If you weren’t at the Beckham Bird Club field trip to the Sloughs WMA you
missed some good birds.
Highlight was good looks and photos of a Virginia Rail.
Click on the eBird link to see 2 of my better shots.
I left the group at 12:10PM and went to check on the Bald Eagle nest at Gentle
Pond, and then home.
That report is separate.
KY Sloughs WMA - Sauerheber Unit, Henderson, Kentucky, US
Apr 9, 2016 8:00 AM - 12:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.2 mile(s)
Comments: Beckham Bird Club field trip led by Brainard Palmer-Ball. Looked
for shorebirds at Wood Tract south and marshed Hardy Slough.
34 species
Wood Duck X
Blue-winged Teal X
Northern Shoveler X
Green-winged Teal X
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron X
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 3 1 ad. @ Hardy Slough nest, 1 ad. nearby, 1 ad. soaring, 1
imm. soaring
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Virginia Rail 1 2 JPGs attached
Sora 4
American Coot X
American Golden-Plover 12
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Dunlin X
Pectoral Sandpiper X
Wilson's Snipe X
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin X
European Starling X
Le Conte's Sparrow 1 flushed and hid in briars. photos by others
Field Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28839184 ;
<http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28839184>
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org ;
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
