Last trip into the closing areas of the Sloughs WMA for this year. It will not reopen until after March 15th, 2012. Now I can devote more time to other areas of the Sloughs that remain open all year. Duck numbers at Wood Tract were down a whole lot. Geese (Canadas & GWF) were up with a mixed flock of about 500 between Muddy Slough and Hardy Slough. Highlights: 1 VERY Late season Blue Grosbeak; female or 1st year male. Poor backlit photos. I spotted it after hearing the distinctive "TINK". Sloughs WMA -Gentle P., Pond Creek Marsh, Hardy Slough, SBU, Henderson, US-KY Oct 31, 2011 7:25 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Including J Dance Rd wetspot 51 species Greater White-fronted Goose X Canada Goose X Wood Duck X American Black Duck X Mallard X Green-winged Teal X Great Blue Heron 4 Turkey Vulture 3 Bald Eagle 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 3 American Kestrel 2 American Coot X Killdeer X Lesser Yellowlegs X Pectoral Sandpiper X Wilson's Snipe X Mourning Dove X Red-headed Woodpecker X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X Eastern Phoebe 5 Blue Jay X American Crow X Tree Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Brown Creeper X Carolina Wren X Golden-crowned Kinglet X Ruby-crowned Kinglet X Eastern Bluebird X American Robin X Northern Mockingbird X European Starling X Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler X Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X White-crowned Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco X Northern Cardinal X Blue Grosbeak 1 Photos Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. ================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