[birdky] western Henderson Co. & U'town Dam

1/2/06

I did another tour of western Henderson Co. and Uniontown Dam (in Union Co.) this morning.
Extremely unusual weather: Overcast, windy, 63º and rising, at 11AM the promised front started passing through with dropping temps. and t- storms.

I started above Uniontown Dam at 7AM. Not a whole lot there. Canvas Backs 25, Pied-billed Grebes 30, Hooded Mergansers 4, Red-tailed Hawk 1, Kestrel 1, Ring-billed Gulls 10, Great-blue heron 1, Downy Woodpecker, song-sparrows, White-throated sparrows, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse.

Passing through Uniontown (Union Co.) there were Eurasian Collared Doves.

Next Grassy Pond/Powell's Lake Unit of the Sloughs. Added Golden- crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Tree Sparrows 3.

Sloughs main unit. Canada Geese, Snow Geese, White-fronted Geese, Mallards, Pintails, Am. Widgeon, E. Bluebirds, Killdeer.

Cape Hills Unit: Carolina Wren, Winter Wren, Blue Jays, White- breasted Nuthatch, Robins, N. Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow- bellied Woodpecker, Am. Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Junco, and more Yellow- rumped Warblers.

Next just before the front was coming through I back-tracked and checked out Anderson Pond at the Sloughs: Ring-necked Ducks, Black ducks, Gadwall, Am. Widgeon.


Along the roads I saw Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, Com. Grackles, Meadowlarks, Cardinals, Com. Crows, and flocks of Horned Larks.


Not seen: Tundra Swans or any Shovelers.

Overall the number of Geese and Ducks at the Sloughs, so far, seems really down again this winter.

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Personal observation:

The High Ground Hunting Club has almost completely surrounded the Sloughs WMA. As the High Ground Hunting Club has developed there seems to be a decrease in the number of ducks and geese using the Sloughs in winter. But then I do know that the number of ducks and geese has also fallen across the Ohio River at Hovey Lake in Posey Co. Indiana. So it must be coincidental.


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Charlie
Henderson Co.




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