Mark Monroe with assistance from Shawchyi Vorisek, Beth Ciuzio, Wayne Tamminga and myself did some banding on the Sinclair WMA, Muhlenberg Co. yesterday, November 20th. Our main target was more Le Conte's Sparrows off S5 and we captured 3, 1 from our October 29th banding effort and 2 new ones. There are now 4 birds banded along S5. Sometime in late winter/early spring, we will attempt to recapture birds in this area to establish overwintering and hopefully we will get a return(s) in 2004-2005. Other highlights from the WMA and adjacent Paradise Plant impoundments yesterday included the following: 2 Common Loons, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 juv. dark morph western Red-tailed Hawk (nice study of an infrequently reported age-plumage), 5 Sandhill Cranes, 12+ Least Sandpipers, 2 Dunlin, 10-12 Short-eared Owls (observed with the Preston and Shari Forsythe at dusk from jct S1/S2), Sedge Wren (at least 4 heard and 1 seen); Marsh Wren (2 singing -- good work MM!), onesies and twosies of flyover American Pipits (several times) and Lapland Longspurs (4 times -- they must be moving well now), at least 4 American Tree Sparrows (our first of the fall), and at least 4 Fox Sparrows (one in the hand and banded). We also heard three species of frogs enjoying the warm day and saw 10 species of butterflies still on the wing. bpb, Louisville brainard.palmer-ball AT mail.state.ky.us ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx