[birdky] BKY-RPT: Minor Clark Fish Hatchery

I had a nice afternoon birding at the fish hatchery today. Today was the first 
day I've had free to go birding in weeks!

I saw at least half a dozen Ospreys today. One of them was fishing in the Oxbow 
lake, swooping down over the water and attempting to grab fish. Another one was 
being harassed by a Bald Eagle that was trying to steal its fish. Unlike every 
other such encounter I've witnessed, the Osprey actually managed to get away 
from the eagle with its fish!

Other notable birds:
2 Buffleheads
2 Red-breasted Mergansers
5 Wood Ducks
2 Double-crested Cormorants
1 Bonaparte's Gull (in breeding plumage--something I've not seen before at the 
hatchery)
Dozens of Tree Swallows
Barn and Northern Rough-winged Swallows
1 Green Heron

Gerald H. Robe
Mt. Sterling, KY
ghrobe@xxxxxxxxx

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