[birdky] KY BIRDLINE
- From: "Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <BirdKY@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx>, <beckhambc@xxxxxxx>, <Mansmithf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:01:14 -0500
- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* March 13, 2006
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Barred Owl
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Brown Creeper
Marsh Wren
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Pine Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: March 13, 2006
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, March 13, 2006
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 March 13, 2006 at 11:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
A HARRIS'S SPARROW was reported in bath county near Owingsville on the
5th, but no further sighting of the bird has been mentioned.
Water fowl are being reported from around the state. A report from the
sloughs of Henderson on the 11th included: TUNDRA SWAN, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, NORTHERN SHOVELERS, AMERICAN COOTS, PIED-BILLED and
HORNED GREBE, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, REDHEADS, RING-NECKED DUCK, AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK, NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP, and HOODED and RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER. Other birds noted there included BROWN CREEPER and FOX
SPARROWS at the Jenny Hole unit, and WILSON'S SNIPE at the Crenshaw
tract.
A Minor Clark Fish Hatchery, and Cave Run Lake report from the 12th
included RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, GADWALL, and BUFFLEHEAD. A
single GREATER YELLOWLEGS was also seen.
A Saturday the 11th outing to the South Shores WMA included WOOD DUCK,
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, AMERICAN
WIGEON, HOODED MERGANSERS, and AMERICAN COOTS. A MARSH WREN was also
seen there.
From Boone County REDHEAD, BUFFLEHEAD, and RING-NECKED DUCKS were
reported. And from Freeman Lake in Hardin County CANVASBACK, LESSER
SCAUP, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, and both HORNED and PIED-BILLED GREBE
were observed.
In addition, TREE SWALLOWS were noted from numerous locales this week,
PINE WARBLERS were heard singing at Cumberland Falls, a BROWN THRASHER
made its return to Pike County, and an OSPREY is again tending nest on
Lake Barkley.
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
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