[birdky] RPT: Sanderling, Falls of the Ohio SP (KY)

  • From: "ddstriegel@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddstriegel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: BIRDKY Kentucky <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:21:20 -0700

A few shorebirds were observed on outer fossil beds this morning.  Highlight 
was a Sanderling on Wave Rock that was viewed from Fisherman's Point.

Falls of the Ohio (KY), Jefferson, US-KY
Jul 23, 2014 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Birded from observation deck and Fishermans's Point.
19 species

Canada Goose  97
Mallard  5
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  57
Great Egret  7
Black-crowned Night-Heron  22    (only one immature)
Black Vulture  81
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  2
Killdeer  22
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
SANDERLING  1    (observed foraging very active on Wave Rock, clean white 
belly/breast, black legs)
Least Sandpiper  3
Chimney Swift  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  15
Barn Swallow  12
Cliff Swallow  60    (feeding over fossil beds)
Red-winged Blackbird  75    (foraging like shorebirds on outer fossil beds)

Del Striegel
Georgetown, IN (Floyd County)

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