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

- RBA
* Kentucky

* Statewide

* November 2, 2004

* KYKY04.04.22

- Birds Mentioned:

 

Common Loon

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ruddy Duck

Bald Eagle

Peregrine Falcon

Northern Bobwhite

American Coot

Black-bellied Plover

Black-necked Stilt

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Dunlin

Stilt Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Bonaparte's Gull

Forster's Tern

Rufous Hummingbird

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Blue-headed Vireo

Horned Lark

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Hermit Thrush

American Pipit

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

 

 

- Transcript

 

Hotline: Kentucky

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

Date: November 2, 2004

Number: (502) 326-0878

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

Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana

Compiled: 9:00 AM, EDT, November 2, 2004

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 November 2, 2004 at 9:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:

 

There is nothing too rare to report this week, but some nice birds were
reported across the state.

The YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER has made itself known across the state, but it
is not the only warbler still being seen. A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was
reported from Pulaski County on the 31st.  And an ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER
was seen in Henderson on the 23rd, and another seen in Western Ky
University woods on the 22nd.  BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS have been
seen both in Pulaski and Warren Counties. And 2  AMERICAN REDSTARTS and
2 NASHVILLE WARBLERS  were also seen as late as the 21st in Warren
County.

 

Other song birds on their way in included wide spread reports of
DARK-EYED JUNCO, WINTER WRENS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER,
HERMIT THRUSH, and PURPLE FINCHES. VESPER and SAVANNAH SPARROWS were
seen in Little Lick, and Peabody; LINCOLN'S SPARROW was reported in
Peabody, and 10 FOX SPARROW observed in the sloughs of Henderson.
AMERICAN PIPITS were mentioned form the Minor Clark Fish Hatchery.

 

There was also mention of a number of song birds on their way out.
Included were: HOUSE WREN, and TREE SWALLOW (sloughs), INDIGO BUNTING
(Peabody, and Western KY U woods), BLUE-HEADED VIREOS (Pulaski, and
Warren co), and ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS and an EASTERN WOOD PEWEE on the
23rd in the sloughs.

 

Water fowl that have made reports are a sprinkling of AMERICAN WIDGEONS,
GADWALL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NOTHERN PINTAIL, and AMERICAN COOT. These
were reported from Cave Run Lake, Big Boone Lick State Park, Peabody
WMA, Barren Reservoir, Little Lick, and LBL area. A RUDDY DUCK was
reported from Peabody WMA, as well as  a juvenile COMMON LOON.

 

In the shore bird category DUNLIN were the widest spread bird mentioned,
with spottings at the hatchery, Meng's pond, Jonathon creek, and
Peabody. The LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were seen at the sloughs, and
Jonathon Creek;  Blood River contained BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
BLACK-NECKED STILT,  and SEMIPALMATED, STILT, and WESTERN SANDPIPER. And
2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER were reported from Peabody.

 

Finally, BALD EAGLE were seen in the sloughs and the Audubon swamp in
Henderson, as well as a PEREGRINE FALCON in downtown Henderson. The
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD has stayed in Lexington for a month and the
SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD was still in Bowling Green.

 

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

 


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