[birdky] KY Birdline

- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* January 31, 2005
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
 
Greater White-fronted Goose     
Snow Goose      
Ross's Goose    
Mute Swan       
Tundra Swan     
Canvasback      
Redhead 
Common Goldeneye        
Red-breasted Merganser  
Sandhill Crane  
Wilson's Snipe  
Loggerhead Shrike       
Horned Lark     
American Pipit  
Pine Warbler    
Palm Warbler    
American Tree Sparrow   
Lapland Longspur        
Rusty Blackbird 
 
 
- Transcript
 
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: January 31, 2005
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 12:00 AM, EDT, January 31, 2005
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 January 31, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
 
There has no reports of anything too unusual, but some of interest. MUTE
SWANS seem to be all the rage this winter. Recent reports have included
12 on Herrington Lake at Sunset Marina, 10 on Homer Murray Road and 6 at
Petros Pond in Warren County, and 1 from Owsley Fork Lake. A single
immature TUNDRA SWAN was also seen in Laurel County on the 26th. 
 
Other waterfowl of note were CANVASBACKS being reported from Petros
Pond, McElroy Lake, Owsley Fork Lake, and Barkley Dam. Also from Barkely
COMMON GOLDENEYE, and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were mentioned. A single
GOLDENEYE was also seen at McElroy Lake. An estimated 8,000 SNOW GEESE
were observed in Fulton County corn fields. In the same area 7 ROSS'S
GEESE, 250 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and 2 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE were
reported. 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were also mentioned from
Walton's Pond in Warren County, 20 REDHEADS were viewed at Petros Pond,
and CACKLING GEESE were reported from Petros and from the intersection
of Chamberlain Lane and Brownsboro Road in Jefferson County.
 
SANDHILL CRANES continue to be on the move. 16 were observed this week
in SW Logan County, 250 in a corn field along Vance Road on the back
side of Chaney Lake, and 1200 in the Woodburn area.
 
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen in the woods along Chaney Lake on the 29th,
as was AMERICAN PIPITS, LAPLAND LONGSPURS, HORNED LARK, and a PALM
WARBLER at McElroy Lake. Another PALM WARBLER was observed at Griffin
Park, as well as 25 WILSON'S SNIPE. A single PINE WARBLER made a showing
at a backyard feeder in Murray, and lastly 2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS
visited a feeder in Mt Sterling.
 
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
 

Rhonda Bryant
Student Financial Aid
257-3172 ext. 231


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