Location: Fulton County, KY, US Observation date: 5/20/11 Area still flooded from 2011 flood. The American Golden Plover was in a dry field next to mitigation area at Long Point. Least Terns were a nice addition to the day. Long Point area: Wood Duck 7 Mallard 2 Wild Turkey 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Great Egret 16 Little Blue Heron 9 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 5 Mississippi Kite 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Coot 1 American Golden-Plover 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Fish Crow 2 Tree Swallow 4 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 Eastern Bluebird 3 Common Yellowthroat 3 Field Sparrow 2 Summer Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 4 Indigo Bunting 6 Dickcissel 4 Red-winged Blackbird 45 Driving around the flooded fields and levee area: Wood Duck 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron X Great Egret 59 Snowy Egret 10 Bald Eagle 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 1 Black-necked Stilt 4 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Least Sandpiper 2 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 4 Least Tern 7 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird X Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher X Eastern Kingbird 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Fish Crow X Horned Lark X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Bank Swallow X Barn Swallow X Cliff Swallow X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Eastern Bluebird X Prothonotary Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat X Eastern Towhee X Field Sparrow X Summer Tanager X Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X Dickcissel X Bobolink 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X American Goldfinch X Melissa and Hap Murray, KY ================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