As of 4:30 p.m. EST yesterday, October 31st, no one had seen the Long-billed Murrelet. It was searched for everywhere from below the Falls of the Ohio upstream to about Six-mile Island. Also, unfortunately, Neil Cornell and I watched the Hudsonian Godwit take off from the Falls of the Ohio with two Greater Yellowlegs at 3:35 p.m. EST yesterday. One of the Greater Yellowlegs had been calling constantly for about 15 minutes and the godwit had bathed . . . sure signs that a nervous departure was imminent. All three birds departed to the east, upriver; we hung around for another 45 minutes but none seemed to return. Other nice birds on the Ohio River at Louisville yesterday included a single plus a flock of nine Surf Scoters, and two Black Scoters; all were in female/imm. plumage. Also continuing were small flocks of Ruddy Ducks and Horned Grebes, Bonaparte's Gulls, and a few Common Loons and Forster's Terns. bpb, Louisville brainard.palmer-ball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ================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