I hit the frosty Sloughs this morning (April 5th) at 6AM. Great day for birding. Highlights: Paruala warbler at Highland Creek Unit Yellow-crowned night-heron at Highland Creek Unit Blue-gray gnatcatcher at Sauerheber and Highland Creek Units Sauerheber Unit: Pied-billed grebe Double-crested cormorant Canada goose Mallard Green-winged teal Blue-winged teal Am. widgeon Shoveler Wood duck Ringed-necked duck Sharp-shinned hawk Red-tailed hawk Bald eagle (at the nest) Kestrel Am. Coot Killdeer Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Mourning dove Barred owl N. Flicker Red-bellied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Horned lark Barn swallow Blue jay Com. Crow Tufted titmouse Carolina Chickadee White-breasted nuthatch Carolina wren Brown thrasher Robin E. Bluebird Blue-gray gnatcatcher House sparrow E. meadowlark Red-winged blackbird Rusty blackbird Com. Grackle Brown-headed blackbird Cardinal Am. goldfinch Field sparrow White-crowned sparrow White-throated sparrow Song sparrow onto to Cape Hills Unit: added Pileated woodpecker Brown creeper Hermit thrush Rufous-sided towhee Highland Creek Unit: added Yellow-crowned night-heron Turkey vulture Red-shouldered hawk Turkey Tree swallow Ruby-crowned kinglet Parula warbler Dark-eyed junco Grassy Pond, Powell's Lake Unit: added Wilson's snipe Belted Kingfisher Amazing sometimes what birds you miss, I should have seen but didn't: Hooded merganser Bobwhite Red-headed woodpecker E. Phoebe Yellow-rumped warbler Nonbirds seen: Beaver at Sauerheber Muskrat at Sauerheber Deer: 13 at Sauerheber Deer: 6 at Cape Hills Charlie Henderson County ================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