[birdky] Fw: Location of snow buntings in Boone county?
- From: joe.pulliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: "Birdky" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:13:36 +0000
Thanks Lee. I thought it might be in the area around Petersburg.
By combining the data from eBird with GoogleMap, it looks like there could be a
flock of snow buntings that winters in the valley of the Greater Miami river in
Southeast IN - Southwest Ohio. Since snow buntings like shoreline grain fields
and the winter colors suggest they would be camouflaged for the edge of the
snow line, I would guess this flock might regularly drop into KY near
Petersburg when a line of heavy snow goes through Southern IN.
Doreen and I dropped off a friend recently at the airport in Florence and drove
back to Lexington along the Ohio river on highways 8, 20 and 338. This is a
beautiful stretch of farmland I would highly recommend for a winter day trip of
birding. The mouth of the Greater Miami and the ponds near\across the Ohio
river from Petersburg have a number of geese and ducks. If you toss in Meldahl
or Markland dams for scoters as Brainard suggested, that makes for a very nice
day of birding.
Good birding,
Joe
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-----Original Message-----
From: lkmc9@xxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:41:29
To:joe.pulliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [birdky] Location of snow buntings in Boone county?
The longspurs and snow buntings were most often seen along KY 20 1-2 miles
southwest of Petersburg and also from Aurora Ferry Road which runs west to the
Ohio River from KY 20. Both are likely long gone by now.
Lee McNeely
-----Original Message-----
From: joe.pulliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Birdky <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 3:27 pm
Subject: [birdky] Location of snow buntings in Boone county?
Doreen and I are thinking of making a trip tomorrow to try for irruptive
species such as snow buntings, longspurs, scoters and hopefully crossbills. Any
tips would be appreciated. Thanks, Joe Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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