute Swan | 27 May | 24 Dec | ||
| Tundra Swan | 7 Nov | 11 Jan | ||
| Gadwall | 15 Apr | 22 Sep | ||
| American Wigeon | 25 Apr | 25 Oct | ||
| American Black Duck | 17 Apr | 26 Oct + | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | 4 Feb | 21 May + | 11 Aug | 24 Oct + |
| Northern Shoveler | 27 Apr | 25 Aug | ||
| Northern Pintail | 23 Feb | 30 Sep | ||
| Green-winged Teal | 3 Apr | 22 Aug | ||
| Canvasback | 16 Mar | 13 Nov | ||
| Redhead | 22 Jun | 25 Oct | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | 16 Apr | 10 Sep | ||
| Greater Scaup | 31 Mar | 6 Nov | ||
| Lesser Scaup | 30 Apr | 1 Nov | ||
| Surf Scoter | 14 May | 25 Oct | 5 Jan | |
| White-winged Scoter | 27 Feb | 2 Nov | ||
| Black Scoter | 5 Nov | |||
| Long-tailed Duck | 12 Nov | 10 Jan | ||
| Common Goldeneye | 16 Mar | 5 Nov | ||
| Bufflehead | 9 May | 25 Oct | ||
| Hooded Merganser | 15 May | 25 Oct | ||
| Common Merganser | 20 Nov | 2 Jan | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 15 May | 6 Oct | ||
| Ruddy Duck | 25 Apr | 25 Oct | ||
| Common Loon | 16 May + | 27 Sep | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 15 May + | 9 Aug | ||
| Horned Grebe | 6 Apr | 19 Oct | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | 4 Nov | 24 Nov | ||
| Eared Grebe | 5 Nov | |||
| Western Grebe | 6 Nov | 30 Nov | ||
| American White Pelican | 24 Oct | |||
| Double-crested Cormorant | 15 Feb | 27 May | 12 Aug | 9 Dec |
| American Bittern | 20 Apr | 5 May | 12 Oct | |
| Great Egret | 4 Apr | 25 May | 10 Jul | 25 Nov + |
| Snowy Egret | 18 May | 21 Aug | 16 Oct | |
| Little Blue Heron | 4 Apr | 18 May | 10 Jul | 27 Aug |
| Cattle Egret | 15 May | 21 Oct | ||
| Green Heron | 30 Mar | 16 Nov | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 8 Apr | 30 Jun | 17 Sep | |
| Osprey | 14 Mar | 18 May | 4 Aug | 1 Dec |
| Bald Eagle | 30 Apr | 4 Aug | ||
| Northern Harrier | 17 May | 14 Sep | ||
| Broad-winged Hawk | 7 Apr | 15 Oct | ||
| Rough-legged Hawk | 29 Feb | 28 Nov | ||
| Golden Eagle | 30 Dec | |||
| Merlin | 3 Sep | 20 Dec + | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | 11 May | 12 Sep | 23 Oct | |
| Virginia Rail | 23 Apr | 13 Jun | ||
| Sora | 3 Apr | 13 May | 8 Sep | 27 Sep |
| Common Moorhen | 9 May | |||
| American Coot | 28 May | 6 Oct | ||
| Sandhill Crane | 11 May | 18 Oct | ||
| American Golden-Plover | 29 Aug | 30 Oct | ||
| Semipalmated Plover | 13 Apr | 3 Jun | 29 Jul | 19 Oct |
| American Avocet | 11 Oct | |||
| Spotted Sandpiper | 3 Apr | 5 Jun + | 3 Jul | 19 Nov |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 10 Mar | 22 May | 12 Jul | 8 Oct |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 14 Mar | 25 May | 30 Jun | 23 Nov |
| Willet | 21 Apr | |||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 30 Mar | 22 May | 22 Jul | 19 Oct |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 29 Aug | 4 Sep | ||
| Sanderling | 26 Jul | 5 Nov | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4 May | 12 Jun | 29 Jul | 24 Sep |
| Western Sandpiper | 13 Jul | 27 Sep | ||
| Least Sandpiper | 30 Mar | 28 May | 3 Jul | 22 Nov |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 May | 7 Jun | 20 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Baird's Sandpiper | 29 Aug | 4 Nov | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 5 Mar | 8 May | 18 Jul | 22 Nov |
| Dunlin | 11 Apr | 18 May | 29 Sep | 1 Dec |
| Stilt Sandpiper | 2 May | 9 Aug | 24 Oct | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 26 Aug | 20 Sep | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 2 May | 12 May | 4 Sep | 25 Sep |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | 29 Jul | 15 Dec | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | 19 May | 23 Sep | ||
