Excellent shorebird habitat now exists at Mitchell Lake. Water levels are lower than in the last 3 years and habitat is such that wading thorough a lot of mud may be necessary to access it all. There are now extensive mudflats on both sides of the island that runs down the middle of the lake and good habitat on Lower beaver dam slough. Shorebird numbers appear to be up from last week and a few more species have shown up as well. The following numbers are conservative estimates only as much of my attention was on photography and I pushed a lot of birds around in my endeavors. Great Blue Heron --15 Great Egret --100 Snowy Egret --1 Little Blue Heron -- 2 M. Kite --2 Semipalmated Plover -- 1 Killdeer -- 100 + Greater Yellowlegs -- 10 Solitary Sandpiper -- 6 Spotted Sandpiper -- 1 Least Sandpiper -- 15 + ( adults and juveniles) Pectoral Sandpiper -- 100 Stilt Sandpiper -- 4 Scott Record Ragland 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