After David left us friday we saw a Least Tern chick at Open Pond. It was fuzzy down and running between its parents.
Hap On Jul 12, 2008, at 10:10 AM, David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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/CHRISTIANThe 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
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