A lot of shorebirds arrived at Horse Pond Slough. I had a hard time IDing some
of them. I thought they looked like White-rumped Sandpipers.
Black-bellied Plovers have apparently moved to HPS.
More variety, but fewer birds at Horseshoe Road slough.
Highlight:
FOS Stilt Sandpiper @ HRs
Horse Pond Slough (Henderson Co.), Henderson, Kentucky, US
May 21, 2021 6:45 AM - 7:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
16 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Black-bellied Plover 4 JPG
Semipalmated Plover 30 JPG
Killdeer 2
White-rumped Sandpiper 40 JPGs
shorebird sp. 100 JPG
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 6
Bald Eagle 1 imm.
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Brown Thrasher 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Indigo Bunting 1
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Horseshoe Rd. Sloughs (restricted access; roadside viewing), Henderson,
Kentucky, US
May 21, 2021 7:35 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
20 species
Canada Goose 40 JPG, in the fields and west end
Mallard 10
Hooded Merganser 1 JPG
Mourning Dove 2
Semipalmated Plover 10
Killdeer 2
Stilt Sandpiper 1 JPGs, FOS
Dunlin 4 JPG
Least Sandpiper 4 JPG
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 JPG
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 4 JPG
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Crow X
Horned Lark 1
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird X
Dickcissel 1
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
