FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: RPT: Sauerheber Unit, Henderson Co., 21 Nov 2007

[Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, Brainard and I missed each other today....
I hit the Wood Tract at 6:30AM before the rain.
I missed the Ross's, the Cackling, the Plover, Sandpipers and Pipit;  
got the rest.
It seems the ducks and geese and swans like the open water south of  
268 until sometime after dawn and then move to the north side where  
they feed on the remaining corn.
Then I checked out Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit and had some Am.  
Tree Sparrows.
On the way to Uniontown Dam I had a raft of Ring-neck Ducks, about a  
dozen on the Ohio.
At Uniontown Dam I had hundreds of Double-crested cormorants and  
hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls.
At 9:30 pouring rain and t-storms hit the area and I headed home.

In the afternoon I did Audubon Park for the first time in years.
Nothing of note except a Sharp-shinned Hawk at Wilderness Lake; and  
some beautiful walking in wet colorful leaves.
Charlie
Henderson Co.

On Nov 21, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC)  
wrote:
> John Brunjes and I visited the Sauerheber Unit of Sloughs WMA in  
> western Henderson County this afternoon. From the observation tower  
> along KY 268 at the "Woods Tract" we enjoyed a wonderful variety of  
> geese and dabbling ducks. Not sure how the brief upcoming hunting  
> season will affect this collection, but it is
> bpb, Frankfort