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- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* April 26, 2005
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
 
Common Loon     
Snowy Egret     
Cattle Egret    
Green Heron     
Cinnamonx Blue-winged Teal      
Black-necked Stilt      
Willet  
Dunlin  
Short-billed Dowitcher  
Long-billed Dowitcher   
Common Tern     
Chuck-will's-widow      
Eastern Wood-Pewee      
Acadian Flycatcher      
Philadelphia Vireo      
Red-breasted Nuthatch   
Swainson's Thrush       
Gray Catbird    
American Pipit  
Tennessee Warbler
Kentucky Warbler        
Yellow Warbler  
Cape May Warbler        
Blackpoll Warbler       
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Grosbeak   
Indigo Bunting  
Rusty Blackbird 
Baltimore Oriole        
 
 
- Transcript
 
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: April 26, 2005
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 7:00 AM, EDT, April 26, 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 26, 2005 at 7:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are: 
 
There are no unusual sightings this week, but plenty of new birds for
the year. First mentions of the year include CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW from
Trigg County on the 18th, OVENBIRD from Mammoth Cave on the 19th, and
INDIGO BUNTING, and GRAY CATBIRD on the 20th from Panorama Shores in
Calloway County. Also on the 20th a WOOD THRUSH was heard in Calloway
Co.
 
On the 21st  birds mentioned were SNOWY EGRET Calloway County, BALTIMORE
ORIOLE in Bernheim Forest, and both LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, AMERICAN PIPIT, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and the CINNAMON X
BLUE-WINGED TEAL HYBRID from Chaney Lake. 
 
On the 22nd the first mention of BLUE GROSBEAK came in from Bernheim
Forest, as did the TENNESSEE WARBLER. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was observed in
Science Hill, Pulaski County, as was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Also seen
in Pulaski County were 11 COMMON LOONS at Fishing Creek Recreation area
and Green River Lake combined, a CATTLE EGREAT, 3 GREEN HERON, a GRAY
CATBIRD, and A KENTUCKY WARBLER also were seen in the Green River Lake
area. On the Saberhauer unit of the sloughs in Henderson a WILLET, 4
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and 1 DUNLIN were observed. PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
and BACKPOLL WARBLER were added from Calloway County, YELLOW WARBLER
from Owensboro, and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, EASTERN
WOOD PEWEE, and BLACKPOLL and KENTUCKY WARBLERS from Berea College
Woods.
 
The 23rd sightings included 5 WILLET, and a single BLACK-NECKED STILT
from the Reel Foot Lake/Long Point area. 
 
On the 24th a single COMMON TERN was distinguished from a flock of
FORESTER'S TERNS at Jonathon Creek mud flats. And a SWAINSON'S THRUSH
was seen in Calloway County.
 
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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