[birdky] RPT ballard
- From: "Scott and Glenda Record" <sgrecord@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:10:28 -0600
Spent some time this morning touring Ballard Co with several interesting finds.
Most waterfowl are scattered in the backwater and not readily visible but a
few common species are still around the refuge. The best find was a nice
shorebird area along Palmore road. This road runs from the tower at Monkey's
Eyebrow due South and comes out on the road between Bandana and Oscar. This
road bisects Bandana hunt club which has about 50 acres of nice shorebird
habitat on the east side and 100 acres still flooded on the west. Dozens of
killdeer and at least 6 W. snipe were present in the shallow water and
mudflats. This shallow water won't last long unless we get some rain and may
be at it's peak right now. The flooded fields however may provide some habitat
into shorebird season. Some waterfowl and some rusty blackbirds are present
here as well. Also of note were groups of horned larks nearly everywhere as
well as many small groups of eastern meadowlarks. Most conspicuous were
raptors with most of the numbers concentrated near the edge of the backwater
areas. A couple other interesting finds were 1 gray form Savannah sparrow with
very clean crisp streaks, little or no rufous on the back, and no hint of
yellow in the lores. A Purple finch was a nice county bird for me at Charlie's
feeders on the refuge. Following are the raptor numbers on the day:
Redtail 12 + (all eastern and most immature)
Red shouldered 5
Harrier 3
kestrel 4
Bald eagle 5
Scott Record
Ragland KY
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