- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * December 16, 2002 * KYKY02.12.16 - Birds Mentioned Red-necked Grebe Review Species American White Pelican Snow Goose Ross's Goose Mute Swan Surf Scoter Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Rough-legged Hawk Merlin Peregrine Falcon Sandhill Crane Lesser Black-backed Gull Review Species2 Short-eared Owl Rufous Hummingbird Review Species Pileated Woodpecker Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lapland Longspur Pine Siskin - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: December 16, 2002 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 9:00 PM, EST, December 16, 2002 Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett E-mail: benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological Society. This update is current as of December 16, 2002 at 9:00 PM EST. The highlights of this update are the continued presence of Rufous Hummingbirds in the state and a summary of Christmas Bird Counts conducted thus far. The Danville Rufous Hummingbird continued to attend a feeder at the home of Neil and Ginny Eklund as of December 9th, 2002. While there have been no reports since that date, the bird had been regular in its visitations to that point. The Bowling Green Rufous Hummingbird has not been observed since November 30th and apparently has departed. However, an immature male Rufous Hummingbird continues to be observed along South Park Road in Jefferson County as of December 14th, 2002. Several Christmas Bird Counts were held on December 14th and 15th in many areas of the state. Selected highlights of those counts reporting results follow: · Warsaw: a Surf Scoter, 17 Common Mergansers, and 3 species of gull; · Wayne County: 70 species including a Snow Goose, 19 Sandhill Cranes, 3 American Pipits, 15 Chipping Sparrows, and 2 Vesper Sparrows; · Lexington: 1 Common Goldeneye, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, and 10 Hooded Mergansers; · Louisville: 89 species including 2 Mute Swans, 2 Peregrine Falcons, 15 Sandhill Cranes, 4 Brown Thrashers, 2 Lapland Longspurs, 1 Pine Siskin, and 2 Gray Catbirds; and · Land Between the Lakes: 92 species including a Red-necked Grebe, 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 9 American White Pelicans. On December 7th,Beckham Bird Club and the Kentucky Ornithological Society sponsored a joint field trip to the Peabody Wildlife Management Area in Ohio County. Highlights of this trip included 3 Rough-legged Hawks, 14 Short-eared Owls, 12 Wilson’s Snipe, a Ross’s Goose, and 9 species of sparrow. Other species of interest reported since the last update include an Orange-crowned Warbler and a Merlin in Pulaski County and Sandhill Cranes in Jefferson and Montgomery Counties. 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 & TG Bennett Russellville, KY Logan County benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ================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