Early and Late Dates of Arrival and Departure for Migratory Birds in Pulaski County, Kentucky

 

        If you have data that supersede any of the dates below, please use the following e-mail link to provide it:

                  sstedman@tntech.edu

+  = 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.