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[HapC1@xxxxxxx]

Melissa and I managed to get a few hours of birding in Friday and I was  able 
to do the same today.  Here are the highlights from Jonathan Creek  (JC), 
Blood River (BR)and Kentucky Lake (KL).
Gadwall - JC & BR
Northern Shoveler - BR
Northern Pintail -  7-JC  65+ - BR
Green-winged Teal - BR
Lesser Scaup - KL
Black Scoter - 2 KL
Common Goldeneye - 100+ KL
Common Loon - KL
Horned Grebe - KL
Bald Eagle - 5 JC,BR & KL
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 JC
Least Sandpiper - JC & BR
Wilson's Snipe - JC & BR
Bonaparte's Gull - everywhere
Forster's Tern - JC & BR
Barred Owl - JC
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - JC
Red-headed Woodpecker - KL
Cedar Waxwing - KL
Coyotes seem to be doing well on the mud flats this hunting season.  A  deer 
carcass at Blood River has fed the pack and the vultures.   Jonathan Creek 
coyotes were ambling across the mud flat and weren't phased  by two wet and 
muddy 
birders.
 
Hap
Murray, KY
 
 
 
 



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