All this rain has raised the water levels everywhere. Shorebird Unit only had a few ducks. Highlights: Osprey Great Egret Bay-breasted Warbler Nashville Warbler Orchard Oriole pair Sloughs WMA -Gentle P., Pond Creek Marsh, Hardy Slough, SBU, Henderson, US-KY May 8, 2013 6:50 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) 56 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 8 Gadwall 6 Blue-winged Teal 8 Hooded Merganser 4 Wild Turkey 1 Great Blue Heron 8 Great Egret 1 north end of Muddy Slough Turkey Vulture 3 Osprey 1 heading north over Wood Tract north Bald Eagle 5 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Lesser Yellowlegs X Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove X Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Empidonax sp. X Great Crested Flycatcher X White-eyed Vireo X Warbling Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo X Red-eyed Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Tree Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Carolina Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Eastern Bluebird X American Robin X Gray Catbird 3 Brown Thrasher 2 European Starling X Prothonotary Warbler X Nashville Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat X Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat X Field Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow 3 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Orchard Oriole 2 American Goldfinch X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14042619 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== When posting on BIRDKY, please close posts with your first and last name and your address (city or county). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post on BIRDKY, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS website at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/default.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS Photo Page to view photos of birds recently sighted in Kentucky: http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/pool * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison. E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx