[birdky] RPT: Falls of the Ohio 9/9/08

Several folks birded the Falls of the Ohio today. I birded with Eddie Huber for 
awhile this morning and Michael Autin called me this evening with some 
additions to the list, most notably for the Falls area, a juv. Yellow-crowned 
Night-Heron, which he saw on the pools out by the main dam wall where the 
willow trees start (right of straight out from the Interpretive Center 
overlook). Eddie and I "aced" the 5 peeps this morning, something that is hard 
to do in either spring or fall, especially in the Louisville area :o)
 
Most all the action was down on and below Wave Rock for Eddie and myself this 
morning, but it sounded like Michael was seeing most stuff out on the main beds 
this evening.
 
Shorebirds:
 
American Golden-Plover 2 juveniles (AM)
Killdeer 30+
Semipalmated Plover 4
Greater Yellowlegs 2 (Eddie AM)
Solitary Sandpiper 1 (AM)
Spotted Sandpiper several
Ruddy Turnstone 2 (Michael PM)
Sanderling (6 AM; 7 PM)
Least Sandpiper 20+
Semipalmated Sandpiper several
Western Sandpiper 2 juvs (AM)
White-rumped Sandpiper 1 adult 
Baird's Sandpiper (3 AM; 5-6+ PM)
Pectoral Sandpiper 4+
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 (PM)
 
Also this morning, Alan Goldstein of the Falls staff pointed out to me a flock 
of at least 45 Sterna terns (Forster's/Common) passing by the Falls in the 
channel between the dam and Shippingport Island. I believe most or all were 
Commons but the dull light and distance made me uncertain.
 
BPB, Frankfort

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