[birdky] Cave Run Lake

  • From: "David Patick" <patick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Kentucky Post" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:17:12 -0500

I spent the morning birding the Cave Run Lake area.There was a steady rain with 
lightening and thunder, making birding somewhat challenging.I visited the Minor 
E. Clark Fish Hatchery,the Dam area and the Twin Knobs ponds.Some of the 
species seen were:

Hatchery:
Greater Yellowlegs-1
American Pipit-6
Killdeer-16
Bonaparte's Gull-4
Great Blue Heron-5
Tree Swallow-abundant
Ring-necked Duck-28
Bufflehead-10
Mallard-14
Hooded Merganser-1
Lesser Scaup-7

Dam Area:
Pied-billed Grebe-2
Great Blue Heron-1
Killdeer-3

Ponds:
Coot-4
Gadwall-14
Ring-necked duck-4
Bufflehead-4
Phoebe-1
Great Blue Heron-1

David L. Patick,MD
Huntington,WV 25701

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