| Wilson's Phalarope | 3 Aug | |||
| Franklin's Gull | 10 Oct | 1 Dec | ||
| Laughing Gull | 21 Mar | 26 Sep | 27 Sep | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 8 May | 22 Sep | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | 21 May | 21 Sep | ||
| Herring Gull | 20 May | 18 Oct | ||
| Least Tern | 3 Aug | |||
| Caspian Tern | 27 Apr | 26 Aug | 28 Sep | |
| Black Tern | 29 Jul | 27 Sep | ||
| Common Tern | 20 May | 9 Aug | 28 Sep | |
| Forster's Tern | 12 Apr | 9 May | 29 Jun | 16 Nov |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 22 Apr | 9 Nov | ||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 27 Apr | 11 May | 4 Sep | 8 Oct |
| Long-eared Owl | 24 Dec | |||
| Short-eared Owl | 30 Mar | 23 Nov | ||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | 13 Mar | 14 Nov | ||
| Common Nighthawk | 23 Apr | 17 Nov | ||
| Chuck-will's-widow | 27 Apr | 12 Aug | ||
| Whip-poor-will | 2 Apr | 4 Oct | ||
| Chimney Swift | 2 Apr | 23 Oct | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4 Apr | 25 Oct | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 21 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 12 May | 27 May | 6 Sep | 29 Sep |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 26 Apr | 23 Oct | ||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 13 May | 20 May | 12 Sep | |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 18 Apr | 6 Sep | ||
| Alder Flycatcher | 11 May | 19 May | 24 Sep | 25 Sep |
| Willow Flycatcher | 8 May | 30 Jun | ||
| Least Flycatcher | 26 Apr | 1 Jun | 26 Aug | 25 Sep |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 13 Apr | 25 Sep | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | 7 Apr | 13 Nov | ||
| White-eyed Vireo | 6 Apr | 28 Oct | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 10 Apr | 11 Oct | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | 15 Mar | 16 Nov | ||
| Warbling Vireo | 15 Apr | 24 Sep | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | 11 May | 20 May | 26 Aug | 7 Oct |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 5 Apr | 12 Oct | ||
| Purple Martin | 15 Mar | 24 Sep | ||
| Tree Swallow | 2 Mar | 12 Nov | ||
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 17 Mar | 24 Oct | ||
| Bank Swallow | 22 Mar | 4 Jun | 12 Jul | 24 Oct |
| Cliff Swallow | 12 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Barn Swallow | 17 Mar | 16 Oct | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 May | 3 Sep | ||
| Brown Creeper | 6 Apr | 30 Sep | ||
| Bewick's Wren | 23 Apr | |||
| House Wren | 19 Apr | 12 Dec + | ||
| Winter Wren | 24 Apr | 29 Sep | ||
| Sedge Wren | 30 Apr | 10 May | 23 Sep | 16 Oct |
| Marsh Wren | 22 Sep | 8 Nov + | ||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 19 Apr | 6 Oct | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 12 May | 20 Sep | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 22 Mar | 28 Sep | ||
| Veery | 6 May | 15 May | 8 Sep | 29 Sep |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 13 May | 27 May | 12 Sep | 15 Oct |
| Swainson's Thrush | 26 Apr | 20 May | 3 Sep | 12 Oct |
| Hermit Thrush | 11 May | 6 Oct | ||
| Wood Thrush | 10 Apr | 10 Oct | ||
| Gray Catbird | 15 Apr | 27 Nov + | ||
| American Pipit | 4 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Blue-winged Warbler | 9 Apr | 19 Sep | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | 2 May | 19 Aug | 15 Oct | |
| Tennessee Warbler | 1 May | 20 May | 5 Aug | 31 Oct |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 20 Apr | 16 Oct | 16 Dec | |
| Nashville Warbler | 16 Apr | 7 May | 31 Aug | 17 Oct |
| Northern Parula | 4 Apr | 2 Oct | ||
