- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * December 20, 2004 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Pacific Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Tundra Swan Common Goldeneye Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Sandhill Crane Wilson's Snipe Laughing Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Forster's Tern Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Chipping Sparrow Rusty Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: December 20, 2004 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, December 20, 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 December 20, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: Christmas bird counts got underway this week. Highlights from the Land Between the Lakes CBC were 43 COMMON LOON, 1 immature PACIFIC LOON (in Demumbers Bay), 139 HORNED GREBE, 480 WHITE PELICAN, 119 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 263 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 8 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 27 BALD EAGLE, I immature GOLDEN EAGLE, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 7 FORSTER'S TERN, a BROWN THRASHER, and 5 FOX SPARROW. There was also a LAUGHING GULL counted during count week. The Nolan Lake CBC had a light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, lots of BLACK VULTURE, RUSTY BLACK BIRDS, and 8 WILSON'S SNIPE. SNIPE were also mentioned from the Henderson sloughs; as were 10 TUNDRA SWAN seen in the Sauerheber unit. There has been several postings on SANDHILL CRANES, the latest coming on the 16th with a single bird in Logan County, and several hundred in a fly over in Owen County. Other postings of interest were 40 plus CHIPPING SPARROWS in Jefferson County, 15-20 CEDAR WAXWINGS in Calloway County, FOX SPAROWS in Owensboro, and 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS in Ravens Run (Fayette County) 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