The PAINTED BUNTING was singing in his favorite location. A female Indigo Bunting was carrying food into the thicket below his perch. One Mississippi Kite chick covered with downy feathers is growing up in its nest at Long Point. Other birds of interest: Little Blue Herons - 19 Great Egret - 73 American Kestrel -2 Northern Bobwhite -2 Least Tern -6 Eurasian Collared Dove -3 Loggerhead Shrike -1 The swallows are lining up on the wires and sunning in the road. All expected species were seen. At Blood River the number of Purple Martins and swallows is increasing daily. 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