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- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* October 10, 2002
* KYKY0210.10

- Birds Mentioned

American Bittern
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Golden-Plover
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Sooty Tern                                     (1st record for Kentucky if
accepted by the KBRC)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow                 Review Species
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow


- Transcript

Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: October 10, 2002
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 10:00 PM, EDT, October 10, 2002
Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett
E-mail: bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society.  This update is current as of October 10, 2002 at 10:00 PM EDT.
The highlights of this update are an additional Sooty Tern on October 4th, a
Clay-colored Sparrow and a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Peabody Wildlife
Management Area, a Common Moorhen in Boone County, Eurasian Collared-Doves
in Plano, and a report on fall migrants.

An additional Sooty Tern was observed on October 4th on the Ohio River at
about 4:30 PM CDT.  This bird was in northwestern McCracken County flying
upstream towards Paducah at the time of the observation.  The observation
was made from the boat ramp at Joppa, IL.  Attempts to relocate this bird
upstream were unsuccessful.

On October 7th, a Clay-colored Sparrow and a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
were observed on the Sinclair Unit of the Peabody WMA in Muhlenberg County.
Exact details of the locations of these birds are lacking.  Other birds
observed there that day include 1 American Bittern, 3 Soras, 7 Marsh
Sparrows, 2 Sedge Wrens, and a Lincoln's Sparrow.

A Common Moorhen was observed on October 5th at the Aurora Ferry Pond in
Boone County. Further details of this observation are not available.  A
Lincoln's Sparrow was also reported in Boone County on October 5th.

Eurasian Collared-doves have been located at their 30th Kentucky location,
this time in the small village of Plano in Warren County.  At least 2 birds
have been present there for at about 1 week.

Fall migration is now well past peak, but passerines and other species
continue to be reported in good number.  Several species of warbler were
reported from across the state including Mourning Warbler, Black-throated
Green Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, American Redstart, Blackburnian Warbler,
Nashville Warbler, and Tennessee Warbler.  Other passerine or land bird
migrants reported since October 6h include Swainson's Thrush, White-eyed
Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

Harbingers of winter are beginning to appear in reports as well.  This week,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-breasted Sapsucker, Swamp Sparrow,
Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Yellow-rumped Warbler have all been reported.
Shorebird reports are reduced in number and variety.  Jonathan Creek in
Marshall County yielded only 4 species early this week with an American
Golden Plover being the highlight.  Caspian Terns, Foster's Terns, and other
migrant water birds continue to trek through the Commonwealth on larger
bodies of water.

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.
- End Transcript



Mark & TG Bennett
Russellville, KY
Logan County
bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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