[birdky] KY and Barkley Dams 3/29

Breeding plumage was the look of the day at Barkley and KY dams.  The  
American White Pelicans were once again loafing below both dams.  The birds  
that 
caught our attention at Barkley Dam were 17 Great Egrets.  Many of  them had 
the 
Lime-green lores of high breeding plumage.  Melissa and I  agreed we had 
never seen them look so lovely.  Many horned grebes and  Common Loons are also 
in 
full breeding plumage.
Highlights of the day were:
KY Lake
 
Ring-necked Duck - 3
Lesser Scaup
Wild Turkey - 13
Common Loon - 10
Horned Grebe  -8+
American White Pelican - 28
Bald Eagle - 2 Adult - no sign of young but the adult was not on the nest  so 
they may have hatched.
Caspian Tern - 1
Red-headed Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Brown Thrashers
Yellow-rumped warbler
 
Barkley Lake
 
Red-breasted Merganser
American White Pelican - 200+ below the dam
Great Egret - 17 - below the dam
Bald Eagle - sitting in the nest
Chipping Sparrow
Junco
 
Hap and Melissa
Murray, KY
 
 
 
 
 



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