FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: Sandhill Cranes & KY Geography

[Larry Varney <lvarney@xxxxxxx>]

Mark Bennett wrote:
> For the record, most people in the Bowling Green  area do not consider
> themselves to be in Western Kentucky (Obviously WKU was named by Frankfort).
> We are only about 30 miles west of Louisville and about 80 south.  We think
> of this as South Central Kentucky just as people in Somerset do.  Western
> Kentucky is over by Hopkinsville and points westward, except that the
> purchase area is called by some, West Kentucky rather than Western Kentucky.
> Therefore, Cranes migrate mainly through central Kentucky.  In Logan County,
> just west of Warren County, cranes are seen, but usually only in small
> numbers.  West of us, they are seldom seen in migration.
> 
> 
> Mark Bennett
> 113 Iroquois Circle
> Russellville, KY  42276
> Logan County
> benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 

   I just wish that the cranes would include this portion of central 
Kentucky on their route. If they can fly over South Central Kentucky, 
why not North Central Kentucky? It's just not fair.




-- 
Larry Varney
Cold Spring, KY
http://w3.one.net/~lvarney
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