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["Smith, Brian W (FW)" <BrianW.Smith@xxxxxx>]

All,

I ran my BBS route this past Sunday (6/9/07) and thought I would provide
a quick summary.  It was a beautiful morning to be out counting birds!

I run the Pleasureville route, which starts at the intersection of Hwy
55 North and Clear Creek Road (just north of Shelbyville, Shelby Co.)
and runs generally northeast from there through Pleasureville, N.
Pleasureville, Franklinton, and terminates just before the intersection
of Hwy 1360 and Hwy 202 in Drennan Springs (Henry Co., just west of the
KY river and SW of Perry Park).  The route passes through mostly
hayland/pasture country, but there are a few crop fields and small
"urban" areas.  I have run the route for 3 years.  Here's the species
list from Sunday (73 species):

Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
E. Wood Pewee
E. Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (1st time I've detected these on route)
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (1st time I've detected these on route)
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush (1st time I've detected these on route)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Northern Parula (1st time I've detected these on route)
Prairie Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Eastern Meadowlark
BOBOLINK (3 males singing/displaying at 2 stops; were at 1 stop and 3
stops the previous 2 years)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Notable "misses" from the last 2 years: Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk,
Belted Kingfisher, Dickcissel 

Brian Smith, Frankfort