Shorebird numbers appear to be dropping.
Highlight:
my FOY Buff-breasted Sandpiper (thanks to James Wheat et al. for prompting me
to look for it.)
Spotted Sandpiper.
A lot of the Great Egrets flushed into the trees near the Backside slough.
Visible from Mill Pond Road sloughs.
KY Horseshoe Road sloughs, Henderson, Kentucky, US
Sep 2, 2019 6:40 AM - 7:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
18 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove 3
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer X
Least Sandpiper 9
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 JPGs. In the grass near parking area. My FOY.
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 4 JPG
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 4 JPG
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 15
Great Egret 200 JPG of part of group at extreme east pool.
Horned Lark 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Cliff Swallow X
European Starling 4
American Goldfinch 5
Song Sparrow 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Dickcissel 1
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KY Mill Pond Rd (1574) slough, Henderson, Kentucky, US
Sep 2, 2019 8:10 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
10 species
Mourning Dove 8
Killdeer X
Spotted Sandpiper 1 JPG
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 3
Great Egret 75 JPG
American Crow 12
Horned Lark 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
European Starling X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
