FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] RPT: Reformatory Lake, Oldham County

["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx>]

Yesterday evening, my mother and I drove out to the Reformatory Lake outside of 
Buckner to watch the Canada Geese come in. When we first arrived about 6:00 
p.m. there were only two Canadas on the lake, which was completely open. After 
waiting for about 10 minutes, a large mass erupted from the ground up by the 
prison and settled down onto the lake. After that, a few other flocks trickled 
in until we left about 6:45. Something on the order of about 1000 Canadas came 
in overall. A scan of a large part of the group that remained visible on the 
lake once settled in yielded a nice total of at least 46 Cackling Geese that 
largely split out in small groups of 5 to 15-20 from the larger birds. Based on 
the past two years now, it appears that this location might be the most 
reliable for Cacklers in the state. Other waterbirds observed included 6 Snow 
Geese, 10-15 Northern Shovelers, 4+ Gadwall, 2 American Wigeon, 1 Lesser Scaup, 
and 2 female Buffleheads.

bpb, Louisville