Nashville Warbler Brown Thrasher*† KINGLETS Northern Parula*† Golden-crowned Kinglet EMBERIZIDS Yellow Warbler*† Eastern Towhee*† Birding Ruby-crowned Kinglet Chestnut-sided Warbler American Tree Sparrow CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES, Magnolia Warbler Chipping Sparrow*† & ALLIES Cape May Warbler Field Sparrow*† Carolina Chickadee*† Black-throated Blue Warbler Checklist Vesper Sparrow Tufted Titmouse*† Yellow-rumped Warbler Lark Sparrow Red-breasted Nuthatch Black-throated Green Warbler USDA Forest Service Savannah Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch*† Blackburnian Warbler Grasshopper Sparrow Brown Creeper Yellow-throated Warbler*† Land Between the Lakes Henslow’s Sparrow Pine Warbler*† WRENS Le Conte’s Sparrow National Recreation Area Prairie Warbler*† Carolina Wren*† Fox Sparrow Western Kentucky and Tennessee Palm Warbler Bewick’s Wren Song Sparrow Bay-breasted Warbler Experience this “green” corridor surrounded by House Wren*† Lincoln’s Sparrow Winter Wren Blackpoll Warbler two flowing rivers. Swamp Sparrow Cerulean Warbler*† Sedge Wren White-throated Sparrow Listen and look for nearly 250 species of birds Black-and-white Warbler*† Marsh Wren White-crowned Sparrow travel along the Mississippi Flyway. American Redstart*† Dark-eyed Junco THRUSHES Prothonotary Warbler*† Record your sightings on this bird list as you Eastern Bluebird*† Lapland Longspur surround yourself with nature. Worm-eating Warbler*† Veery Swainson’s Warbler BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES Gray-cheeked Thrush Ovenbird*† Bobolink Recommended Birding Spots Swainson’s Thrush Northern Waterthrush Red-winged Blackbird*† Kentucky Dam and Barkley Dam Hermit Thrush Louisiana Waterthrush*† Eastern Meadowlark*† Hematite Lake and Trail Wood Thrush*† Kentucky Warbler*† Rusty Blackbird American Robin*† Connecticut Warbler Common Grackle*† Honker Lake, Bay, and Trail
CARDINALS, SALTATORS, Mourning Warbler Brown-headed Cowbird*† Woodlands Nature Station & ALLIES Common Yellowthroat*† Orchard Oriole*† North/South Trail from Sugar Bay to Northern Cardinal*† Hooded Warbler*† Baltimore Oriole*† Rhodes Bay Rose-breasted Grosbeak Wilson’s Warbler FINCHES Long Creek Refuge - Forest Service Road Blue Grosbeak*† Canada Warbler Purple Finch 151 off of Hwy 68/80 Indigo Bunting*† Yellow-breasted Chat*† Dickcissel House Finch*† Energy Lake TANAGERS Pine Siskin Elk & Bison Prairie WAGTAILS & PIPITS Summer Tanager*† American Goldfinch*† South Oak Grassland Demonstration Area American Pipit Scarlet Tanager*† Evening Grosbeak Homeplace 1850s Working Farm WAXWINGS MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS OLD WORLD SPARROWS Fort Henry Trail System Cedar Waxwing Gray Catbird*† House Sparrow*† Northern Mockingbird*† South Welcome Station and Bear Creek STARLINGS European Starling*† Birders can record sightings online at www.ebird.org/content/ebird/. For more information: WOOD-WARBLERS Birders needed: Help teach visitors about native birds of prey, volunteer at our 800.525.7077 or 270.924.2000 Blue-winged Warbler*† annual Hummingbird Festival, or take part in the Christmas Bird Count. If www.landbetweenthelakes.us Golden-winged Warbler interested, contact Woodlands Nature Station at 270.924.2299. Tennessee Warbler Thank you to Brainard Palmer-Ball, the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Orange-crowned Warbler Commission, the Kentucky Ornithological Society, and the Tennessee Ornithological Society for their assistance in compiling our Bird Checklist.
