FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Red River Gorge follow-up report

[FrankRenfrow@xxxxxxx]

We just returned from a five day  follow-up trip/vacation to the Red River 
Gorge, 6/15-19. We were finally  able to locate breeding Red-breasted 
Nuthatches 
at a significant  distance from Rock Bridge. A pair was observed about 3 
miles distant, in  the Parched Corn Creek vicinity on 6/16, and a nest was 
found 
on  6/18. The Chestnut-sided Warbler was still singing on territory behind the 
Sky  Bridge picnic area when we left today (the 19th). We found several 
additional  locations with Swainson's Warblers along Parched Corn and Swift 
Camp 
Creek.  The bird near Natural Bridge was still present on the 18th.  This 
Swainson's can be heard from a pull-off on the right going  south on KY 11, 1.9 
miles 
past the Wolfe/Powell Co. line, from across the Middle  Fork of the Red River 
(actually just a small creek at that point). Most of the  usual species 
including Blue-headed, Yellow-throated and Red-eyed Vireos,  Hooded, 
Worm-eating, 
Black-throated Green, Pine and Yellow-throated  Warblers, Northern Parulas, 
Ovenbirds and Louisiana Waterthrushes were  found in good numbers, many of 
these 
observed feeding recently fledged  young. We had wonderful weather for the 
trip, every day was  relatively cool and sunny and most species were still in 
full  song. All in all a great Eastern KY get-away. 
 
Frank and Veronica Renfrow
Bellevue, KY