On 7 July, I checked the area along Vance Road in Warren County where I had watched a pair of Lark Sparrows make feeding trips to their nest on 14 June. During the latter visit, I observed 4 birds on the wires and in the adjacent bean field. I also observed 2 birds in another bean field less than a mile south of there where I had seen Lark Sparrows earlier in the year. An American Coot continues at Griffin Park in Warren County. A trip to western Kentucky on Thursday and Friday of this week yielded the following observations: 10 July MORGAN POND/CHRISTIAN The main pool is down to a small pond and will likely be gone if a few days. Canada Goose broods Blue-winged Teal broods Wood Duck broods Mallard Broods Ring-necked Duck American Coot (3) Pied-billed Grebe (2) SANDHILL CRANE Lesser Yellowlegs (6) Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper (9) Short-billed Dowitcher (3) Black-necked Stilt (a pair continues with distraction displays) KY DAM Ring-billed Gull (~40) Herring Gull (adult) FULTON COUNTY LAKE 9 American White Pelican (4) Willet OPEN POND Blue-winged Teal Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs (10-12) Solitary Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper (75+) Pectoral Sandpiper (25+) Short-billed Dowitcher Least Tern (few with much of area having been plowed) Black-necked Stilt (family group of 2 adults and 2 full-grown juvs presumed to have been migrants, and a pair of adults with 3 downy juvs) 11 July FULTON COUNTY FISHPOND WETLAND Blue-winged Teal broods Wood Duck broods Mallard broods LESSER SCAUP (male) Hooded Merganser brood OPEN POND with Hap Chambers Black-necked Stilt (pair w/3 downy juvs) Solitary, Least, and Pectoral Sandpipers Few Least Terns Grasshopper Sparrow singing WILLOW POND w/Hap Blue-winged Teal (broods w/22 present) Other birds of interest observed in Fulton County were scattered Great Egrets, Mississippi Kites, Fish Crows, Red-headed Woodpeckers, and only 2 Loggerhead Shrikes. I also saw a road-kill Armadillo just south of the state line in Tennessee. The Phillippy Pits had a good number of Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons present. The Upper Hickman bottoms are becoming exposed with the river dropping with many Least Terns present. KY DAM Ring-billed Gull (130) Herring Gull MORGAN POND Blue-winged Teal (350-400) Ring-necked Duck American Coot (3) Pied-billed Grebe Black-necked Stilt pair Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper (11) Short-billed Dowitcher David L. Roemer Bowling Green, Ky. ================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