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["Mark Bennett" <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* April 14, 2003
* KYKY03.04.14

- Birds Mentioned

Double-crested Cormorant                   Phalacrocorax auritus
American Bittern                                 Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Egret                                        Ardea alba
Green Heron                                       Butorides virescens
Wood Duck                                        Aix sponsa
Bufflehead                                          Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser                      Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck                                       Oxyura jamaicensis
Bald Eagle                                         Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Broad-winged Hawk                             Buteo platypterus
Ruffed Grouse                                     Bonasa umbellus
Virginia Rail                                        Rallus limicola
Sora                                                  Porzana carolina
American Coot                                    Fulica americana
American Golden-Plover                      Pluvialis dominica
Greater Yellowlegs                              Tringa melanoleuca
Least Sandpiper                                  Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper                              Calidris melanotos
Wilson's Snipe                                    Gallinago delicata
Bonaparte's Gull                                 Larus philadelphia
Chimney Swift                                    Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird                 Archilochus colubris
Yellow-throated Vireo                          Vireo flavifrons
Blue-headed Vireo                               Vireo solitarius
Northern Parula                                   Parula americana
Black-throated Green Warbler              Dendroica virens
Pine Warbler                                      Dendroica pinus
Prairie Warbler                                    Dendroica discolor
Black-and-white Warbler                      Mniotilta varia
Hooded Warbler                                  Wilsonia citrina
Vesper Sparrow                                  Pooecetes gramineus


- Transcript

Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: April 14, 2003
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 PM, EDT, April 14, 2003
Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett
E-mail: benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society.  This update is current as of April 14, 2003 at 11:00 PM EDT.  The
highlights of this update are: a report on the recent field trip to the
Sloughs Wildlife Management Area and returning spring migrants and summer
residents.

On Saturday, April 12, 22 observers recorded 76 species in and adjacent too
the Sloughs Wildlife Management Area in Henderson County.  Highlights of the
KOS/Beckham Bird Club joint trip included 2 Virginia Rails, 15+ Soras, 2
American Bitterns, 3 Great Egrets, 3 Adult Bald Eagles and some eaglets, 2
Vesper Sparrows, and unspecified numbers of American Pipits.  Eleven species
of waterfowl and 8 species of shorebird were also observed.

Little Bee Rock, in eastern Pulaski County, recorded the first reports of
the season for Hooded Warbler, Yellow-throated Vireo, and Broad-winged Hawk
on April 14.  Other species of interest observed include Northern Parula,
Black-and-White Warbler, Pine Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-throated
Green Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, and Ruffed Grouse.

Other species were also reported for the first time of the season recently,
including a Northern Parula in Hancock County on April 7, a Ruby-throated
Hummingbird in Calloway County on April 7, Chimney Swifts in Logan County on
April 9, and a Prairie Warbler in Livingston County on April 13.

McElroy Lake is now dry, but small numbers of American Golden Plover,
American Pipit, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper,
Wilson's Snipe, American Coot, and Ruddy Duck were observed earlier this
week.  Minor Clark Fish Hatchery in Rowan County also produced a few
waterfowl earlier this week including a few Bufflehead, Red-breasted
Merganser, and Wood Duck.  Double-crested Cormorants, a Bonaparte's Gull,
and a Green Heron were also observed.

Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line.  You may leave a report after the
tone.  Please include your name, the date, the location, and the time of
your observation when filing a report.  If your report contains rare or out
of season species, please send appropriate documentation to the

KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY  41005

More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site at
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm.
- End Transcript


Mark Bennett
113 Iroquois Circle
Russellville, KY  42276
Logan County
benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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