[birdky] Louisville and Bernheim Forest. April 23 sightings.

Nothing spectacular, but a chance to see a few species for the first time in
six months or so.

Louisville

Caperton Swamp.  Returning Baltimore oriole, e. kingbird, and indigo
buntings.  Also:
 * yellow-crowned night-heron
 * relatively early yellow-billed cuckoo
 * wood thrush
 * red-eyed and white-eyed vireos
 * Warblers: blue-winged, Tennessee, Nashville, prothonotary, palm, chat,
and yellow-rumped.

Falls of the Ohio had too much water. Most interesting thing was the
incredible amount of trash left from Thunder.

Outer Loop landfill. Had seen a fair amount of wetland habitat from the air
on a recent trip. Most of it can't be well seen from the ground,
unfortunately, due to weeds and shrubby growth. Blue-winged teal, plus
shorebirds:  5 solitary sandpipers, 1 spotted, 8-10 pectoral sandpipers, and
a greater (?) yellowlegs.


Bernheim Forest

Added orchard oriole, as wells as warbling and yellow-throated vireos near
Lake Nevin. Broad-winged hawk on the canopy loop. The Harrison Fork route
had 20+ prairie warblers, a dozen or more blue-winged warblers, and 8-10
chats. Also black-and-white and Ky. warbler and 3-4 ovenbirds.

Ben and Mary Yandell
Louisville

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