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. ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx