[birdky] Re: RPT: SW Logan and SE Todd Counties
- From: "Mark Bennett" <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Mark Monroe'" <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:55:01 -0600
Thank you, Mark. I do/did know that and I apologize to all. Apparently I
was thinking of something/one else and had a Freudian slip.
Bennett(s)
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Monroe [mailto:markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 December, 2011 15:20
To: benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [birdky] RPT: SW Logan and SE Todd Counties
Just so you know Mark, the duck genus is spelled Anas. Pretty big typo
there. ;)
Mark
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Mark Bennett <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 18 December 2011:
>
>
> Today, I birded my usual haunts in concentrated in SW Logan County and SE
> Todd County.
>
>
>
> At Lake Herndon were 3 Pied-billed Grebes.
>
>
>
> At Guthrie Swamp, I observed:
>
>
>
> ~60 Canada Geese
>
> ~10 Anus species descending into the actual interior natural pond/swamp
>
> 1 Pied-billed Grebe
>
> 2 Double-crested Cormorants
>
> 4 Great Blue Herons
>
> 1 Red-shouldered Hawk
>
> 1 Ring-billed Gull, &
>
> 2 Savannah Sparrows
>
>
>
> A drive by the eagle nest produced nothing but the nest.
>
>
>
> I also stopped at Mosley's Pond were I saw no birds and where I note that
> the water is now "outside the bank" as it used to get many years ago in
> winter. Observation is difficult when this happens.
>
>
>
> At the nearby John U Young Road Transient Pond some water was present and
2
> - 5 Savannah Sparrows were observed in the grassy area. In the bright
> sunlight of the day, one of these birds looked greenish headed and for a
> brief minute I thought I had a great bird. After study at home, I
believe,
> but do not know that this bird was simply a Savannah using the light to
> trick an old man.
>
>
>
> Finally, I checked the KY 739 Transient Pond and found that there are a
few
> acres of water. 39 Mallards were seen, but I flushed 13 of these, so I
did
> not search the weedy north end as I originally intended for something that
I
> might stomp up because this would have flushed the remaining Mallards.
>
>
>
> That concludes this report.
>
>
>
> Mark Bennett
>
> Russellville, Logan County
>
>
>
> benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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