[birdky] april 19 2004
- From: "Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <beckhambc@xxxxxxx>, <Mansmithf@xxxxxxx>,<Gary.Ritchison@xxxxxxx>, <BIRDCNTR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Marsh, Daniel" <Daniel.Marsh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:24:39 -0400
- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* April 19, 2004
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Surf Scoter
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Semipalmated Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Whip-poor-will
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Wood Thrush
American Pipit
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Bobolink
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: April 19, 2004
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 12:00 PM, EDT, April 19, 2004
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society. This update is current as of April 19, 2004 at 12:00 PM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
The only rare bird reported this week was a single SURF SCOTER in a
small pond in Hickman on the 18th; this bird is not likely to stay put.
Photos were taken.
The field trip to the Sloughs of Henderson tallied 81 species,
highlighted by 2 LEAST BITTERN, 3 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, and 8 VIRGINIA
RAILS. Other were KING RAIL, SORA, AMERICAN BITTERN, SEDGE WREN, and 3
BALD EAGLE NESTLINGS.
Shore birds mentioned this week (locations include Blood River, Obion
WMA, and Long Point): 5 BAIRDS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
400 plus LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 700 plus PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 WESTERN
SANDPIPER, and 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER.
Other new spring arrivals mentioned for the first time this year were:
WOOD THRUSH (Pike Co), WHIPPORWILL (Hart Co), BOBOLINKS (Fulton Co),
WARBLING, and RED-EYED VIREO (Fayette Co), and BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE,
and WORM-EATING WARBLERS in Beargrass Creek Nature Preserve.
The SPOTTED TOWHEE in McCracken Co is still being seen. The location is
the west side of KY1321, 2.5 miles north of the junction of KY725 at
Cimota City.
SHRIKES were mentioned in Ballard WMA, and Fulton County. And the list
of wintering birds still being seen include: WINTER WREN (Scott Co),
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS (Fayette Co), RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Beargrass
Creek), PURPLE FINCH (Berea), HORNED LARKS (Pike Co), AMERICAN PIPITS
(Ballard WMA), and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
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.
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