[birdky] Brown Power Plant ( Mercer County)
- From: "Edmund Richards" <edkiernan3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 17:43:04 -0400
Hello,
Pickings are slim still. I am hoping for a good storm to roll through the
area and put some birds down. I walked through the high weeds and dead Queen
Anne's Lace to sit on the the mud flats at the back of the pond and had a
flock of roughly 15 Least and Semi P's land no further that 20' away from
me, giving awsome looks at the details.
2 of the Great Egrets were doing a wee bit of a battle off the far end of
the pond. This lasted for about 5 mins or so before the loser started giving
the winner a little more hunting space.
I recommend anyone in the area that has a pass to go there in the evenings
and go to the Herrington LAke side of the pond. Last night I watched 4 very
large bucks(2 six pointers, 1 eight pointer, and 1 ten pointer) feeding just
below the area where they store spare parts and junk. Mixed in with the
bucks was a small 4 pointer. 7 mature doe and 4 yealings (fading spots).
Are there no other places around Danville/Lexington area to see decent
flocks of shorebirds(mid-upper 100's) ? I find it hard to believe there
isn't more places around other than the power plant. Are there any county
owned wetlands used for education, etc? Do any of the smaller state owned
lakes have propagation areas in them that may have "good mud"?
Heres the list from Brown Power Plant for today :
Spotted Sandpipers
Least Sandpipers
Semipalmated Sandpipers
Western Sandpiper (3)
Great Egrets
Great Blue Heron
D.C. Cormorant
Grey Catbird
Mockingbird
E. Meadowlark
N. Cardinal
Starling (surprise surprise)
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Song Sparrow
Killdeer (one chasing a grasshopper around the mud flats. Made for good
viewing)
Take care,
Ed Richards
Danville, Ky
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