[birdky] Horseshoe Rd. slough & Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit

  • From: Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:23:57 -0500

Highlights:
1 Am. Avocet, again at Horseshoe Road slough. Photos.
1 Sora flushed
1 N. Harrier
Bank Swallows: 100s at HRs, many landing & sitting on muddy/grassy  
spots. Photos.
Notes: HRs continues to decrease in size. Now down to 3 large pools,  
with large muddy margins.
GP/PL pools are gone.

Dickcissel numbers are decreasing.
I heard none at HRs. 3 at GP/PL.
Heard a few along 268.



Horseshoe Road slough, Henderson, US-KY
Aug 24, 2011 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
17 species

Great Blue Heron  X
Great Egret  25
Northern Harrier  1     being chased by a Red-winged Blackbird!!
Sora  1     flushed and quickly flew into head-high weeds
Killdeer  X
American Avocet  1     Photos
Lesser Yellowlegs  9
Semipalmated Sandpiper  5
Least Sandpiper  15
Pectoral Sandpiper  12
American Crow  X
Horned Lark  X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  X
Bank Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Song Sparrow  X
Red-winged Blackbird  2

Sloughs WMA - Grassy Pond/Powells Lake, Henderson, US-KY
Aug 24, 2011 8:25 AM - 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
18 species

Mallard  9
Great Blue Heron  11
Great Egret  3
Little Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Killdeer  X
Mourning Dove  X
Belted Kingfisher  1
American Crow  X
Horned Lark  X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  X
American Robin  X
European Starling  X
Song Sparrow  X
Northern Cardinal  X
Indigo Bunting  X
Dickcissel  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)

Charlie
Henderson Co.






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