TENNESSEE & KENTUCKY 
This Green Violetear photographed in Shelby County, Tennessee 15 September 2007 
was reported a year after it was seen; it provides the long-expected first record for 
Tennessee and the second for the Tennessee & Kentucky region. 
Photograph by Jimmy Murphy. 
date for the state, while another in w. Jefferson 
28 Aug QBe, PB) tied the old date. A Yellow- 
rumped Warbler at Cumberland Falls S.P., 
Whitley, KY 13 Sep (SK, EM) was relatively 
early. An Audubon’s Warbler was at Knoxville, 
TN 27 Oct (tKDE). A Yellow-throated Warbler 
Although Clay-colored Sparrows are regular fall vagrants to the Atlantic 
coast, they are rarely recorded in the Tennessee & Kentucky region. This 
well-photographed individual was found in Cumberland County, Tennessee 
29 November 2Q08. Photograph by D. J. Stanley. 
in Kingsport, Sullivan, TN 26 Nov (RP) was 
very late. Two male Black-throated Blue War- 
blers were reported in Tennessee away from 
the higher elevations of the e. portion of the 
state; one at Radnor L. 24 Sep (KB, NTOS) and 
one at Rock Island S.P, White 4 Oct (SJS). Sin- 
gle Black-throated Green Warblers in se. Jeffer- 
son, KY 13 Aug (ph. EH) and in w. Jefferson, KY 
17 Aug (TB, CBe) were very early. A Prairie 
Warbler at Garvin Brown Nature Preserve, Jef- 
ferson, KY 28 Nov (tBW) was exceptionally 
late. Single Blackpoll Warblers in Knoxville, 
TN 25 Sep (KDE) and in se. Jefferson, KY 13 
Oct (EH, JH) represented the only reports. A 
Cerulean Warbler in w. Jefferson 28 Aug QBe, 
PB) was relatively late. A Connecticut Warbler 
was in Greene, TN 21 Aug 
(DH), and singles (per- 
haps the same individual) 
were reported at Shawnee 
Park, Jefferson, KY 15-17 
Sep OBe, CBs, PB, CBe). 
Single Mourning Warblers 
were reported at four Ken- 
tucky and two Tennessee 
locales 7-28 Sep; a male in 
Putnam, TN 11 Aug (SJS) 
was unusually early. A 
Northern Waterthrush 
was recovered as a win- 
dow casualty in Hamilton, 
TN 31 Oct (DA). 
Single American Tree 
Sparrows were early at 
Pace Pt., Henry, TN 20 
Nov (MT) and Kingsport, 
Sullivan, TN 21 Nov 
(JMo). Single Clay-colored Sparrows were in 
Jefferson, KY 3 Oct (+BP, EH) and in Cumber- 
land, TN 29 Nov (EL, ph. DJS, JMa), A 
Grasshopper Sparrow in Muhlenberg, KY 30 
Oct (DR) was relatively late. At least 5 
Henslow’s Sparrows (including an apparent 
family group of 3) at Raven Run 
Nature Preserve, Fayette 1 Aug 
OS) represented a new breeding 
locale for Kentucky. In Tennessee, 
single transients (away from 
known breeding locations) were in 
Gibson 3 Oct (MG), at Wolf River 
W.M.A., Fayette 17 Oct (SM), and 
in Blount 26 Oct (DT, m.ob.). The 
only Kentucky Le Conte’s Sparrow 
report came from Sauerheber 18 
Oct (DR, KOS); in Tennessee, an 
impressive 10 were at the Big 
Sandy Unit, Tennessee N.W.R., 
Henry, TN 5 Oct (MT). Single Nel- 
son’s Sharp-tailed Sparrows were 
reported in Fayette, KY 11 (tjW, 
DL, ASK) & 14 Oct OW) and in 
Ohio, KY 30 Oct (DR); 2 were at Eagle Lake 
W.M.A., Shelby, TN 19 Oct ORW). A Lapland 
Longspur, rare in e. Tennessee, was at South 
Holston L., Sullivan, TN 18 Nov (WC). A 
Dickcissel in Jefferson, KY 3 Oct (BP, EH) was 
relatively late. A flock of 575 Bobolinks in 
Shady Valley, Johnson, TN 27 Sep (RB, TM) 
was an exceptionally large number. A male 
Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen near Sauer- 
heber 3 Nov (tCC). A male Hooded Oriole 
was photographed in a yard at Kevil, Ballard, 
KY 29 Nov (ph. JRw) and will constitute a 
flrst Regional record if accepted. Two Purple 
Pinches in Sullivan, TN 31 Oct (RLe) were the 
flrst to be reported; small numbers appeared 
in Kentucky during the first week of Nov, and 
the species was relatively widespread in small 
numbers by the 3rd week of the month. A few 
Pine Siskins showed up in mid-Oct; by mid- 
Nov, growing numbers were being reported 
across the cen. and w. parts of the Region, 
with the highest numbers in the east. 
