I made an effort to get to the Sloughs WMA just after dawn to check on the Tundra Swans. Just as I suspected there were more at Wood Tract south: 27. Later in the morning I passed there again and the count was down to 9. As last year they disperse sometime in the morning. New birds (highlights): a Raft on the Ohio River of Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads, and Canvasbacks. Horned Grebe at Uniontown Dam. Sloughs WMA -268 Winter Drive from Muddy Slough to 268 slough, Henderson, US-KY Nov 17, 2011 6:35 AM - 7:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) 25 species Greater White-fronted Goose X Snow Goose X Canada Goose X Tundra Swan 27 Gadwall X American Wigeon X Mallard X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Pied-billed Grebe X Bald Eagle 3 Northern Harrier 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot X Big influx of Coots overnight Killdeer X Wilson's Snipe 2 Mourning Dove X Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Blue Jay X American Crow X Eastern Bluebird X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Uniontown Dam (John T. Myers Lock & Dam, Union, US-KY Nov 17, 2011 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 21 species Bufflehead 2 Horned Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant X Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture X Bald Eagle 1 Ring-billed Gull X Rock Pigeon X Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker 1 American Crow X Horned Lark X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Carolina Wren X American Robin X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X American Goldfinch X Uniontown, Union, US-KY Nov 17, 2011 9:05 AM - 9:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) 12 species Double-crested Cormorant X Great Blue Heron X American Coot X Bonaparte's Gull X Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove X American Crow X Northern Mockingbird X European Starling X House Sparrow X Uniontown - Mt. Vernon Rd. (Union Co.), Union, US-KY Nov 17, 2011 7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Large raft of birds on the Ohio River along Uniontown/ Mt. Vernon Rd. 3 species Canvasback X Ring-necked Duck X Bufflehead X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. ================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