FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: BirdKy- Rpt: Blue Grosbeak

["Jackie Elmore" <jackiebelmore@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

There are few birds that stir my love of birds more than the Blue Grosbeak. 
When Diane and I lived in Louisville, we birded southern Indiana as much as 
Kentucky. I remember Indiana birder Mike Brown showing us and Lene Rauth, 
Indiana's first nest record(I believe) of this species around 1975 near 
Oakland City. At that time,  records in Kentucky were few, with most in 
western Ky. The book by Robert Mengel, The Birds of Kentucky (1965) summed 
up this species' status at that time as "poorly known; seemingly a very rare 
transient and casual summer resident, at least in western KY".

Great bird,  congratulations!

Jackie B. Elmore
Bowling Green, KY


>From: "Scott Freidhof" <scottf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: "birdky" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [birdky] BirdKy- Rpt:  Blue Grosbeak
>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:04:30 -0400
>
>Well everyone in central and western Ky will laugh at me, but I was excited 
>to finally hear and see a blue grosbeak here at Yatesville Lake WMA in 
>Lawrence County.  I have lived here for almost 6 years and today was the 
>first blue grosbeak in all that time. The singing male was located at the 
>wetlands viewing parking area off Route 201 about 3.8 miles north of 
>Blaine.
>
>In other bird news I visited a strip mine adjacent to Fishtrap WMA in Pike 
>County.  I could hear 5 or 6 grasshopper sparrows singing from one 
>location.  I need to go back and listen for other grassland birds.
>
>Scott Freidhof
>Morehead, Ky
>Rowan County
>scottf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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