[birdky] Ballard WMA

  • From: HapC1@xxxxxxx
  • To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 08:26:00 -0400 (EDT)

This time of year it can be a difficult decision, where to bird in Western  
KY. We decided no one had posted from Ballard WMA so we'd go check it out. 
It  was the right day to go visit the area. Shorebirds were plentiful and 
water  levels look good for the migrants. 
 
Swan Pond WMA, Ballard, US-KY
Apr 6, 2012 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Canada Goose  X
Blue-winged Teal  50
Northern  Shoveler  15
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Turkey  Vulture  X
Killdeer  2
Solitary Sandpiper  8
Greater  Yellowlegs  13
Lesser Yellowlegs  21
Least Sandpiper   4
Pectoral Sandpiper  25
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin   X
Tree Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Cliff Swallow   200
Carolina Chickadee  X
Tufted Titmouse  X
Carolina  Wren  X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  X
Eastern Bluebird   X
American Robin  X
Prothonotary Warbler  1
Northern  Parula  1
Yellow-throated Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow   1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
American  Goldfinch 
 
 
Ballard WMA--Mitchell Lake, Ballard, US-KY
Apr 6, 2012 12:15 PM - 2:30  PM

Greater White-fronted Goose   1     Bird could  be injured, we did not see 
it fly
Canada Goose  X
Gadwall   X
American Wigeon  X
Mallard  X
Blue-winged Teal   X
Northern Shoveler  X
Green-winged Teal  X
Great Blue  Heron  X
Turkey Vulture  X
Bald Eagle  2
Cooper's  Hawk  1
Killdeer  2
Solitary Sandpiper  7
Greater  Yellowlegs  5
Lesser Yellowlegs  60
Least Sandpiper   50
Pectoral Sandpiper  35
Wilson's Snipe  14
Ring-billed  Gull  2
Forster's Tern  1
Mourning Dove  X
Red-bellied  Woodpecker  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
Blue Jay  X
American  Crow  X
Fish Crow  3
Tree Swallow  X
Barn Swallow   X
Cliff Swallow  X
Carolina Chickadee  X
Tufted  Titmouse  X
Carolina Wren  X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   X
Eastern Bluebird  X
American Robin  X
Brown Thrasher   2
European Starling  X
Prothonotary Warbler   1
Yellow-throated Warbler  1
Savannah Sparrow  X
Northern  Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Eastern Meadowlark   X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
American  Goldfinch  X

Hap and Melissa
Murray, KY

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