Wednesday 10-9-2002 I spent the morning birding the Drakes Creek (DC) area of Simpson Co., east of Franklin and the afternoon at Barren River Lake State Park (BRL)in Barren Co. It was a delightful day, with several interesting birds observed including 15 species of warblers. Warblers: Tennessee Warbler (15+) DC, (10+) BRL Nashville Warbler (1) first fall female, DC Northern Parula (1) first fall male, DC Yellow Warbler (2) one adult male!, one first fall female, both DC Chestnut-sided Warbler (3) first fall females, BRL Magnolia Warbler (7) DC, (5) BRL Yellow-rumped Warbler (several) DC, BRL Black-throated Green Warbler (10+) DC, (7) BRL Blackburnian Warbler (1) first fall female, BRL Pine Warbler (1) singing, around golf course BRL Palm Warbler (1) BRL Bay-breasted Warbler (2) BRL Black-and-White Warbler (3) one adult fall male, all BRL Northern Waterthrush (1) DC Common Yellowthroat (3) DC Also observed: Black Vulture (22) Barren River Lake dam (Allen Co.) Osprey (2) one each DC, BRL Lesser Yellowlegs (1) DC Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1) DC Tree Swallow (20+) DC Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2) Barn Swallow (1) House Wren (1) DC Marsh Wren (1) close-up view! DC Golden-crowned Kinglet (1) BRL Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2) BRL Philadelphia Vireo (1) DC Yellow-throated Vireo (1) BRL Lincoln's Sparrow (4) all one bush, DC Swamp Sparrow (5) DC Bobolink (1) close-up view, DC Jackie B. Elmore Bowling Green, KY Warren Co. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ================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