- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * May 17, 2005 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: BRANT* Greater White-fronted Goose Ring-necked Duck Mississippi Kite Ruffed Grouse Forster's Tern Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Canada Warbler Dickcissel Bobolink - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: May 17, 2005 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, May 17, 2005 Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh E-mail: smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological Society. This update is current as of May 17, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: On Saturday the 14th a single BRANT was seen on a small lake in the Twin Lakes subdivision in Somerset. The subdivision is located on highway 1247 just north of highway 80. the bird has not been seen since Sunday the 15th. An enormous number of migrants were mentioned this week. Some of the rarer are: a single VEERY found singing in Berea College Woods on the 16th ,along with 2 CANADA WARBLER; GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH mentioned from both the Berea College Woods, and the KY WMA; 50+ BOBOLINK in the Ballard WMA; and "tons" of DICKCISSEL in the KY WMA. 4 MISSISSIPPI KITE were seen in the Ballard WMA also, along with a lingering WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Two other lingerers were a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET also in Ballard, and a RING-NECKED DUCK seen on the 12th in the KY WMA. Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after the tone. Please include your name, the date, the location, and the time of your observation when filing a report. If your report contains rare or out of season species, please send appropriate documentation to the KBRC Lee McNeely, Secretary Post Office Box 463 Burlington, KY 41005 More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm. - End Transcript ================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