A 2nd-cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull was photographed in the Mason's/Bailey's area this morning along with 9 Herring Gulls that dropped in just as I arrived. Other birds of interest were 55-60 DC Cormorants and an adult Bald Eagle at Browns Ford. Other recent highlights: Sept. 17 BARREN STATE PARK Olive-sided Flycatcher Sept. 23 LAKE BARKLEY Merlin southbound above dam/Lyon Black-bellied Plover (68/80 bars) KENTUCKY LAKE American Golden-Plover (2 Jonathan Cr) L Yellowlegs (2 Jon Cr) Sanderling (2 Jon) Pectoral Sandpiper (Jon) Stilt Sandpiper (2 juvs Jon) Laughing Gull (juv Ky Dam) Lesser Black-backed Gull (5 above Ky Dam) Sept. 30 Laughing Gull (2 1st-cycle above Ky Dam) Franklin's Gull (4-5 below Smithland Dam) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adult and 3rd-cycle at Boyd's Landing/Barkley) Caspian Tern (several scattered Barkley/Smithland Dams) Oct. 5 Gadwall (Ky Dam) Canvasback (Barkley Dam) Am Golden-Plover (juv Boyd's Landing/Barkley) Spotted Sandpiper (Smithland Dam) Franklin's Gull (1st-cycle Smithland) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Boyd's) Caspian Tern (few scattered at dams) Forster's Tern (~30 Ky Dam Marina) David L. Roemer Bowling Green, Ky. ================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