Berea, Madison County Paul Hager Christine Sparks, a California birder and I went birding today in three places. We went to Battlefield Park (between Richmond and Berea on US 421), Owsley Fork Lake and Berea College Forest. Saw 37 or heard species. Only three warblers, but a Common Tern, Blue-Winged Teal and Orchard Oriole were highlights. BCF ? Berea College Forest OF ? Owsley Fork Lake BFP ? Battlefield Park If no designation, birds were at Owsley Fork Lake American Crow American Goldfinch (everywhere) American Robin (BCF and BFP)) Black and White Warbler Black-Throated Green Warbler Blue-Winged Teal Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren Chimney Swift (BFP) Chipping Sparrow (BCF) Common Tern Downy Woodpecker (BCF) Eastern Bluebird (BCF) Eastern Meadowlark (BFP) Flycatcher ssp. (BCF) Great Blue Heron (BFP and OF) Green Heron (BFP and OF) Hermit Thrush Kestrel (BFP) Killdeer (BFP) Mallard Mourning Dove (everywhere) N. Cardinal Orchard Oriole (BCF) Pied-Billed Grebe (BFP) Pileated Woodpecker (BFP, OF, BCF) Plover ssp. (May have been a Semi-palmated Plover) Red-bellied Woodpecker (OF and BCF) Red-shouldered Hawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Starlings (everywhere) Tufted Titmouse Turkey Vulture (BFP and OF) Warbling Vireo White-Breasted Nuthatch (BCF) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-Throated Warbler ================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