- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * October 18, 2004 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Snow Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Merlin Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Franklin's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Horned Owl Eastern Wood-Pewee White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Winter Wren Sedge Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Pine Siskin Lapland Longspur - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: October 18, 2004 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 3:00 PM, EDT, October 18, 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 October 18, 2004 at 3:00 PM EDT. The highlights of this update are: The eastern most report was from the Minor Clark Fish Hatchery. On the 17th PIED-BILLED GREBE, WOOD DUCKS, SNOW GEESE (both phases), OSPREY, BALD EAGLE, DUNLIN, and AMERICAN PIPITS were mentioned. In Fayette County: at Spindle top LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were seen. At Raven's Run both KINGLETS, and a WINTER WREN were observed. And in a Lexington backyard a female RUFOUS HUMMIINBIRD has been hanging around for 2 weeks, and a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was also tallied. PINE SISKIN were reported in Richmond, and eastern Jefferson County. In the Bowling Green area a female/immature SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD has made an appearance. Also noted were: 1 MERLIN, EASTERN WOOD PEWEE, BROWN CREEPER, WINTER WREN, BLUE-HEADED and WHITE-EYED VIREOS along with several warblers. On the 14th at McElroy Lake (dry) a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen. At Peabody WMA "zillions" of sparrows were reported; I would question the counting. Also seen there were: 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, LINCOLNS and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, TREE SWALLOWS, 1 BALD EAGLE, DUNLIN, 2 pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS calling, and the first DARK-EYED JUNCO to be reported this season. At Barkley Dam a single MUTE SWAN turned up. Also mentioned there were RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, LESSER SCAUP, 1 COMMON LOON, and a FRANKLIN'S GULL. Other LBL areas mentioned were: Kuttawa with 500 plus AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. In Eddy Creek there were DUNLIN, and STILT SANDPIPER. At Kentucky Dam there was another LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. Mentioned at Blood River and Jonathon Creek were a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GADWALL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVLER, BALD EAGLE, BLACK-NECKED STILT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SASNPIPER, DUNLIN, STILT SANDPIPER, GREATER & LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON'S SNIPE, TREE & BARN SWALLOWS, and a MERLIN. Finally, at the Camp Mines Complex in Union County 9 juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, 5 RINGED-NECKED DUCK, DUNLIN, and AMERICAN PIPITS were reported. 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