[birdky] RPT: McElroy Lake, Warren County
- From: "bennetts" <bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 22:31:17 -0500
May 21, 2002:
I spent about an hour at McElroy Lake late this afternoon. The lake is
rising still and has enlarged significantly, though not to the size it was
earlier this year.
There was a nice flock of about 75 shorebirds composed mostly of
Semipalmated Sandpipers with quite a few Semipalmated Plovers. Also within
the flock were 1 Dunlin and 1 or 2 White-rumped Sandpipers. A Greater
Yellowlegs was also present, but was not part of the flock. Annoyingly, the
flock would not stay still for a good sift through. It flew every few
minutes, only to land a few feet away from its original spot. The birds
seemed to be sifting through the water as it was flowing into the pond,
though they might have been exploring newly flooded land for emerging
worms/grubs, etc. They clearly fed on something in the shallow/weedy area
near the ditch.
Waterfowl were low in number and included 38 Canada Geese, roughly 20
Mallards, roughly 10 Blue-winged Teal and 9 Wood Ducks, all drakes. A large
ferrell/escape goose was also present.
There were numerous swallows present including Bank Swallows.
That concludes this report.
Mark Bennett
Russellville, KY
Logan County
bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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