Updated February 2017 USDA is an equal opportunity employer, lender and provider. Wilson’s Snipe WOODPECKERS & ALLIES Birding Checklist American Woodcock*† Red-headed Woodpecker*† Wilson’s Phalarope Red-bellied Woodpecker*† Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area Yellow-bellied Sapsucker GULLS, TERNS, & SKIMMERS Downy Woodpecker*† Likely Present During Nesting Season — indicated by an asterisk (*) Laughing Gull Hairy Woodpecker*† Franklin’s Gull Confirmed Nesting Species — indicated by a cross (†) TURKEY Northern Flicker*† Bonaparte’s Gull LOONS Wild Turkey*† Pileated Woodpecker*† Blue-winged Teal Ring-billed Gull Red-throated Loon Northern Shoveler Herring Gull TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Pacific Loon NEW WORLD QUAIL Northern Pintail Thayer’s Gull Olive-sided Flycatcher Common Loon Northern Bobwhite*† Green-winged Teal Eastern Wood-Pewee*† Lesser Black-backed Gull RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS GREBES Canvasback Glaucous Gull Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Sora Pied-billed Grebe Redhead Great Black-backed Gull Acadian Flycatcher*† American Coot Horned Grebe Ring-necked Duck Sabine’s Gull Alder Flycatcher Sandhill Crane Red-necked Grebe Greater Scaup Black-legged Kittiwake Willow Flycatcher Eared Grebe Lesser Scaup PLOVERS Least Tern Least Flycatcher Western Grebe Surf Scoter Black-bellied Plover Caspian Tern Eastern Phoebe*† White-winged Scoter American Golden-Plover Black Tern Great Crested Flycatcher*† PELICANS Black Scoter Semipalmated Plover Common Tern Eastern Kingbird*† American White Pelican Long-tailed Duck Forster’s Tern Piping Plover SHRIKES CORMORANTS Bufflehead Killdeer*† PIGEONS & DOVES Loggerhead Shrike Double-crested Cormorant *† Common Goldeneye Rock Pigeon*† Hooded Merganser* STILTS & AVOCETS VIREOS BITTERNS, HERONS, & ALLIES Common Merganser Black-necked Stilt Mourning Dove*† White-eyed Vireo*† American Bittern American Avocet Red-breasted Merganser CUCKOOS Yellow-throated Vireo*† Least Bittern Ruddy Duck SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, & Yellow-billed Cuckoo*† Blue-headed Vireo Great Blue Heron*† ALLIES Black-billed Cuckoo*† Warbling Vireo*† Great Egret*† NEW WORLD VULTURES Spotted Sandpiper Philadelphia Vireo Snowy Egret*† Black Vulture* Solitary Sandpiper OWLS Red-eyed Vireo*† Turkey Vulture* Little Blue Heron*† Greater Yellowlegs Barn Owl Cattle Egret*† JAYS AND CROWS HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES, & ALLIES Willet Eastern Screech-Owl*† Blue Jay*† Green Heron*† Osprey*† Lesser Yellowlegs Great Horned Owl*† American Crow*† Black-crowned Night-Heron*† Mississippi Kite Ruddy Turnstone Barred Owl*† Fish Crow* Yellow-crowned Night-Heron*† Bald Eagle*† Red Knot GOATSUCKERS DUCKS, GEESE, & SWANS Northern Harrier Sanderling Common Nighthawk LARKS Greater White-fronted Goose Sharp-shinned Hawk*† Semipalmated Sandpiper Chuck-will’s-widow* Horned Lark Snow Goose Cooper’s Hawk*† Western Sandpiper Whip-poor-will*† SWALLOWS Cackling Goose Red-shouldered Hawk*† Least Sandpiper Purple Martin*† Canada Goose*† Broad-winged Hawk*† White-rumped Sandpiper SWIFTS Chimney Swift* Tree Swallow*† Mute Swan Red-tailed Hawk*† Baird’s Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Northern Rough-winged Tundra Swan Rough-legged Hawk HUMMINGBIRDS Swallow*† Dunlin Trumpeter Swan Golden Eagle Ruby-throated Hummingbird*† Bank Swallow
Wood Duck*† Stilt Sandpiper Cliff Swallow*† FALCONS Buff-breasted Sandpiper KINGFISHERS Gadwall American Kestrel*† Barn Swallow*† Short-billed Dowitcher Belted Kingfisher*† American Wigeon Merlin Long-billed Dowitcher GNATCATCHERS American Black Duck Peregrine Falcon Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*† Mallard*†