[birdky] The Kentucky Bird Line
- From: "Bennett, Mark" <mbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Birdky (E-mail)" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:42:33 -0500
- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* August 30, 2002
* KYKY08.30.02
- Birds Mentioned
American White Pelican
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Black-necked Stilt Review Species1
Upland Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Common Nighthawk
Rufous Hummingbird Review Species
Eastern Phoebe
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Review Species
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Sedge Wren
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: August 30, 2002
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 2:00 PM, EDT, August 30, 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 August 30, 2002 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Highlights of this update include: An apparent Rufous Hummingbird in
Edmonson County, the continued presence of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers below
Barkley Dam, and notations on fall migration.
An apparent Rufous Hummingbird has been reported in rural Edmonson County.
Efforts by a birder to observe the bird on August 30 were unsuccessful, but
a bird meeting the description of a Rufous Hummingbird is attending a feeder
at the home of Mrs. Eleanor Lobb of 2333 Ray Houchins Road, in Edmonson
County. Persons wishing to look for the bird are asked to call Mrs. Lobb in
advance at 270-749-2307. The Ray Houchins Road runs between 31W and KY 1339
and is just south of Park City. The Kentucky County Road Atlas refers to
the Road as Cedar Hill-Sinking Springs Road. Exact dates of the observation
are not available.
The Scissor-tailed Flycatchers below Barkley Dam continue to be observed on
occasion. Nesting appears to be completed, but the family of birds was
observed near the boat ramp on the east side of the river on August 27.
A White-throated Sparrow has made an amazingly early appearance in Kentucky
at Lexington. Details on the location are not available, but this
individual has been observed 2 times within the last week.
Shorebirds have been observed at a variety of locations since the last
update. On August 17, a Beckham Bird Club/Kentucky Ornithological Society
(BBC/KOS) field trip produced 12 species of shorebird. Highlights of the
observations include 1 Ruddy Turnstone, 4 Stilt Sandpipers, and 1
Short-billed Dowitcher. Other species of interest observed on the trip to
Henderson and Union Counties included Sedge Wrens, Caspian Tern, Black Tern,
and 125 Great Egrets.
On August 18, 11 species of shorebird were observed at the Falls of the Ohio
in Jefferson County. Highlights of these observations included a
Black-bellied Plover, 10 Semipalmated Plovers, 1 Ruddy Turnstone, 2
Sanderlings, and about 20 Black Terns. An Upland Sandpiper was heard in a
flyover in eastern Jefferson County on the same date.
On August 21 and 22, 13 species of shorebirds were observed at various
locations along the Mississippi River. Highlights reported from Lake #9 in
Fulton County were unspecified numbers of Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Stilt
Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper and other species. About 700 Egret species
were also observed at Lake # 9 on that date with about 500 of those being
Great Egrets and 150 being Snowy Egrets. 2 families of Black-necked Stilts
were observed at unspecified locations on the Mississippi River, as were
over 400 American White Pelicans.
Water levels are dropping on the 2 big western lakes, exposing considerable
shorebird habitat. The mudflats at Jonathan Creek yielded 5 species of
common shorebird 5 species of wader, 35 Forster's Terns, and other water
birds on August 29.
Passerine migration has begun to increase in Kentucky. On August 29, the
Western Kentucky University Woods in Warren County produced 3 Chestnut-sided
Warblers, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, and 1 Yellow Warbler. Recent observations
in Jefferson County have included unspecified numbers of Wilson's Warbler,
Magnolia Warbler, American Redstart, and Chestnut-sided Warbler. On August
29, Blue-winged Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Ovenbird,
Yellow-throated Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, and Eastern Phoebe were observed in
the Berea College Forest.
Other reports of interest since the last update include: a Merlin in
downtown Louisville, Cattle Egrets at a pond in Logan County, and over 200
migrant Common Night-hawks in Jefferson County.
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
MBennett
Logan County School District
mbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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