FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Eagles at Minor Clark/Cormorant at Cave Run

["Craig Carver" <ccarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Highlights of a trip to Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery and Cave Run today include 
a pair of immature Bald Eagles, maybe second or third years, considering the 
amount of white on them.  Also a blue morph Snow Goose grazed on the grass with 
the Canada Geese toward the back of the hatchery.  Other birds seen there:
Bufflehead  (12-14)
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Herons (8-9)
R. B. Gulls (100)
Redtail Hawk
American Kestrel

At the viewing area a few miles down 801 from the hatchery were:

Gadwalls (20+)
Ring Necked Ducks (10-12)
Buffleheads (12)
Hooded Mergansers (8)
Mallards
Canada Geese

On Cave Run lake itself was a Double Crested Cormorant perched on a log near 
the shore at Twin Knobs.  Other birds there were the usual winter fare of 
Chickadees, Titmices, Flickers, Pileated and Downy Woodpeckers, W.B. 
Nuthatches, Jays, Cardinals, Crows.

Craig Carver
Maysville, KY

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