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["Bryant, Rhonda" <rbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We went by Stringtown Sunday and found a good number of Bobolinks. It was 
impossible to get a count with them moving a portion at a time just above the 
grass, but there was easily 60 and maybe 80. I saw none else where; all in one 
flock. They were all in alternate plumage, but varied in color from the 
yellower juvenile plumage to what looked more like the lighter female breeding 
plumage. There was one bird that I only got a glimpse at that was blackish all 
over, but it may have been a different species all together. It was an 
exceptional picture with the chicory blooming and butterflies everywhere, and 
the Bobolinks "bwinking". We also saw 3 Grasshopper Sparrows, but no Dickcissel.

Monday we visited the Falls of the Ohio with my sister Julie and her husband 
Jimmie. We spotted 1 Buff-breasted sandpiper, Matt's American White Pelican, 
and Robert Dever who showed us around. Thanks.

Also noted over the weekend were a number of small groups of nighthawks from 
Harrison Co. to Fayette Co. And the apparent purposeful destruction of the 
Martin roost here in Lexington, but they would have been moving on before long 
anyway. Sure was fun while it lasted.

Scott Marsh
Lexington, KY