[birdky] RPT:Birding from 11/9-11/12 Louisville

I spent a few days at the Falls of the Ohio this weekend, and a little over an 
hour at Cave Hill Cemetary this morning.  I spent the better part of 3 and a 
half hours on Saturday straining my eyes trying to identify a heat 
wave-covered, distant grebe I was almost sure was a Western but could not get 
the bill.  Went back the next day and saw clearly based on size and distance my 
bird was a Horned Grebe; heat waves are the biggest bane to this hobby.  
Highlights were a flock of 40+ Pine Siskins at Cave Hill and an ad. Bald Eagle 
and 35+ flying over the Falls visitor center.  The List:

Falls of the Ohio 3 days : Friday and Sunday respectively for an hour in the 
morning(8-9 AM) and from 9:00-2:30 on Saturday
Canada Goose
Wood Duck- 1 fem. sat.
Gadwall- 35+ 
American Black Duck-3
Mallard
Blue-wg. Teal-3 on fri. and sun.- looked like two of them were much warmer 
brown in color and less distinct facially with larger bills like Cinnamon Teal 
but over this last week I've had enough botched identifications of rare birds 
to leave it be
Green-wg. Teal-8 fri.
Hooded Merganser- 4 pairs fri.
Pied-bl. Grebe-1maybe2
Horned Grebe-2
Double-cr. Cormorant- from numerous to scarce
Great Blue Heron-25
Great Egret-3 on sun.
Turkey Vulture-1 maybe 2 suprisingly scarce
Bald Eagle-1 way above thought it was gonna be a T.V. for sat. but never got one
Sharp-sh. Hawk- 1 imm.
Red-sh. Hawk- 1 and also one seen on 65 in downtown on fr. and sat.
Red-tl. Hawk-1
Am. Kestrel-1
Peregrine Falcon- fri.
Am. Coot- 100+ conservatively
Sandhill Crane-35+
Killdeer- 4-15
Dunlin-4 on fri.
Ring-bl. Gull- 60+
Herring Gull- 4 maybe 6
Rock Dove
Mo. Dove
Belted Kingfisher-1
Red-bl. Woodpecker
Downy Wood.
No. Flicker
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Horned Lark- constant coming over in small numbers and sinlges every 15-30 min.
Carolina Chick.
Tuft. Tit
Carolina Wr.
Ruby-cr. kinglet
Gold. cr. Kinglet
American Robin
No. Mockingbird
Eu. Starling
Am. Pipit- every half hour or so 
Cedar Waxwing-12
Yellow-rp. Warbler
Ea. Towhee-1 
Song Sp.-8
Swamp Sp.-4-20+
White-thr. Sp.-6
Dark-eyed Junco-2 first of fall
No. Cardinal
Rusty Blackbird-1 landed over with dunlin in pool on right side of waterfall 
below the retainer wall
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch- 150+
House Sp.

Cave Hill Cemetary- 11/12 8:20-9:45am

Canada Goose
Am. Black Duck-1
Mallard
Sharp-sh. Hawk- 1 imm.
Mo. Dove
Downy Wood.-1
Hairy Wood.-1
No. Flicker-1
Am. Crow- 1 don't usually get one here especially when West Nile hit them a 
while back
Ca. Chickadee
Red-br. Nuthatch-3 because I've been river birding these are the first I've 
seen this fall
White-br. Nuthatch-1 weird
Hermit Thrush-1 first bird to greet me
Am. Robin
No. Mockingbird
Eu. Starling
Cedar Waxwing- 25+
yellow-rp. Warbler
Am. Tree Sp. - never seen one here in birding here 11 years
Song Sp.
White-thr. Sp.
Dark-eyed Junco-35+ pretty low numbers for this loc.
NO.cardinal
House Finch
Pine Siskin- 40+ I've dreamt of this day!
Am. Goldfinch- 30+ outnumbered by siskins

Good Birding, 
Michael Autin
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