Early and Late Dates of Arrival and Departure for Migratory Birds in Putnam County, Tennessee
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+ = record(s) outside the dates listed exist.
| Species | Early Spring |
Late Spring |
Early Fall |
Late Fall |
| Snow Goose | 19 May | 22 Oct | ||
| Gadwall | 10 Apr | 11 Sep | ||
| American Wigeon | 11 May | 15 Sep | ||
| Am. Black Duck | 2 Apr | 15 Sep | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | 16 Feb | 31 May | 6 Aug | 5 Oct + |
| Northern Shoveler | 12 May | 24 Aug | ||
| Northern Pintail | 10 Feb | 23 Oct | ||
| Green-winged Teal | 18 Apr | 30 Aug | ||
| Canvasback | 28 Mar | 10 Nov | ||
| Redhead | 18 Mar | 31 Oct | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | 12 May | 28 Sep | ||
| Greater Scaup | 20 Mar | 5 Dec | ||
| Lesser Scaup | 16 May | 19 Oct | ||
| Surf Scoter | 7 May | 23 Oct | 12 Dec | |
| White-winged Scoter | 19 Jan | 29 Oct | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | 11 May | 17 Nov | ||
| Common Goldeneye | 10 Apr | 5 Nov | ||
| Bufflehead | 14 Apr+ | 29 Oct | ||
| Hooded Merganser | 21 Apr+ | 23 Oct | ||
| Common Merganser | 21 Nov + | |||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 18 May | 6 Nov | ||
| Ruddy Duck | 13 May | 4 Oct | ||
| Common Loon | 14 May | 22 Oct | ||
| Horned Grebe | 17 Feb | 18 Apr | 12 Oct | 30 Dec |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 4 Feb | 2 June | 12 Aug | 31 Dec |
| American Bittern | 11 Apr | 15 Oct | 9 Dec | |
| Great Egret | 23 Mar | 22 May | 7 Jul | 12 Dec |
| Snowy Egret | 19 Mar | 26 May | 12 Aug | 10 Sep |
| Little Blue Heron | 9 Apr | 29 Apr | 11 Jul | 26 Sep |
| Cattle Egret | 17 Apr | 13 May + | 26 Oct | |
| Green Heron | 27 Mar | 17 Nov+ | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 9 Apr | 27 Nov | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 26 Mar | 9 Oct | ||
| White Ibis | 10 Jul | |||
| Osprey | 10 Mar | 23 May | 3 Sep | 7 Nov |
| Northern Harrier | 21 May | 17 Aug | ||
| Broad-winged Hawk | 25 Mar | 18 Oct | ||
| Merlin | 2 Mar | 1 Apr | 17 Sep | 20 Dec |
| Sora | 13 Apr | 27 May | 23 Sep | 10 Oct |
| American Coot | 22 May | 11 Sep | ||
| Sandhill Crane | 10 May | 13 Oct | ||
| Black-bellied Plover | 10 Sep | |||
| American Golden-Plover | 6 Apr | |||
| Semipalmated Plover | 21 Apr | 24 May | 7 Sep | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 6 Apr | 11 Jun | 1 Jul | 19 Dec |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 28 Mar | 27 May | 19 Jul | 4 Nov |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 8 Mar | 22 May | 30 Jul | 22 Nov+ |
| Willet | 24 Apr | |||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 2 Apr | 17 May | 27 Jul | 19 Oct |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4 May | 24 May | 21 Sep | 4 Oct |
| Western Sandpiper | 18 May | 24 May | 19 Aug | |
| Least Sandpiper | 11 Apr | 20 May | 2 July | 20 Sep |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 4 May | 18 May | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 21 Mar | 11 May | 4 Aug | 21 Oct |
| Dunlin | 5 May | 7 May | 19 Oct | 4 Nov |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 10 May | 14 May | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | 16 May | 10 Aug | ||
| Bonaparte's Gull | 7 May | 29 Oct | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | 8 May | 21 Sep | ||
| Herring Gull | 6 Apr | 24 Nov | ||
| Caspian Tern | 17 Apr | 16 May | 18 Aug | 22 Sep |
| Black Tern | 14 Aug | 24 Sep | ||
| Forster's Tern | 9 Apr | 11 May | 24 Jul | 5 Sep |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 28 Apr | 8 Oct | ||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 21 Apr | 22 July | ||
| Common Nighthawk | 20 Apr | 1 Nov | ||
| Chuck-will's-widow | 12 Apr | 23 Jul | ||
| Whip-poor-will | 4 Apr | 30 Sep | ||
| Chimney Swift | 28 Mar | 25 Oct | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 29 Mar | 5 Nov | ||
| Rufous Hummingbird | 8 Apr | 7 Oct | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 2 May | 16 Sep | ||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 28 Apr | 24 May | 28 Aug | 15 Sep |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 20 Apr | 30 Oct | ||
| Acadian Flycatcher | 26 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Alder Flycatcher | 20 May | 28 May | ||
| Willow Flycatcher | 8 May | 21 Jul | ||
| Least Flycatcher | 26 Apr | 23 May + | 16 Sep | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 12 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | 18 Mar | 3 Oct | ||
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | 8 June | 20 Oct | ||
| White-eyed Vireo | 27 Mar | 20 Oct | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 4 Apr | 15 Oct | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | 21 Feb | 23 Nov | ||
| Warbling Vireo | 16 Apr | 15 Sep | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | 2 May | 28 May | 8 Sep | 20 Oct |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 7 Apr | 15 Oct | ||
