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["Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- RBA

* Kentucky

* Statewide

* September 23, 2005

* KYKY04.04.22

- Birds Mentioned:

 

PURPLE GALLINULE

 

- Transcript

 

Hotline: Kentucky

Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm

Date: September 23, 2005

Number: (502) 326-0878

To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana

Compiled: 7:00 AM, EDT, September 23, 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 September 23, 2005 at 7:00 AM
EDT.  The highlights of this update are:

 

A possible deposit from the long past Katrina has popped up in Rowan
County. An immature PURPLE GALLINULE has been found in one of several
small ponds. It is thought to have an injured wing and possibly cannot
fly. Directions follow, but it must  be noted that at this point there
is not an understanding that birders will just "show up" any time, so
you should be sure to call ahead and arrange a time with the
Biebighauser's for visiting. Tom noted to me that they have a fairly
aggressive dog that should be avoided, so they will want to assure that
the dog is inside. Their home number is 606/784-6175. 

 

Directions: the bird is in Rowan County, northwest of Morehead off KY
32; 3415 Sugarloaf Mountain Road; Travel I-64 to exit 133
(Farmers/Sharkey) (if coming from east you can take KY 32 exit at
Morehead and intersect this route). Take a left and travel north on
Highway 801.  Turn right to travel east on Highway 158.  Turn right at
the stop sign and travel south on Highway 32.  Turn Right on the
Bullfork Road, by the Mount Pisgah Church sign.  Turn left onto Hyatt
Lane.  Stay on Hyatt Lane and it will turn into Sugarloaf Mountain Road
at the intersection (don't turn left into Pine Hills).  Their mail box
is about a mile down the road on the right.  You'll see many prairie
grasses in the fields next to the road in front of their home. Their
name and house number are on the mailbox, and the driveway runs along
the fishing pond where it was first seen and photographed.  

 

 

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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