[birdky] RPT: 53 Red-necked Grebes! ... 3/8/2014
- From: <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 18:29:37 -0500 (EST)
Eddie Huber, Matt Stickel, and I visited the Lexington Reservoirs this morning
in hopes of seeing the Red-throated Loon. Unfortunately it was a no show, but
the Red-necked Grebes stole the show. We met up with Scott Marsh & Rhonda
Bryant in Lexington, and Jackie & Diane Elmore at Cedar Creek Lake. Highlights:
Lex. Reservoir #3 (Lakeshore Drive): 10 Red-necked Grebes (7 on east; 3 on
west), maybe 10 Horned Grebes, a few Common Goldeneye, 5 Red-br Mergansers, 10
Redheads, plus regulars
Lex. Reservoir #4 (W of Richmond Road): at least 24 Red-necked Grebes, 8-10
Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 1 leucistic Ring-billed Gull that
was almost entirely white, but had a limited amount of gray instead of black at
the tips of the primaries. No telling what is down at the dam at the southwest
end.
Lex. Reservoir #4 (Jacobson Park side): 3 Red-necked Grebes including the
prettiest one on the day and the closest looks; 4 Redheads, 1 Mute Swan
Lake Linville, Rockcastle Co.: at least 12 Red-necked Grebes, 6-8 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 4 White-winged Scoters (we must have missed one)
Cedar Creek Lake, Lincoln Co.: Jackie & Diane know the lake well and we toured
all of the nooks and crannies they were familiar with and *finally* found 1
then 3 more Red-necked Grebes down in the south end of the lake. Numerous boats
all over the place with fishing season commencing. Also saw lots of American
Coots, a few Horned Grebes, about 500 Ring-billed Gulls, 4 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 20 or so Ruddy Ducks, and 2 Greater Scaup.
On the return home, Eddie spotted us a Loggerhead Shrike along the Harrodsburg
Bypass.
bpb, Louisville
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