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- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* May 12, 2004
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
 
 
Green-winged Teal
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chuck-will's-widow
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Bell's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Common Raven
Bank Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
American Redstart
Swainson's Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bobolink
 
- Transcript
 
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: May 12, 2004
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, May 12, 2004
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 May 12, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
 
With the Spring North American Migration Count taking place this
weekend, along with other reports,  the highlights are many. Spring
Warblers were reported in good numbers; the Mammoth Cave area included:
MOURNING, BLACKPOLL, and PALM WARBLERS. Land Between the Lakes had
Golden-winged; Pulaski County had WILSON'S, SWAINSON'S, BAY-BREASTED,
CERULEAN, and AMERICAN REDSTART. Reported from Ben Hawes State Park
(northwest of Owensboro) were: CAPE MAY, PALM, CHESTNUT-SIDED,
NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, BAY-BREASTED, and BLACKPOLL.The Black
Mountain area included: 58 CHESTNUT-SIDED, 20 BLACK-THROATED BLUE, 10
CANADA, and 9 AMERICAN REDSTART. And in Hart County a NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH was observed.
 
In the shorebird category the Calloway County  count had WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER, as well as FORSTER'S, and LEAST TERN. Hart County had
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and CATTLE EGRETS. McElroy Lake
held 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES,  a DUNLIN, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and both
LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Walton's pond also had 2
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and a male GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Reel Foot Lake had
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and many LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
 
Other birds of interest were ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK mentioned across the
state, BOBOLINKS in Russelville, Peabody WMA, Fulton co, and Hart
county. CHUCK-WIILL'S-WIDOWS in Pulaski, and Hart counties; WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS in Peabody WMA and Pulaski County;  LEAST FLYCATHERS were
noted at Mammoth Cave and Black Mountain (17); VEERY were seen in
numbers on Black Mt (20), as well as 3 in Jefferson County and 1 at Ben
Hawes State Park.  PHILADELPHIA VIREO, and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO made the
Jefferson county count. And finally a single RUFFED GROUSE was viewed on
Black Mountain.
 
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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