Highlights from recent observations are as follows: Jan 6 Northern Warren county Eastern Phoebe Purple Finch 5 Red-tailed Hawk adult light-morph calurus Loggerhead Shrike Walton's Pond Green-winged Teal American Wigeon Griffin Park Lesser Scaup 2 Ruddy Duck 2 Jan 7 Peabody Herring Gull Adult light-morph calurus Purple Finch American Tree Sparrows Jan 9 Barren Reservoir Common Loon Hooded Merganser appr 50 Dunlin Least Sandpiper 2 Purple Finch Bonaparte's Gull 500+ Rusty Blackbird 20+ American Pipit 250+ Bailey's Point area Jan 10 Southern Warren County Rough-legged Hawk light-morph Meng Rd. photos Purple Finch Rusty Blackbird 3 WKU farm Light-morph harlani WKU farm video/photos Griffin Park Ring-necked Duck 6 Jan 12 Southern Warren County Griffin Park Ring-necked Duck 14 Lesser Scaup 2 Hooded Merganser Walton's Pond Northern Pintail Lapland Longspur Harlan's at WKU farm Purple Finch 2 at feeder in my yard Jan 13 Barkley/Kentucky part of day w/ Hap Chambers Common Loon Barkley DC Cormorant Barkley Am. White Pelican 15 previously reported by Melissa Snow Goose Barkley dark-morph Long-tailed Duck Barkley Thayer's Gull adult Barkley Dam photos Lesser Black-backed Gull Ky Dam 2 adults Jan 15 Barren Reservoir Herring Gull 3 Bald Eagle adult Walnut Creek area Palm Warbler flock of 5 at Bailey's Point Jan 16 Barkley/Ky Common Loon 15-20 Ky Horned Grebe 60+ total both lakes DC Cormorant 4 Barkley Canvasback several hundred above Barkley dam Bufflehead several hundred Barkley Common Goldeneye several hundred Ky Thayer's Gull adult Barkley Dam photos Glaucous Gull Ky dam photos Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 Ky dam photos Palm Warbler Marshall County Up to 11 Chipping Sparrows daily in my yard along with 2 White-crowned Sparrows of the gambelii race. I stated in a previous report that the light-morph Harlan's Red-tail was spending its 2nd winter on the WKU farm. In going through some notes, I found that it is acutally spending its 3rd winter there. dave __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ================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