I birded at three locations for a few hours each during the backyard bird count. Listed below are the highlights: Blood River - 2/15 & 2/16 (by kayak) Gadwall - 95 American Wigeon - 15 American Black Duck - 2 Mallard - 250 Northern Pintail - 15 Green-winged Teal - 8 Lesser Scaup - 162 Bufflehead - 2 Common Goldeneye - 2 Hooded Merganser - 20 Wild Turkey - 5 Bald Eagle - 2 (on the nest) Red-shouldered Hawk - 5 Amercian Coot 8 Forster's Tern - 11 Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 Pileated Woodpecker - 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Jonathan Creek - 2/15 Gadwall - 5 American Wigeon - 7 Green-winged Teal - 8 Common goldeneye - 32 Hooded Merganser - 12 Ruddy duck - 22 Horned Grebe - 2 Bald Eagle - 1 KY Dam - 2/18 Canvasback - 1 Ring-necked Duck - 12 Lesser Scaup - 55 Bufflehead - 2 Common Goldeneye - 68 Hooded Merganser - 1 Wild Turkey - 9 Pied-billed Grebe - 17 Horned Grebe - 18 Great Blue Heron - 8 Turkey Vulture - 7 Bald Eagle - 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 3 American Coot - 549 Bonaparte's Gull - 600 Ring-billed Gull - 124 Herring Gull - 19 Red-headed Woodpecker - 5 Hermit Thrush - 1 Hap Murray, KY **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)