I've had pretty good luck with them on the Whittleton Trail. Just park at the Whittleton Campground at Natural Bridge and hike towards Whittleton Arch. We caught two Swainson's last week at the park's MAPS station. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Zeb Weese Regional Nature Preserves Manager for Central and Eastern Kentucky Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission 801 Schenkel Lane Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: (502) 573-2886, extension 118 Fax: (502) 573-2355 E-mail: zeb.weese@xxxxxx Web site: http://naturepreserves.ky.gov/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- -----Original Message----- From: FreeLists Mailing List Manager [mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:20 AM To: birdky digest users Subject: birdky Digest V7 #156 birdky Digest Thu, 12 Jun 2008 Volume: 07 Issue: 156 In This Issue: [birdky] Blue Grosbeak nest [birdky] DC Cormorants Nesting [birdky] Swainson's Warblers at Red River Gorge? [birdky] Western Kingbird [birdky] great crested flycatcher [birdky] Re: Blue Grosbeak nest [birdky] Mammoth Cave BBS routes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lyneart" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [birdky] Blue Grosbeak nest Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:14:48 -0500 A pair of Blue Grosbeaks has a nest in a lilac bush in our yard. Much dryer lint is woven into the nest. Unfortunately, 2 of the 3 eggs in it are Cowbird eggs. Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:01:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Ray <edrayosprey@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [birdky] DC Cormorants Nesting DC Cormorants are nesting on the first island south of Little River, Lake Barkley-west side of the channel. Question may be are there any large islands on Barkley and KY Lakes where DCC are not nesting this year? I could see 4 nests but from the sounds there are probably at least twice this number of nests on the island within a few trees of each other. I had not been near nesting cormornants before-the young birds are very vocal and make a neat totally different sound than the adults. An osprey tree nest is surprisingly close to the nesting cormorants. Ed Ray, Lake Barkley-Trigg Co. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:45:15 -0400 From: Debra Hausrath <redstart@xxxxxxxx> Subject: [birdky] Swainson's Warblers at Red River Gorge? A group of us from the northern Kentucky area are planning on trekking down to the Gorge in a week or so to search for Swainson's Warblers in particular. Has anyone been seeing (or more likely, hearing them) this spring? And if so, what trails were they on? Many thanks for the tips! Debra Hausrath ------------------------------ From: "Eddie and Jennifer Huber" <edandjenhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [birdky] Western Kingbird Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:15:28 -0400 For those that want to see the western kingbird at Melco in Jefferson County I am planning the final trip this Saturday at 8:30am. Eddie Huber -cell 724-1924 ------------------------------ From: "Mike Tobbe" <mtobbe@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [birdky] great crested flycatcher Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:23:12 -0500 Just now a great crested flycatcher took a dirt bath in the garden. In 18 years, this is only the 2nd time I've seen one on the farm. Mike Tobbe Little Mount Spencer County This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary to Ahold and/or its subsidiaries ("Ahold") or otherwise confidential or legally privileged. 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I did and found that they were apparently laid by 2 different Cowbirds, since they were each slightly different in shape and speckled pattern. Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County ------------------------------ From: "Kistlers" <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [birdky] Mammoth Cave BBS routes Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:00:36 -0500 We've completed two breeding bird surveys within Mammoth Cave Park. The cicadas are overwhelming...I'll be marking "excess noise" at every stop! Bird numbers are normal or better, but the number we've recorded will be considerably less than usual. It's always great to be out in the woods at dawn, though. 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