- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * April 12, 2004 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Yellow-billed Loon (not mentioned) Great Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Tundra Swan Wood Duck Common Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Osprey Rough-legged Hawk Ruffed Grouse Solitary Sandpiper California Gull (not mentioned) Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird American Pipit Northern Parula Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Hooded Warbler Scarlet Tanager Vesper Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: April 12, 2004 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 3:30 PM, EDT, April 12, 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 April 12, 2004 at 3:30 PM EDT. The highlights of this update are: A nice list of new spring arrivals was posted this week. Seen on the 10th in the Little Lick area of Pulaski County were: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BLACK-AND-WHITE, HOODED, AND PRAIRIE WARBLERS, as well as BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS (52), and RUFFED GROUSE drumming. At Bee Rock in Pulaski on the 11th new comers were: SCARLET TANAGER, and NORTHERN PARULA. Also seen there were a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, HERMIT THRUSH, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and YELLOW-THROATED, PINE, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NORTHERN PARULA, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS. A single PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were observed Kuttawa Springs on the 10th. A WHITE-EYED VIREO was noted in LBL on the 11th. VESPER and HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were singing in Peabody WMA. Also seen there was a light phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. GREAT EGRETS were seen in several locations. CHIMNEY SWIFTS were first note on the 9th, and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS were reported on the 11th from 2 locations (from Pulaski County and Reel Foot area). The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Bowling Green was last seen on the 7th, just short of a full 6 month stay. HOUSE WRENS had return to backyard in Harrison County by the 4th, and a single GRAY CATBIRD was seen singing in the same place on the 11th. Sunday also found EASTERN KINGBIRDS back on roadside fences in both Calloway and Lyon Countys. The YELLOW-BILLED LOON nor the CALIFORNIA GULL previously viewed at KY Lake were not mentioned this week. But BLACK-CROWNED NIGHTHERONS, OSPREY, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were. SOLITARY SANDPIPER , and 1 DUNLIN were seen in the Reel Foot area, and 2 TUNDRA SWAN were seen in far eastern Fayette County. Lastly the first WOOD DUCK ducklings were reported to be on the ground this week. 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