Cited contributors (subregional editors in 
boldface): David Aborn, Audubon Society of 
Kentucky (ASK), Michael Autin, Danna Bax- 
ley, Tom Becker, Colleen Becker (CBe), Jane 
Bell OBe), Pat Bell, Prank Bennett (FBe), Car- 
ol Besse (CBs), Frank Bills (FBi), Caitlin Bor- 
ck (CBo), Rob Biller, Kevin Bowden, John 
Brunjes QBr), Kevin A. Calhoon (se. Ten- 
nessee), Phillip Casteel (middle Tennessee), 
Hap Chambers, Wallace Coffey, Charlie 
Crawford, Charles Dean, Roseanna Denton, 
Gil Derouen, David Dugas, Melissa Easley, K. 
Dean Edwards, Ginger Ensor, Judy Galitzine, 
Mark Greene, Barry Hart (BHa), Lana Hays, 
Don Holt, Mark Hopey, Rick Houlk, Bob 
Howdeshell (BHo), Eddie Huber, Jennifer Hu- 
ber, Daniel Jacobson, Kentucky Ornithologi- 
cal Society (KOS), Gail King, David Kirschke, 
Steve Kistler, Rick Knight (RKl) (ne. Ten- 
nessee), Roy Knispel (RKl), David Lang, Nan- 
cy Layzer, Ed LeGrand, Aurilla Lesley, 
Richard Lewis (RLe), Ruth Luckado (RLu), 
Mikey Lutmerding, Don Martin (DMa), 
Joseph Mast OM^)^ Laura McCall (LMcC), 
Larry McDaniel (LMcD), Lee McNeely 
(LMcN), Tom McNeil, Mac McWhiter 
(MMc), Susan McWhirter (SM), Memphis 
Chapter of Tennessee Ornithological Society 
(MTOS), Don Miller (DMi), Michael Miller 
(MMi), Mark Monroe (MMo), Nancy Moore, 
Evelyn Morgan, multiple observers (m. ob.), 
John Moyle (JMo), Jimmy Murphy QMtt), 
Nashville Chapter of Tennessee Ornithologi- 
cal Society (NTOS), Kathy Noblet, Northern 
Kentucky Bird Club (NKBC), Brainard 
Palmer-Ball, Jr. (BP), Rick Phillips, Brookie & 
Jean Potter, Dick Preston (w. Tennessee), Ed 
Ray, Gerald Robe, David Roemer, Joan Roe- 
mer (JRm), Jeff Rowe ORw), Richard Schier, 
Michael Sledjeski, D.J. Stanley (DJS), Stephen 
J. Stedman (SJS), Ian Stewart, David Stone 
(DSo), Del Striegel (DSr),Joe Swanson, Dale 
Swant (DSw), Ryan Taylor (RTa), Mike Todd, 
David Trently, Martha Waldron (MWa), Chris 
Welsh, Jim Williams (JW), Jeff R. Wilson 
(JRW), Barbara Woerner, Mike Wright 
(MWr), Ben Yandell, Mary Yandell. O 
Chris Sloan, 224 Hicks Road, Nashville 
Tennessee 37221, (chris.sloan@comcast.net) 
Brainard Palmer-Ball, Jr. 
Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission 
801 Schenkel Lane, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 
(brainard.palmer-ball@ky.gov) 
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