| Yellow Warbler | 12 Apr | 13 Nov | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 28 Apr | 22 May | 19 Aug | 12 Oct |
| Magnolia Warbler | 28 Apr | 26 May | 21 Aug | 28 Oct |
| Cape May Warbler | 22 Apr | 21 May | 1 Sep | 25 Oct |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 30 Apr | 31 May | 18 Oct | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 16 May | 21 Sep | ||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 24 Mar | 30 Oct | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 21 Apr | 22 May | 19 Aug | 28 Oct |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 28 Mar | 17 Oct | ||
| Pine Warbler | 1 Mar | 1 Nov + | ||
| Prairie Warbler | 7 Apr | 5 Oct | ||
| Palm Warbler | 5 Mar | 13 May | 12 Sep | 22 Nov + |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 26 Apr | 22 May | 1 Sep | 20 Oct |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 30 Apr | 24 May | 29 Sep | 18 Oct |
| Cerulean Warbler | 5 Apr | 14 Sep | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 30 Mar | 10 Oct | ||
| American Redstart | 12 Apr | 14 Oct | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | 7 April | 11 Sep | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | 16 Apr | 24 Sep | ||
| Swainson's Warbler | 29 Apr | 14 Aug | ||
| Ovenbird | 3 Apr | 7 Nov | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | 20 Apr | 12 May | 16 Sep | 31 Oct |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 14 Mar | 19 Aug | ||
| Kentucky Warbler | 15 Apr | 11 Sep | ||
| Connecticut Warbler | 11 May | 28 May | ||
| Mourning Warbler | 11 May | 22 May | 6 Sep | 4 Oct |
| Common Yellowthroat | 9 Apr | 5 Dec | ||
| Hooded Warbler | 8 Apr | 30 Sep | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | 8 May | 23 May | 16 Aug | 29 Sep |
| Canada Warbler | 10 May | 21 Aug | 9 Sep | |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 19 Apr | 25 Sep | ||
| Summer Tanager | 12 Apr | 24 Oct | ||
| Scarlet Tanager | 11 Apr | 24 Oct | ||
| Bachman's Sparrow | 20 Mar | 26 Sep | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | 12 Mar | 22 Dec | ||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 10 Nov | |||
| Vesper Sparrow | 23 Feb | 27 Apr | 7 Oct | 7 Nov + |
| Lark Sparrow | 15 Apr | 10 Sep | ||
| Savannah Sparrow | 20 May | 6 Sep | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 14 Apr | 30 Oct | ||
| Henslow's Sparrow | 8 Apr | 30 Oct | ||
| Fox Sparrow | 6 Apr | 16 Oct | ||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 29 Apr | 16 May | 30 Sep | 6 Nov + |
| Swamp Sparrow | 12 May | 30 Sep | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | 2 Jun | 2 Oct | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 21 May | 2 Oct | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | 23 May | 5 Oct | ||
| Lapland Longspur | 29 Dec | 2 Jan | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 18 Apr | 21 May | 10 Sep | 30 Oct |
| Blue Grosbeak | 16 Apr | 21 Oct | ||
| Indigo Bunting | 18 Mar | 5 Nov | ||
| Painted Bunting | 27 Apr | |||
| Dickcissel | 5 May | 10 Oct | ||
| Bobolink | 29 Apr | 6 Jun | 25 Sep | |
| Rusty Blackbird | 10 Apr | 21 Nov | ||
| Orchard Oriole | 13 Apr | 25 Aug | ||
| Baltimore Oriole | 19 Apr | 22 Sep + | ||
| Purple Finch | 22 May | 20 Sep | ||
| Red Crossbill | 27 Feb | |||
| Common Redpoll | 30 Jan | 25 Nov | ||
| Pine Siskin | 16 May | 10 Oct | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | 1 May | 27 Oct |
Many thanks to Roseanna M. Denton and the members of the Somerset Bird Club for providing the above data; also thanks to Jackie B. Elmore, Sr., for making copies of his seasonal bird reports available, as these provided many data cited above.