I birded the Ano Strip Mine area (Delorme Atlas page 69 block 7- F & G) yesterday and found good numbers of Grasshopper and Henslow's Sparrows present. Henslow's were bringing food in to the nest and at least 2 juv. birds were seen. Most of the area is private property with no trespassing signs posted. I have permission to bird the area and the list below includes both public and private lands. To reach the Forest Service portion, which has both Grasshopper and Henslow's Sparrows using the grassland: From the junction of Hwy. 461 and Hwy. 80 east of Somerset go east on Rt. 80 for approx. 3 miles and turn right on 1675, go 3.8 miles and make a right, staying on 1675, go 1 mile and turn left on Acorn Ano Rd., go 3.2 miles and turn right on Bolthouse Ridge Road continue to the strip mine area, watch on the left for the Wells Cemetery Road the next road on the right that's not gated will take you to the Forest Service grassland, which is on the left. Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Black Vulture 8 Turkey Vulture 10 Wood Duck 6 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Wild Turkey 14 Northern Bobwhite 29 Rock Dove 6 Mourning Dove 22 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Eastern Phoebe 3 Eastern Kingbird 4 White-eyed Vireo 11 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 16 Purple Martin 1 Tree Swallow 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 38 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 17 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Eastern Bluebird 5 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 Cedar Waxwing 7 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 4 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 45 Hooded Warbler 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 15 Scarlet Tanager 2 Eastern Towhee 34 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 67 Grasshopper Sparrow 25 Henslow's Sparrow 22 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 22 Indigo Bunting 102 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Eastern Meadowlark 1 American Goldfinch 13 ~Roseanna Denton Science Hill, KY Pulaski County ================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