Hoping for good weather, I headed to the fish hatchery. It certainly wasn't the sunny day that was predicted but at least it wasn't raining. The 3 large "ponds" that you see from the road and many of the smaller ones have been drained. Therefore no Bald Eagles or Osprey.....or hawks for that matter. I was hoping for more than what I found but it wasn't a complete wash. On an interesting note, there were 3 Northern Flickers that harassed the Kestrel on two occasions and I saw a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker (first I've ever seen there). The shorebirds were extremely skittish and were constantly looking overhead and flying off. I never could see anything but they were considerably more wary than I've noticed in the past. Birds seen: 3 Northern Flickers Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpipers Killdeer (many) 10 Dunlin 5 Greater Yellowlegs Egret 9 Great Blue Heron 2 Belted Kingfishers Red-winged Blackbirds American Pipits Crows Starlings American Kestrel Bluebirds Northern Mockingbird Cardinal Yellow-rumped Warblers Goldfinches Pied-Billed Grebe 2 Coots Canada Geese Mallards Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker At Shallow Flats Observation area: A pair of Widgeons 2 Pair of Gadwalls I have posted a few more images from the last trip and this trip if interested. http://homepage.mac.com/lhays/Birds/PhotoAlbum97.html Lana Hays Walton, 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