- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * March 20, 2006 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Great Egret Snow Goose Osprey Bald Eagle American Golden-Plover Thayer's Gull Blue-headed Vireo Purple Martin Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Brown Thrasher Palm Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: March 20, 2006 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, March 20, 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 20, 2006 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: A juvenile THAYER'S GULL seen on the 15th at Barkley Dam is the rarest of mentioned birds this week. A lone dark phase SNOW GOOSE associating with Canada Geese on a Lexington reservoir is also classify as unusual. Otherwise, it is the return of summer residents that tops the list. Last week TREE SWALLOWS were noted all over the state. This week PURPLE MARTINS were first noted in Logan County on the 14th, CLIFF SWALLOWS at Barkley Dam also on the 14th, and a lone BARN SWALLOW was reported from Hart County on the 18th. VESPER SPARROWS were seen in Jefferson County on the 15th , and HENSLOW'S SPARROWS made a show on the 17th in the same county. BLUE-HEADED VIREOS were mentioned from Mcreary County on the 13th, a LOUSIANA WATERTHRUSH was heard in Calloway County on the 16th, and a single PALM WARBLER was noted at Garrin Brown Preserve in Louisville. 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were observed on wood tract 3 of the Henderson Sloughs on the 16th, and a GREAT EGRET was noted in Fulton County on the 18th. Lastly, BALD EAGLE young were noted on a nest on the levee in Fulton County, and 2 OSPREY were seen on the nest on Eggner's Ferry Bridge over the Kentucky Lake. 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