- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * April 22, 2003 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Hudsonian Godwit Eared Grebe Merlin Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover Buff-breasted sandpiper Sanderling White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Franklin's Gull Black Tern Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: September 22, 2003 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 5:35 PM, EDT, September 22, 2003 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 September 22, 2003 at 5:35 PM EDT. The highlights of this update are: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen on Friday on the Blood River mud flats on Ky Lake. It has not been relocated. Also seen in the area were BUFF-BREASTED, and STILT SANDPIPER, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. An EARED GREBE was seen in the basin between the Falls of the Ohio, and Shippingport Island in the Louisville area on Saturday afternoon the 20th . The Eddie Creek flats on Lake Barkley turned up a MERLIN on the 15th. Also on the 15th a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was located at the camp mines complex in Union County. No further mention of this bird has been made. A mature PEREGRINE was viewed at the Minor Clark Fish Hatchery on Saturday the 20th . a single WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was also seen. A FRANKLIN'S GULL was observed on the 15th at Jonathon Creek , but the RED PHALAROPE is no longer being seen there. Fishing Creek mud flats on Cumberland lake turned up 2 BLACK TERNS, 1 SANDERLING, and 1 STILT SANDPIPER, mixed with other shorebirds on the 17th. 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