- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * September 8, 2005 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Sora Black-bellied Plover Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch Swainson's Thrush Golden-winged Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Cape May Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: September 8, 2005 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, September 8, 2005 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 8, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: A good number of warbler species made reports this week. Highlights included WILSON'S, CAPE MAY, ORANGE-CROWNED, BAY-BREASTED, MOURNING, and 3 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, all seen in Jefferson County, many at Caperton Swamp. Other songbirds of note were PHILADELPHIA VIREO in Jefferson Co, SWAINSON'S THRUSH in several locations across the northern part of the state, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER with 2 Jefferson County sightings, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK from Boone County. Also seen in Boone Co at the Gunpowder Creek Nature Park was the first reported WHITE-THROATED SPARROW of the season. And reports of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, one from Campbell County at the Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate and one from Jefferson County, were made. Both BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were seen at the Falls of the Ohio this week, both as juveniles. 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and a single SORA were reported from the sloughs of Henderson County. And LAUGHING GULL, as well as one FRANKLIN'S GULL, were still been seen in the LBL area. 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