Joe Swanson and I went down to the Cecelia area to check on the Sandhill Cranes in advance of our scheduled outing on Saturday 2/11. We saw around 800 Sandhills. We also talked to Erin of Fish and Wildlife who had been out counting all day and reported over 6,000 cranes. She also indicated that they were probably starting to head north already. Our scheduled trip on the 11th will meet at the KMart (501 Marsailles Rd.) in Versailles down near the Garden Center at 7:00 so that we can get to Cecilia around 8:30. The best time for finding cranes is around sunrise and sunset. David Lang Scott County Cecelia Area, Hardin, US-KY Feb 3, 2012 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 39.999 mile(s) Comments: David Lang & Joe Swanson 20 species Canada Goose 15 Around Cecelia Great Blue Heron 3 Around Cecelia Turkey Vulture 20 Around Cecelia Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Around Cecelia Red-tailed Hawk 4 Around Cecelia American Kestrel 6 Around Cecelia Sandhill Crane 800 Around Cecelia Killdeer 6 Around Cecelia Wilson's Snipe 1 Around Cecelia Rock Pigeon 2 Around Cecelia Mourning Dove 15 Around Cecelia American Crow 50 Around Cecelia Northwestern Crow 2 Around Cecelia Horned Lark 2 Around Cecelia Eastern Bluebird 8 Around Cecelia American Robin 60 Around Cecelia Northern Mockingbird 4 Around Cecelia European Starling 90 Around Cecelia Red-winged Blackbird 10 Around Cecelia Eastern Meadowlark 10 Around Cecelia This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ================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