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 ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== When posting on BIRDKY, please close posts with your first and last name and your address (city or county). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post on BIRDKY, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS website at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/default.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS Photo Page to view photos of birds recently sighted in Kentucky: http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/pool * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison. E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx