Sep 2, 2014US-KY-Murray-Crappie Hollow Finally what I wait for every summer. KY Lake level has dropped into the 356 level and mud flats are exposed. At the moment the only way to access birds is by boat. It was a lovely morning for a paddle until the wind started to gust forcing me back to the dock. We also paddled at Jonathan Creek on Monday. There were 40+ Great Egret, Spotted, Solitary and some unidentified sandpipers. Hap Murray, Ky Comments: By kayak, 124 Canada Goose 10 Wood Duck 34 Blue-winged Teal 27 Great Egret 4 Little Blue Heron 5 Cattle Egret 1 Green Heron 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Semipalmated Plover 35 Killdeer 9 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper 34 Least Sandpiper 1 Stilt Sandpiper -- Beautiful 1st year bird 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 28 Ring-billed Gull 6 Caspian Tern 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 White-eyed Vireo 41 American Crow