[birdky] RPT: June 20 Louisville, Dickcissel female and others

I took a tour of Southwestern Louisville from 11:00am-4:00pm, starting on 
National Turnpike then moving to Jefferson Memorial Forest and terminating the 
tour at Minors Lane South.  I mostly spent the time checking grassland/wetland 
areas but spent a little time in the woods.  I found most of the things I was 
hoping to find.
 
  wetland adjacent to junkyard on National Turnpike 11:15-11:45am -rain ended 
this quickly
Great Egret-2
Belted Kingfisher-2
No. Rough-wg. Swallow-3
Brown Thrasher-1
Com. Yellowthroat-heard
Dickcissel!-female acting nervous flying around the perimeter and scolding me 
with high-pitched notes- I hadn't seen one in so long I wasn't sure if it was a 
female or a young male until I looked at a guide- hoping that she is nesting 
 
Jefferson Memorial forest 12:00-3:00pm-Tom Wallace Recreation Area and 
visitor's center
 
Pileated Woodpecker-1 heard
Eastern Wood-Peewee-1 heard
Eastern Phoebe-1 ad. and 1 imm.
White-eyed Vireo-1 singing adjacent to visitor's center-habitat seemed a little 
mature and dense for one
Red-eyed Vireo-1
Purple Martin-1 over Tom Wallace lake
White-br. Nuthatch-1 imm. coming to feeders
Wood Thrush-1 carrying food to an unseen nest
Louisiana Waterthrush-1 imm. seen and another remained hidden scolding me with 
a very weak call not as sharp or hollow as usual chip note
Kentucky Warbler-1 sang and played hide and seek with me never got a good look
Summer Tanager-2 heard
 
Minors Lane South of Outer Loop 3:15-4:00pm
 
Canada Goose- with at least 2 young
Spotted Sandpiper-1 ad. getting chased by Killdeer- unexpected
Willow Flycatcher-1 silent and still sentinel 
No. Rough-wg. Swallow-probably at least 60 on wires, flying, and chasing
House Wren-in a bush in a yard surrounded by acres of mowed grass and tree 
stumps
Com. Yellowthroat-2 singing unseen
Yellow-br. Chat-1 displaying over the brush- climbed to about 50 or so feet 
before descending
Blue Grosbeak- male "chinking" on wire adjacent to extensive brushline
Eastern Meadowlark-6 singing from telephone posts and skulking in the grass
 
Saturday, June 13-I quickly stopped by UPS on Crittenden where there is a 
bridge on a bend in the road that goes over a creekbed 
pos. Willow Flycatcher sitting half-concealed in a tree being quiet
Yellow-br. Chat-1 seen briefly
Orchard Oriole- 1 male and 1 fem. in slightly different locations
 
On the morning of the 20th I saw a Black-cr. Night-Heron flying over Southside 
Drive, and on Monday evening I saw a lone Black Vulture flying over Fern Valley 
Rd. near the intersection with Watterson Trail; two things I would have never 
seen when I started birding seriously in 1995.  In fact in the last month I 
have seen Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Black-cr. Night-Heron and Green Heron 
on multiple occasions and I haven't been to the Falls of the Ohio since the 
winter; fun!
 
Good Birding,
Michael Autin Louisville, KY


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