[birdky] The Kentucky Bird Line
- From: "bennetts" <bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Monroe, Rhonda" <rsmonroe@xxxxxxx>,"Ritchison, Gary" <gritchis@xxxxxxxxxxx>,"Bell, Jane & Pat" <beckhambc@xxxxxxx>,"BIRDCENTRAL" <BIRDCNTR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 21:55:32 -0500
- RBA* Kentucky
* Statewide
* May 19, 2002
* KYKY0205.01
- Birds Mentioned
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) REVIEW SPECIES
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: May 19, 2002
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 10:00 PM, EDT, May 19, 2002
Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett
E-mail: bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society. This update is current as of May 19, 2002 at 10:00 PM EDT. The
highlights of this update are: Red-necked Phalaropes at 2 locations, Bewick'
s Wrens in Scott County, and late migrant species.
Five (5) Red-necked Phalaropes were located at Morgan's Pond in Christian
County on Friday, May 17. This group of birds consisted of four (4)
breeding plumaged females and 1 individual of undermined sex and plumage.
Later the same afternoon and again on May 18th the four (4) female
Red-necked Phalaropes were observed again. At least two (2) Red-necked
Phalaropes remained at the pond as of May 19th. Also at Morgan's Pond on
May 17th were four (4) Whimbrels. Unfortunately, these birds flew and were
not relocated later in the afternoon. Other highlights from Morgan's Pond
on May 17th were twenty-five (25) Ruddy Turnstones, numerous Semipalmated
Sandpipers, several Dunlin, and smaller numbers of other common shorebird
species. Morgan's Pond is adjacent to Bullard Road, just west of the
junction of KY 117 and US 41A.
As if Red-necked Phalaropes fell with the rain, on May 18th three (3)
additional birds were located at McElroy Lake in Warren County. This report
was of unspecified sex, but at least one (1) male remained on McElroy Lake
on May 19th. Other species of reported on May 19th at McElroy Lake included
unspecified numbers of Black-bellied Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Stilt
Sandpiper, and Black Tern.
A pair of Bewick's Wrens have been located nesting in a birder friendly yard
in Scott County. The birds are at the home of Carey and Laura Burford.
Directions to this location are as follows:
From Stamping Ground, take KY 227 N through Minorsville then 1-2 miles to
Plummer Road (paved on the right). The Burfords live in the first house on
the right (white on top of the small knoll) on Plummer Road. This location
is on DeLorme page 37, quadrant A-8. Birders are welcome to visit but
should call between the hours of 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM EDT to arrange a visit.
The Burford phone number is 502/535-4620.
Migration is coming to a close with the last flurry of late migrant species.
A Connecticut Warbler was observed at Capertown Swamp in Louisville May 19th
along with a Canada Warbler, a Philadelphia Vireo, and a Wilson's Warbler.
Numerous Blackpoll Warblers were reported around the Kentucky Dam area, and
a Mourning Warbler was observed below Barkley Dam on May 18th. Also at
Kentucky Dam on May 18th and 19th were several Common Terns, Forster's
Terns, Black Terns, Caspian Terns and 4-5 Laughing Gulls and a Franklin's
Gull. A single Common Loon was observed above the dam on May 19th, but the
Pacific Loon appears to be gone and was last observed on May 13th.
Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after the
tone. Please include your name, the date, the location, and the time of
your observation when filing a report. If your report contains rare or out
of season species, please send appropriate documentation to the
KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY 41005
More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site at
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm.
- End Transcript
Mark Bennett
Russellville, KY
Logan County
bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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