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[birdky] WHOOPING CRANE !!!!
- From: "Eddie and Jennifer Huber" <edandjenhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bird Kentucky free list" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:02:27 -0500
The Beckham Bird Club held a field trip to Bernheim Forest, in Clermont, Ky.
today on (11/26). Thirteen members saw a total of 43 species. The highlight was
a Juvenile Whooping Crane that had transmitters on each leg and was foraging
along the banks of Lake Nevin within 75 feet from us giving all of us excellent
looks.
Other birds of interest were:
Bald Eagle flying over top of us
Wilson snipe foraging for food on the shore line
DUCKS
mallard
ruddy duck
American black duck
gadwall
wood ducks
WOODPECKERS
red-bel.
downy
hairy
pileated
flicker
yellow bellied sapsucker
SPARROWS
tree sparrow
chipping sparrow
field sparrow
white throated sparrow
song sparrow
fox sparrow
Directions to Bernheim Forest: from I -65 take
Bardstown-Clermont exit 112 and follow signs to Bernheim
Eddie & Jennifer Huber
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