[birdky] Sloughs & Henderson Co. 6/29, 6/30, 7/2

Not a whole lot going on into the doldrums of summer!

6/29/09
McDonald Landing Road
Checked on the Lark Sparrows: None seen. All the open land has no been planted in soy beans. 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swifts
E. Kingbird
Great-crested Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
House Wren
E. Bluebirds
Com. Yellowthroat
Orchard Oriole
Summer Tanager
Dickcissels
Am. Goldfinch

268 slough (River slough)

Great Blue Herons
Killdeers
1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in breeding plumage
Cape Hills Unit, I walked the field with the new wetlands NW of the woods. 

Great Blue Heron
Field Sparrows
Bald Eagles 2 adults
E. Towhee

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6/30/09
Cape Hills Unit, I tried to walk the old 4-wheeler paths but downed trees had practically made the trails impassible and I gave up. 
E. Towhee

Jenny Hole/Highland Creek Unit
Great Blue Herons
Green Herons 2
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owls 2 calling back and forth
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Carolina Wren
Catbird
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
N. Parula
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Com. Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Grosbeak
Dickcissel
Am. Goldfinch
E. Towhee

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7/2/09

268 slough
Great Blue Herons
Killdeers
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER 1
Bob White

Horseshoe Road slough, good shorebird habitat developing.
Great Blue Herons
Killdeers
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
Mallards: pair, 11 males together
RING-NECKED DUCK male still hanging around
Hooded Mergansers several
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
Tree Swallows
Barn Swallows
Rough-winged Swallows

Gentle Pond to Pond Creek Marsh road
Green Heron
Prothonotary Warbler
Com. Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat

Ohio River field part of Wood Tract north
Turkey Vultures flew up from something I never could discover
Blue Grosbeak
Dickcissels
Orchard Orioles 2

Shorebird Unit
Nothing. Most is grown up in water plants and the rest is water with very little shorebird area. 

Charlie
Henderson Co.











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