FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Ky/Barkley Lakes 15 October 2004

[David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gusty winds yesterday preceded by four days of rainy
weather had the flats teeming with shorebirds on
Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.  Eleven species were
recorded at Little River and Eddy Creek on Barkley,
and Jonathan Creek and Blood River on Kentucky.  It
was also a great day for soaring birds, with raptors
in view with every scan of the horizon.  Two flocks of
White Pelicans were seen turning lazy circles high
against the blue sky as they migrated.  Other
highlights are as follows:

Am. White Pelican  80+
DC Cormorant  Hundreds above Barkley Dam

Great Egret  scattered in the bays with 20+ at Eddy Cr
Snowy Egret  3 Eddy Creek

Mallard
GW Teal
Pintail
Shoveler
Gadwall
A. Wigeon

Bald Eagle  5+ at the lakes and an adult in flight
along the Hopkinsville by-pass

Merlin   male at Jonathan Cr

Black-necked Stilt  Blood River
Gr. Yellowlegs  Little River
Lesser Yellowlegs  all
Western Sandpiper  Jon
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1 at Blood River
Least Sandpiper  all  few hundred
Pectoral Sandpiper  all
Dunlin  all  including several molting juvs
Stilt Sandpiper  all  10 at Eddy 
W. Snipe  Jon

Tree and Barn Swallows   Little River and Eddy Creek

The Selasphorus hummer was still present at the house
as of October 14 as was at least 1 Ruby-throated.

Other recent sightings include a Eurasian
Collared-Dove at Bowling Green on the 13th, and a
Lapland Longspur at McElroy Lake (dry) in Warren
County on the 14th.

dave









                
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