To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Mansmithf@xxxxxxx>, <beckhambc@xxxxxxx>, <Gary.Ritchison@xxxxxxx>, "Marsh, Daniel" <Daniel.Marsh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:28:47 -0500
- 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.
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