| Purple Martin | 24 Feb | 24 Sep | ||
| Tree Swallow | 21 Feb | 10 Nov+ | ||
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 16 Mar | 27 Oct | ||
| Bank Swallow | 5 Apr | 31 May | 1 Sep | 23 Sep |
| Cliff Swallow | 9 Apr | 20 Sep | ||
| Barn Swallow | 14 Mar | 21 Oct + | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 14 May+ | 13 Aug | ||
| Brown Creeper | 2 May | 3 Oct | ||
| Bewick's Wren | 22 Sep | 29 Sep + | ||
| House Wren | 2 Apr | 21 Nov+ | ||
| Winter Wren | 28 Apr+ | 24 Sep | ||
| Sedge Wren | 20 Apr | 24 Apr | 22 July | 16 Oct |
| Marsh Wren | 23 Apr | 5 May | 18 Sep | 22 Oct |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 19 Apr | 3 Oct | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 12 May | 15 Sep | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 21 Mar | 17 Oct | ||
| Veery | 22 Apr | 17 May | 28 Aug | 22 Sep |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 20 Apr | 27 May | 15 Sep | 5 Nov |
| Swainson's Thrush | 17 Apr | 31 May | 3 Sep | 23 Oct |
| Hermit Thrush | 25 Apr | 2 Oct | ||
| Wood Thrush | 5 Apr | 24 Oct | ||
| Gray Catbird | 29 Mar | 18 Nov+ | ||
| Am. Pipit | 10 May | 9 Oct | ||
| Blue-winged Warbler | 10 Apr | 5 Oct | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | 20 Apr | 26 May | 30 Aug | 12 Oct |
| Tennessee Warbler | 17 Apr | 27 May | 26 Aug | 31 Oct |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 12 Apr | 29 Apr | 16 Sep | 2 Nov + |
| Nashville Warbler | 14 Apr | 26 May | 11 Sep | 28 Oct |
| Northern Parula | 28 Mar | 15 Oct | ||
| Yellow Warbler | 11 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 15 Apr | 23 May | 11 Aug | 27 Oct |
| Magnolia Warbler | 22 Apr | 27 May | 12 Aug | 27 Oct |
| Cape May Warbler | 18 Apr | 23 May | 16 Sep | 22 Oct |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 22 Apr | 2 Jun | 3 Sep | 4 Oct + |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 25 May | 15 Sep | ||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 24 Mar | 30 Oct | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 19 Apr | 30 May | 22 Aug | 25 Oct |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | 22 Mar | 17 Oct | ||
| Prairie Warbler | 4 Apr | 18 Nov+ | ||
| Palm Warbler | 17 May | 8 Sep | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 23 Apr | 15 May | 2 Sep | 19 Oct |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 18 Apr | 26 May | 1 Oct | |
| Cerulean Warbler | 13 Apr | 6 Sep | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 24 Mar | 12 Oct | ||
| American Redstart | 12 Apr | 12 Oct | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | 10 April | 23 Sep | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | 9 Apr | 10 Oct | ||
| Swainson's Warbler | 9 May | 23 May | ||
| Ovenbird | 4 Apr | 30 Oct + | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | 14 Apr | 29 May | 9 Sep | 16 Oct |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 10 Mar | 18 Aug | ||
| Kentucky Warbler | 11 Apr | 21 Sep | ||
| Connecticut Warbler | 9 May | 19 May | ||
| Mourning Warbler | 5 May | 27 May | 11 Aug | 16 Sep |
| Common Yellowthroat | 5 Apr | 4 Nov + | ||
| Hooded Warbler | 8 Apr | 18 Oct | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | 25 Apr | 28 May | 28 Aug | 13 Oct |
| Canada Warbler | 19 Apr | 27 May | 25 Aug | 21 Sep |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 18 Apr | 1 Oct + | ||
| Summer Tanager | 15 Apr | 7 Nov | ||
| Scarlet Tanager | 8 Apr | 15 Oct | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | 3 Apr | 29 Dec | ||
| Vesper Sparrow | 21 Mar | 28 Apr | 18 Oct | 11 Nov+ |
| Savannah Sparrow | 18 May | 12 Sep | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 11 Apr | 28 Oct | ||
| Henslow's Sparrow | 12 May | 30 Jul | ||
| Fox Sparrow | 8 May | 5 Nov | ||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 19 Apr | 20 May | 15 Sep | 11 Nov+ |
| Swamp Sparrow | 14 May | 15 Sep | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | 18 May+ | 19 Sep | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 11 May | 5 Oct | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | 2 May | 30 Sep | ||
| Lapland Longspur | 5 Jan | 6 Dec | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 10 Apr | 30 May | 6 Sep | 28 Oct |
| Blue Grosbeak | 14 Apr | 7 Oct | ||
| Indigo Bunting | 11 Apr | 13 Nov+ | ||
| Dickcissel | 20 Apr | 24 Jul | ||
| Bobolink | 24 Apr | 15 May | 30 Aug | 26 Sep + |
| Rusty Blackbird | 6 May | 25 Oct | ||
| Brewer's Blackbird | 15 Jan+ | 13 Nov | ||
| Orchard Oriole | 11 Apr | 10 Sep | ||
| Baltimore Oriole | 15 Apr | 12 Oct + | ||
| Purple Finch | 18 May | 22 Sep | ||
| Pine Siskin | 9 Jun | 17 Oct+ | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | 22 Apr | 27 Oct |
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| Immature White-crowned Sparrow on Ball Hill Rd. 21 November 2001; photo SJS. |