[birdky] Olmstead CBC highlights

["Lyneart" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Roemer and I did the Olmstead CBC yesterday, December 17. We were prepared 
to postpone if the weather had been foul. Since the weather was about as nice 
as could possibly be expected in December, we decided not to hold out for an 
even better day. 
   Our species total was 63, about average for this count. We had two count 
firsts - a Barn Owl and 3 Northern Pintails. A previously untried dead-end road 
yielded 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, seen on only one other Olmstead count. A 
couple of other sightings were especially enjoyable to us - a dark morph 
Red-tailed Hawk and a very large mixed flock of Grackles, Red-winged 
Blackbirds, Cowbirds and Starlings working their way across a grain field close 
to the road.
  Several sparrow species were absent or down in numbers, probably due to the 
drought caused, low weed seed crop. Multiple new stand-waters failed to yield 
us a snipe. Too recent, I guess.
Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County, KY

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