Finally got some Rusties! I went out yesterday looking for one of the Red-necked Grebes everybody is seeing, and hoping for some Rusties. I struck out on the Grebe at the largest lake in the area: Peewee Lake in Madisonville (a fisherman in a boat kept the waterfowl down.) Next onto Higginson-Henry WMA in Union Co. Perfect Rusty Blackbird habitat. No luck. Today I got some Rusties at Sandy Lee Watkins Park. No waterfowl, instead more fishermen trying to catch recently released trout. KY Green River State Forest (Henderson Co.), Henderson, US-KY Mar 8, 2014 7:20 AM - 9:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) 28 species Canada Goose 20 Wood Duck 3 1 coming out of nest hole Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay X American Crow X Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 3 European Starling X Eastern Towhee 30 American Tree Sparrow 11 Field Sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow 18 Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 23 Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17357714 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) KY Sandy L. Watkins Henderson Co. Park, Henderson, US-KY Mar 8, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:05 AM Protocol: Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz 2.5 mile(s) 12 species Northern Harrier 2 Killdeer 11 American Crow X American Robin 4 Eastern Towhee 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 10 Rusty Blackbird 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17357752 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co.