[birdky] Sloughs WMA & Horseshoe Road slough
- From: Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:43:18 -0500
Highlights:
12 Bald Eagles.
Waded out to check on the Big Bald Eagles nest at Gentle Pond and spotted 2
fuzzy heads poke up briefly.
Pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
2 Fish Crows flying up the Ohio River calling
Wilson's Snipe have arrived in numbers. Present at Hardy Slough, Shorebird
Unit, and fluddles at Wood Tract north
N. Rough-winged Swallows
Barn Swallows
Sloughs WMA -Gentle P., Pond Creek Marsh, Hardy Slough, SBU, Henderson, US-KY
Mar 30, 2013 7:20 AM - 11:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
61 species
Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 12
Blue-winged Teal 40
Northern Shoveler 30
Green-winged Teal 50
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 5
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 6
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 12 Photos of some. 8 ad., 2imm., 2 juv. All 3 nests occupied.
Gentle Pond nest 2 fuzzy-necked juvs seen along with 2 adults nearby, Anderson
Pond nest occupied by 1 adult, Hardy Slough nest had 2 adults perched above the
small mess of a nest.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Coot X
Killdeer X
Greater Yellowlegs X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Pectoral Sandpiper X
Wilson's Snipe 50
Ring-billed Gull 6
Mourning Dove 4
Great Horned Owl 2 2 juvs at the nest
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 a pair together working a small area of a tree
trunk
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Pileated Woodpecker X
Eastern Phoebe 2
American Crow X
Fish Crow 2 flying up the Ohio River calling
Horned Lark X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 3 1 over Pond Creek Marsh, 2 over Shorebird Unit
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Brown Creeper 3
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Eastern Towhee 1
American Tree Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 20
Swamp Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 20
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Rusty Blackbird 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Horseshoe Road slough, Henderson, US-KY
Mar 30, 2013 11:45 AM - 11:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
5 species
Northern Shoveler 4
Ring-necked Duck 80
Bufflehead 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Horned Lark 6
View this checklist online at
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
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