- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * November 18, 2004 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Please excuse the tardiness of this posting, I have been out of town. Northern Shrike Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Laughing Gull Thayer's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Blue-headed Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch Pine Warbler Snow Bunting Brewer's Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: November 18, 2004 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 4:00 PM, EDT, November 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 November 18, 2004 at 4:00 PM EDT. The highlights of this update are: On the 13th a juvenile NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on the Peabody WMA. Video was taken. The following is the directions given: From exit 58 on the Western Ky Parkway at Central City take hwy 431 to Drakesboro. Turn left at Drakesboro on 176. Continue for probably a couple of miles to the first gravel haul road to the right. This is just past a lake on the right and just before an overpass. Turn right on this gravel road and take an immediate right. Follow this gravel road up the hill and bear to the right at intersections a couple of times until you reach the intersection with S2 on the hilltop, this will be the highest point in the area. Not sure if there is a post with S2 marked here, but turn left on S2. You will then come to a gravel road to the right with a marker S5. The shrike was observed within a few hundred yards of this intersection along S5 on the hillside to the right of the road. You must have a permit for this area which can be bought at several local stores, and anywhere that sells hunting license. It is hunting season, so wear orange. The bird has not been seen since the 13th, but they apparently have large winter territories, and could still be around. A single SNOW BUNTING was also seen in the area. Other notable sightings would include 19 BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS , 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and a PINE WARBLER on the WKY Farm in Warren Co. A single BLUE-HEADED VIREO and a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL at Little Lick in Pulaski County. An adult THAYER'S GULL, and 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Barkley Dam. And a LAUGHING GULL at Kentucky Dam. 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