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["Mark Bennett" <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* December 29, 2002
* KYKY02.12.29

- Birds Mentioned

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

- Transcript

Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: December 29, 2002
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 7:00 PM, EST, December 29, 2002
Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett
E-mail: benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society.  This update is current as of December 29, 2002 at 7:00 PM EST.
The highlights of this update are summaries of recent Christmas Bird Counts.

Christmas Bird Count Season has past the mid-point and most reports to the
Kentucky Bird Line this week are from these Counts.

On December 22, the Bernheim Forrest Count was held in Bullitt and Nelson
Counties.  Highlights based on partial results of this count include:  1
Golden Eagle, 3 Bald Eagles, 10 Sandhill Cranes, an Eastern Phoebe and a
Palm Warbler.

On December 23, 4 observers participated in the Ballard Wildlife Management
Area Count, mostly in Ballard County.  Highlights of the Ballard CBC include
2,000+ Snow Geese, 140 Greater White-fronted Geese, 29 Bald Eagles, 2
Eastern Phoebes, 1 Marsh Wren, and 2 Le Conte's Sparrows.  Large numbers of
Red-headed Woodpeckers were also observed on this count.

At least 4 Christmas Bird Counts were held on December 28th.   Some selected
highlights of each count follow:

*  Burlington:  2 Brewer's Blackbirds, 1 Loggerhead Shrike, and 2 Eastern
Phoebes,
*  Calloway County (partial results):  1 Merlin, and unspecified numbers of
Bald Eagles, Dunlin, and Least Sandpipers,
*  Hart County:  62 species including 2 Bald Eagles, 42 White-crowned
Sparrows, and 76 Eastern Bluebirds,  and
*  Olmstead:  3 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 5 Loggerhead Shrikes, 235 Horned
Larks, 15 American Pipits, and 34 Lapland Longspurs.

Other birds of possible interest reported since the last update of the
Kentucky Bird Line include: Fox Sparrows in Harrison and Logan Counties,
Brown Thrasher in Logan County, and Vesper Sparrow and American Tree Sparrow
in Harrison County.

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 Bennett
113 Iroquois Circle
Russellville, KY  42276
Logan County
benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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