A birding/butterfly trip to Mammoth Cave on 24 April yielded no new migrants but Swainson's Thrush. A morning trip to the Peabody wma in Ohio and Muhlenberg Counties on 25 April resulted in the following highlights: B Eagle im homestead N Harrier several with birds displaying Red-tailed Hawk very pale juv krideri homestead photos Black-crowned Night-heron 4 Paradise The water level at the shorebird unit on Homestead was low and the number of shorebirds disappointing. Gr Yellowlegs 12 Solitary Sp Pec 2 SemiPlover Interesting butterflies included Red-banded Hairstreak and Henry's Elfin. Chaney 25 April BW Teal 70 Gr Egret 2 Shoveler Gr Yellowlegs 25+ L Legs 25+ Solitary 26 Pec 40 LB Dowitcher Least 8 Snipe 27 April Warren County Petros Pond Cattle Egret SemiPlover 3 Gr Legs 5 Les Legs 7 Solitary 30 Spotted Least 5 Pec 7 Snipe Chaney BW Teal 50+ Cinnamon x BW Shoveler Gr Legs 23 Les Legs 87 Solitary 20+ Least 8 Pec 5 All swallow species Am Pipits Savannah Sparrow Rusty Blackbird McElroy is dry, but the ditch across the road had a very small pool of water where a mixed flock of shorebirds was found including: Am Golden-Plover Gr Legs 6 Les Legs 8 Solitary 5 Least 3 Pec 12 A flock of approximately 15 Bobolinks was present on the WKU farm. David L. Roemer Bowling Green, Ky. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ================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