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- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* April 18, 2005
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
 
Black-crowned Night-Heron       
Bald Eagle      
Broad-winged Hawk
American Bittern        
Virginia Rail   
Sora    
Greater Yellowlegs      
Lesser Yellowlegs       
Solitary Sandpiper      
Upland Sandpiper        
Semipalmated Plover     
Least Sandpiper 
Pectoral Sandpiper      
Wilson's Snipe  
Common Tern     
Whip-poor-will  
Eastern Kingbird        
White-eyed Vireo        
Yellow-throated Vireo   
Blue-headed Vireo       
Red-eyed Vireo  
Blue-winged Warbler     
Orange-crowned Warbler  
Yellow Warbler  
Cerulean Warbler        
Prothonotary Warbler    
Worm-eating Warbler     
Ovenbird        
Hooded Warbler  
Henslow's Sparrow       
Rusty Blackbird 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
 
 
- Transcript
 
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: April 18, 2005
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, April 18, 2005
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society.  This update is current as of April 18, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are: 
 
The highlight this week was a single UPLAND SANDPIPER that was seen
during an outing at the sloughs in Henderson. Other birds seen on this
outing were AMERICAN BITTERN, GREAT EGRET, BALD EAGLE (2 chicks),
VIRGINIA RAIL, 30 SORA, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER AND LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, 2000 PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. 
 
New additions to the Warbler list for the spring include HOODED from the
Central Ky WMA, BLUE-WINGED, CERULEAN, WORM-EATING, PROTHONATARY, and
OVENBIRD. Most of these were reported from several locales. In addition,
an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was see in the big South Fork area. Many
vireos have been reported from all over also, with RED-EYED, WHITE-EYED,
YELLOW-THROATED, and BLUE-HEADED all mentioned more than once.
 
Other arrivals were ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in Calloway County, and
EASTERN KINGBIRD in Logan County. And COMMON TERNS were observed on the
upper end of Yatesville Lake.  The first BROADWINGED HAWK mentioned this
year was seen in Fulton County. HENSLOW'S SPARROWS have returned to the
Central KY WMA. And lastly, a pair of BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS are
nesting atop a Bradford Pear tree in the 1700 block of Fourth Street in
Louisville.
 
 
 
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.
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