[birdky] Recent forays into the Sloughs
- From: Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:22:54 -0500
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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