[birdky] BirdKY
- From: "Bryant, Rhonda" <rbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 15:46:19 -0400
- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* May 11, 2005
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Western Grebe
Least Bittern
Ring-necked Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Willow Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Lark Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: May 11, 2005
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 12:00 PM, EDT, May 11, 2005
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 May 11, 2005 at 12:00 PM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
The WESTERN GREBE first noted on the 1st of the month, was still present
on the 8th. It was seen from the Eureka campgrounds on lake Barkley. On
the 6th a single PIPING PLOVER was seen at the ash basin in the Sinclair
unit of Peabody WMA. It was not seen on later searches. 2 LARK SPARROWS
were seen in Calloway County on the 7th and 8th. 5 WILSON'S PHALAROPE
were seen in the Henderson sloughs on the 6th but have not been located
since.
The number of birds mentioned this week was huge with migration in full
swing. In the warbler department a BLACK-THROATED BLUE male was seen in
Berea College Woods on the 6th; a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was noted in
Harrison County on the 7th; BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were mentioned from
across the state, with 10 counted in Berea College Woods; and AMERICAN
REDSTART and MAGNOLIA were mentioned for the first time this year.
A WILLOW FLYCATCHER was counted in Calloway County; GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
were observed in Western Ky WMA and the sloughs in Henderson; single
BOBOLINK were seen in Fayette and Hart Counties; BLUE GROSBEAKS made the
role from Hart and Henderson Counties; a MISSISSIPPI KITE was observed
in WKY WMA; and a VESPER SPARROW was noted in Henderson County. A BALD
EAGLE was seen in Montgomery County, and 2 young eagle were viewed on
the nest in the sloughs in Henderson County.
A number of shorebirds were mentioned with highlights being 100 DUNLIN,
8 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 1 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, and 5 STILT
mentioned from the sloughs.
A few lingering waterfowl were also noted: a RUDDY DUCK was seen in
Jacobson Park in Lexington on the 10th, a RING-NECKED DUCK in Calloway
on the 8th, and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER in the sloughs of Henderson on
the 9th. And a late PINE SISKIN was counted in Calloway 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
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