- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * March 7, 2005 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Common Loon Horned Grebe American White Pelican Wood Duck Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Northern Bobwhite Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Thayer's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Forster's Tern Tree Swallow Fox Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: March 7, 2005 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, March 7, 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 March 7, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: The first shorebirds of the year have been posted this week. On the 5th 17 LEAST SANDPIPERS were observed on Jonathon Creek. On the 6th a single LESSER YELLOWLEG was seen at Blood River, and 4 were seen at the sloughs of Henderson. Water fowl numbers are good right now. Highlights include a single LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 5th at the dams of LBL, along with a COMMON LOON, and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were also seen in Lexington (20+), and at Meldahl Dam in Bracken County on the 6th. These birds were in there breeding plumage. RUDDY DUCKS (also in breeding plumage), COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, REDHEAD, and WOOD DUCKS were also reported from the Lexington reservoirs over the last several days. Meldahl dam also produced 25 REDHEAD, 8 CANVASBACK, 260 LESSER SCAUP, and 165 HORNED GREBE. Both the LESSER SCAUP and the HORNED GREBE were seen at most areas reported from. Also 60 RING-BILLED DUCK were observed at the sloughs. 200 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN are still being seen on the mud flats of Blood River, and FORSTER'S TERN were seen there and at Jonathon Creek. Both THAYER'S and LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULLS were viewed from the dam area of LBL on the 5th. A single TREE SWALLOW was also noted in the same outing. Lastly, FOX SPARROWS were reported this week from Pike County and at Raven's Run in 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