- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * April 17, 2006 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Little Blue Heron Ross's X Snow Goose Great Crested Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Gray Catbird Blue-winged Warbler Cerulean Warbler Ovenbird Kentucky Warbler Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: April 17, 2006 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, April 17, 2006 Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh E-mail: smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological Society. This update is current as of April 17, 2006 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: The only birds of note this week were a single LITTLE BLUE HERON seen along Klondike Road in the Sloughs of Henderson on the 13th, and a ROSS'S X SNOW GOOSE hybrid seen on the 10th at Griffin Park in Warren County. Neither bird has been reported since. Otherwise, there are a good number of birds being mentioned for the first time this season. Included were: OVENBIRD, KENTUCKY, BLUE-WINGED, HOODED, and CERULEAN WARBLERS, INDIGO BUNTING (Calloway co), BLUE GROSBEAK (Logan co), WARBLING VIREO (Pulaski co), ORCHARD ORIOLE (Calloway co), SCARLET TANAGER (McCreary co) and GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (Nicholas co). Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after the tone. Please include your name, the date, the location, and the time of your observation when filing a report. If your report contains rare or out of season species, please send appropriate documentation to the KBRC Lee McNeely, Secretary Post Office Box 463 Burlington, KY 41005 More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm. - End Transcript