The rain finally ended and intermittently the sun came out and warmed things up.
So I did something I rarely do: went birding in the afternoon.
I did Pond Creek Marsh and Gentle Pond area.
Highlights:
Finally saw a Bald Eagle at the Gentle Pond nest.
3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
Hermit Thrush
Brown Creeper
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sloughs WMA, Sauerheber Unit, Henderson, Kentucky, US
Apr 5, 2022 1:56 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
39 species
Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 7
Blue-winged Teal 40 JPGs
Northern Shoveler 20
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 16
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Mourning Dove 9
American Coot X heard only
Greater Yellowlegs X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Turkey Vulture 8 JPG
Bald Eagle 3 JPGs: 1 ad. @ Gentle Pond nest, 1 ad. nearby, 1 ad. @
Anderson Pond Nest
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Barred Owl 2 1 calling from Cape Hills, the other at Gentle Pond area
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1 JPG
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1 JPG
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 JPG
Carolina Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 1 JPGs
Field Sparrow 4
Fox Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 9 JPG
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Northern Cardinal 11
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
