[birdky] Hend. Co.: Sloughs WMA, Sauerheber Unit

  • From: Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxx>
  • To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:42:16 -0500

Highlights:
FOS 1 Great Egret
FOS 1 Green Heron
FOS 1 Wood Thrush
FOS 4 Prothonotary Warblers
FOS 1 Yellow Warbler
FOS 1 Baltimore Oriole
FOS 2 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Rusty Blackbirds at Hardy Slough main dike.



Water is over KY268 before and after J Dance Road.
Water is over the gravel road running from Muddy Slough next to Shorebird Unit
in 3 places.
Water is over the road to Pond Creek Marsh.
The Ohio River at Uniontown Dam is still forecast to rise another foot by
Monday the 20th and then begin falling.


The only Bald Eagles nest I was able to see was at Hardy Slough.







KY Sloughs WMA - Sauerheber Unit, Henderson, US-KY
Apr 17, 2015 6:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz
1.5 mile(s)
58 species

Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 2
Blue-winged Teal 12
Northern Shoveler 10
Lesser Scaup 8
Hooded Merganser 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 15
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 2 1 ad. @ Hardy Slough nest
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 25
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Mourning Dove X
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
Brown Thrasher 2
Prothonotary Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Rusty Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 6

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Charlie
Henderson Co.



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