[birdky] RPT: various stops around Louisville and surrounding areas June 30-July 10

Haven't seen anything too crazy here but just a few interesting things.  
However I just got back from tour with my band all across most of the Eastern 
United States and Midwest that has left me with several questions (sorry not 
Kentucky related):what are Ring-necked Pheasants doing in downtown Detroit, a 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher doing in Murphysboro, Tennesse, and is it common to 
see a small group of Manx Shearwaters on a populated beach in Downtown Boston?  
Now for Kentucky related stuff.  
Sunday, June 30, Bernheim Forest 6:00-8:30pm
Green Heron- very cooperative imm.
Canada Goose- at least 500- good grief
Purple Martin-6 or so over Big Meadow
Pine Warbler-1 imm.
Blue Grosbeak-several scolding from the meadow-what a neat sight so close to 
home
Henslow's Sparrow- 2 calling- when I first went here in 1993 the only grassland 
birds of note were Common Yellowthroat and Field Sparrows-exciting!
 
non-avian: Stinkpot Turtle- I've wanted to see one in the wild as long as I can 
remember!
 
Thursday, July 3, Jefferson Memorial Forest 5:30-7:30pm 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird-1 first I've seen in awhile
Wood Thrush-heard
White-eyed Vireo- Horine Reservation on top of Holsclaw Hill
Kentucky Warbler- heard Horine
Common Yellowthroat 5 +-Horine
Hooded Warbler -1 singing with such great variation of notes I thought I was on 
the trail of an American Redstart!
Yellow-breasted Chat -3 lovely birds, probably the best place in the county for 
it(if someone can correct me on that statement please do, I will probably spend 
more time there)
 
Thursday, July 10, Cherokee Park 7:30-8:15pm
Black-crowned Night-Heron-4
Green Heron-2 calling and being chased by jays
Common Nighthawk-a few at dusk
Great-crested Flycatcher-heard
Cedar Waxwings- 20+ at Big Rock parking lot
Yellow-throated Warbler- I have been trying to find evidence of them nesting 
there the last couple of summers but admittedly haven't really gotten out 
during peak hours or days.  I found it quietly singing its song in a sycamore 
on Park-Boundary road where the creek crosses under the pavement.
 
What an awesome sight to stand in front of a building in Germantown and in the 
20 minutes I'm out there see overhead a flock of Purple Martins, Common 
Nighthawks, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and a lone Great Egret pass over me.  
The inner city has never been this birdy in summer before!
 
Please write back if you can answer any of the above questions.  It was not a 
very birdy tour but these birds and their relative locations puzzled me.
 
 
Good Birding,Michael AutinLouisville, KY
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