- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * July 27, 2004 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Ring-necked Duck Peregrine Falcon Black-necked Stilt American Golden-Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Caspian Tern Black Tern Willow Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Horned Lark Bank Swallow - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: July 27, 2004 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 12:00 PM, EDT, July 27, 2004 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 July 27, 2004 at 12:00 PM EDT. The highlights of this update are: Summer reports have been slow, but a few interesting observations have been posted. There have been a few nice breeding bird reports, namely 4 very young BLACK-NECKED STILTS in Fulton County, a juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and young COMMON MOORHEN in the sloughs of Henderson, and a juvenile BLACK-CROWNED HIGHT-HERON in Peabody WMA. The first early migrants have made an appearance this month, with an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a BLACK TERN, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS showing up in Fulton county in the first week of July. Other birds of mentioned are: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, CASPIAN TERN, and LEAST, SPOTTED, PECTORAL, and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. Other notables would include numerous BANK SWALLOWS, and 2 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE in Fulton County; 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and a male RING-NECKED DUCK in Peabody; and 2 PEREGRINE FALCON at the falls of the Ohio. 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 ================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