Today's bird walk at The Arboretum yielded a delightful assortment of birds with some special highlights. Truly a delightful morning. Vireos: White-eyed, red-eyed, bell's Wood thrush and some other non-descript thrush Gray catbird Brown thrasher Mockingbird Ruby-crowned kinglet White-breasted nuthatch Tree swallow Carolina chickadee Blue jay Least flycatcher Great-crested flycatcher Red-bellied woodpecker Ruby-throated hummingbird Warblers: - Magnolia - Black-throated green - Black-throated blue - Chestnut-sided - Bay-breasted - Tennessee Baltimore oriole Indigo bunting Goldfinch House finch Other usual suspects like grackles, starlings, etc. The BEST bird of the day was a stunning ORANGE scarlet tanager! We were all confused at first -- its color was truly Baltimore-oriole-orange, but the markings were unmistakably scarlet tanager. Peterson's lists it as an "orange variant", a description that doesn't do it justice. I was doubly delighted that I didn't have to crane my neck to see it -- I'm still suffering from the scarlet tanager I saw on Saturday, and my neck is in awful shape! They are so beautiful I can't resist, even when they're practically overhead! I will be out here one more Tuesday this month -- next week, at 8 a.m. Also on Saturday morning, May 19 at 9 a.m. Please join us! We start at the Visitor Center at the Arboretum, 500 Alumni Drive in Lexington. Roberta Burnes Lexington, KY Fayette County ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx