Its was a good day for birding. It’s always a good day when you get a Virginia
Rail.
And to get a Virginia Rail without a group marshing.
A dry cold front came through last night bringing clear skies and WNW winds
gusting this morning to 21 Knots.
51º rising to 60º. Sure didn’t feel like it with the wind.
I parked at the first obs. platform and walked down the Hardy Slough east dike,
then a loop around pools 3 & 4, and back the east dike to KY268.
Highlights:
FOS Virginia Rail (of course)
FOS Green Heron
2 Marsh Wrens
FOS 3 Soras
The really amazing occurrence was to have a Virginia Rail, a Sora, 2 Marsh
Wrens, and 3 Swamp Sparrows all in the same Cattail patch.
KY Sloughs WMA - Sauerheber Unit, Henderson, Kentucky, US
Apr 21, 2020 7:05 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
35 species
Canada Goose 4
Blue-winged Teal 30
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Virginia Rail 1 JPGs, FOS
Sora 3, FOS
American Coot 9 JPG
Killdeer 2
Solitary Sandpiper 5 JPG
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 4
Green Heron 1 JPG, FOS
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Tree Swallow X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Marsh Wren 2 JPGs
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 1
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 20
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S67582883 ;
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home ;
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
