[birdky] Recent Trips to the Tri-Dam Area and Yardbirds

Highlights from recent trips to the
Barkley/Kentucky/Smithland dams area are as follows:

September 16

White-rumped Sandpiper  Little River/Barkley
Laughing Gull Smithland  5  4 juvs and 1 adult
Franklin's Gull  Smithland  1st summer type  
Caspian Tern 155+  Eddyville to dam  15 at Smithland
Scissor-tailed Flycat  adult along 453 at bison area


September 21

Caspian Tern  200+ between Eddyville and dam including
170 at Kuttawa

Laughing Gull  Smithland adult
Lesser Black-backed Gull  adult above Ky Dam


I made a trip to the dams on September 26/27 to search
for hurricane birds.  Rita apparently weakened enough
after making landfall to drop most birds along the
coast, and I observed no tropical species.  It is
possible that a few stragglers could turn up though. 
Species of interest include:

September 26  

Arrived in time to see 7 Laughing Gulls fly over
Kentucky Dam on their way to roost.

September 27

Northern Shoveler  Smithland  8
Merlin  1 male at Smithland  1 female at Ky Dam
Snowy Egret  Kuttawa
Laughing Gull 12  5 at Ky Dam, 5 at Smithland, and 2
at Barkley Dam
Lesser Black-backed Gull  adult at Kuttawa
Caspian Tern  190+ Kuttawa to dam w/150 at Kuttawa
Common Tern 10+ above Ky Dam  10+ at Smithland
Forster's Tern  a flock of 110 dropped out above Ky
Dam
Black Tern  Smithland

Nice yardbirds recently include:

Marsh Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Lincoln's Sparrow  Sep 27 and 28
And the following warblers:
Warblers:

Blue-winged
Nashville
No. Parula
Chestut-sided
Magnolia
Blackburnian
Yellow-throated
Bay-breasted
Black and White
Am. Redstart
Worm-eating
Ovenbird
No. Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's 

David L. Roemer
Bowling Green, Ky.












                
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