[birdky] Recent forays into the Sloughs

Highlights of recent Sloughs birding.

7 July 2008
Shorebird Unit, Hardy Slough dike, Pond Creek Marsh
Green Heron, night heron juv sp?, Least Bittern, Least Sandpiper, Proth. W., N. Parula W., Com. Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, Orchard Oriole family group 

10 July 2008
Hardy Slough dike, Muddy Slough, Shorebird Unit, Pond Creek Marsh, 268 slough Green Heron, Bald Eagles 2 Juv & 1 Ad, Least Sandpiper, Proth. W., N. Parula W., Com. Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat 

12 July 2008
Horseshoe Road sloughs, Honey Creek Slough (Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit) Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Orchard Oriole 

14 July 2008
268 slough, Horseshoe Road sloughs, Ohio River @ a towhead island (Union Co.), Pond Creek Marsh Green Heron, Great Egrets, Snowy Egret, Hooded Merganser brood, quail sp.? 3 near High Ground Hunting Club, Turkey Family, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Fish Crow (Union Co.), Blue Grosbeak Note: Watched a Spotted Sandpiper perch on top of an 8-foot tall willow after three attempts to land on one. Pretty bizarre looking. 

15 July 2008
Highland Creek Unit (Union Co.), 268 slough, Shorebird Unit
quail sp.? 12 near High Ground Hunting Club, Turkey, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Barred Owl, Acadian Flycatcher, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Wood Thrush, Red-eyed Vireo, Proth. W., Kentucky W. (3), Com. Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, E. Meadowlark, Summer Tanager 


Charlie
Henderson Co.



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