Let the boys drive the truck around the refuge this morning and had some close encounters with 3 baby coons and 1 red-eared slider. Birds of interest include. Great Egret 99 at lower beaver dam slough and a few others scattered on Mitchell. Killdeer 125 + at lower beaver dam slough (from the levee only /probably a lot more I couldn't see) Least tern 8 at Mitchell Lake and 6 on the Ohio 3 miles upstream from the refuge. Bald eagle 1 Scott Record Ragland KY