FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Saturday, Jan. 28 observations

["Ben Yandell" <by@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sloughs WMA.  Amazing number of mangled trees.  Must have been a terrific
storm that blew through that area.
 * 26 (!) Ross's geese grazing in the field near the Hardy Slough
observation tower.  Only 3 snow geese with them.  Videotaped.
 * Wilson's snipe over Hardy Slough
 * missed the tundra swans
 * green-winged teal
 * wild turkey flock along 268
 * otherwise similar to Charlie Crawford's report.  The convention of
ring-necked ducks at Anderson Pond is impressive.

Lake Peewee (Hopkins Co.)
 * 50-100 canvasbacks in a tight flotilla
 * redhead (1 male)
 * bufflehead, green-winged teal, ring-necked ducks and other common species

Peabody WMA
 * no short-eared owls or rough-legged hawks seen

-River Queen unit
 *  merlin near the lake.  Videotaped.

-Sinclair unit
 * red-breasted nuthatch in the pines along one of the side roads off the
road that runs in front of the steam plant

Ben and Mary Yandell
Louisville