- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * October 18, 2005 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: American White Pelican Gadwall Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Stilt Sandpiper Franklin's Gull Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-winged Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Connecticut Warbler Summer Tanager Le Conte's Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: October 18, 2005 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, October 18, 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 October 18, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: A good number of bird observations have been posted in the last week, but most have been expected birds. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was viewed by several people in Mammoth Cave Park. Also included in that outing were YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, BROWN CREEPER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BAR-BREASTED WARBLER, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. A LECONTE'S SPARROW, MARSH WREN, SWAMP SPARROW, and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW were all seen in the last week at Hayes-Kennedy Park in Louisville. This is on Bass Avenue off of River Road. Only the sharp-tailed sparrow was seen in the weedy ditch that runs through the park on the last posting of the 16th. Other arrivals include 100 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and 2 FRANKLIN'S GULLS at Kuttawa in the LBL area. And GADWALL, 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, and STILT SANDPIPER, along with other water fowl and shore birds at Jonathon Creek mud flats. Other migrants and late departers include: a female GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER seen on the 15th in Pulaski Co. Park; a female SUMMER TANAGER still present at Murray over the weekend; RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and WINTER WREN in the River Gorge. 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