[birdky] KY BIRDLINE
- From: "Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <BirdKY@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Mansmithf@xxxxxxx>, <beckhambc@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:53:51 -0400
- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* April 10, 2006
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Swainson's Hawk (first fully documented sighting)
American Bittern
Green Heron
Cinnamon Teal
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Whip-poor-will
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Fish Crow
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: April 10, 2006
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, April 10, 2006
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society. This update is current as of April 10, 2006 at 11:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
During the KOS/Becham BC outing Saturday the 8th at the sloughs of
Henderson, a light-morph
SWAINSON'S HAWK was observed and photographed. Also identified on this
outing were a pair of CINNAMON TEAL, KING and VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, FISH
CROW, LESSER YELLOWLEGS (200), GREATER YELLOWLEGS (50), PECTORAL
SANDPIPER (300), SOLITARY SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, STILT SANDPIPER, and
DOWITCHERS that were suspected to be short-billed.
Other first mentions of the season included 2 WESTERN SANDPIPER at
Jonathon Creek on the 6th; EASTERN KINGBIRDS, GREEN HERONS, WHITE-EYED
VIREO, and PROTHONATARY WARBLER from Blood River on the 7th; and
WHIP-POOR-WILL from Elliot County on the 9th.
Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after
the tone. Please include your name, the date, the location, and the
time of your observation when filing a report. If your report contains
rare or out of season species, please send appropriate documentation to
the
KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY 41005
More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site
at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm.
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