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Richard Cassell, Mark Gumbert and I were out at Bernheim Forest last
evening, taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather to net bats (we
caught 7 individuals of 3 species). We got back to the Wilson Creek "eagle
area" in late afternoon and noted what Jennifer Huber had reported to me
from the previous weekend -- our little gray morph screech-owl who has been
perched in the sycamore at one of the fords in the creek for nearly a year
has been replaced by a red morph bird!  Perhaps these two are a pair that
are beginning to move around prior to nesting???

Right before dark, I heard my first full "who cooks for you, who cooks for
you all" of the season (during CBC season all I usually hear from Barred
Owls are long, "whoooooos"). 

At dark and for 20-30 minutes afterwards, at least a couple of American
Woodcocks put on a nice show, "dancing" above the open fields on either side
of Harrison Fork Road.

At about 7:00 p.m., a couple of flocks of Sandhill Cranes went bugling by;
it's great to hear that sound at any time, but really neat at night as they
pass overhead.

This morning on my way to work, I saw 3 Eurasian Collared-Doves along Holmes
Street in Frankfort; I have missed seeing birds in this area all winter, but
the 3 were together and performing courtship bows.

Once at work, I was cleaning out the truck and noticed the call notes of an
Eastern Meadowlark sitting in the top of one of the trees along side our
parking lot. In many places this would not be unusual, but at our
residential location in east Frankfort, it was somewhat remarkable and a
likely indicator of the commencement of the species' migratory period,
something that is often hard to detect in many of our common birds that are
here year-round.

bpb, Louisville
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