- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * May 2, 2005 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Common Loon Western Grebe Yellow-billed Cuckoo Great Crested Flycatcher Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Redstart Lark Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: May 2, 2005 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, May 2, 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 May 2, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: A single WESTERN GREBE was observed in the north-east corner of Lake Barkley on Sunday May 1st. It was visible from Green Turtle Bay but was likely much closer to the campground on the eastern side. A LARK SPARROW was seen in Ragland on the 28th, but has apparently not been seen since. A HENSLOW'S SPARROW was reported from "south-east Lexington" on the 29th, but has also not been reported on since. Migrating birds mentioned for the first time this year were SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER which has returned to its nesting site on highway 453 near Grand Rivers, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO from Shawnee Park in Louisville, and AMERICAN REDSTART from Pike County. Species mentioned that have not yet left for the summer included 9 PINE SISKIN still visiting feeders in Calloway County, "lots" of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the Lexington Cemetery in Fayette County, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET from several spots across Kentucky. The most mentioned birds of the week were ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, and GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, both mentioned from numerous locales across the state. 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