Another trip out to HRs this morning. The surprise was 6 Bald Eagles and 1 Palm
Warbler.
Highlight:
The Palm Warbler
1 Wilson’s Phalarope continues
The Palm Warbler was the real surprise, it flew up from the dusty gravel road
and perched in the weeds between a bean field and a corn field.
KY Horseshoe Road sloughs, Henderson, Kentucky, US
Sep 23, 2015 7:40 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
20 species
Great Blue Heron 50
Great Egret 60
Northern Harrier 3
Bald Eagle 6 3 adults & 3 imm. I assume they were interested in the fish
in the shrinking slough, never saw them eating anything, but they were sitting
on the ground near the sloughs.
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 150
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Stilt Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 50
Pectoral Sandpiper 25
Wilson's Phalarope 1
American Kestrel 1 passed over the slough and flushed all the shorebirds
but it wasn't the least bit interested.
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Horned Lark 25
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Barn Swallow 12
European Starling X
Palm Warbler 1
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
