- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide *August 1, 2003 * KYKY04.04.22 - Birds Mentioned: Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Little Blue Heron Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Wood Duck American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Ruddy Duck Osprey Mississippi Kite Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Common Moorhen American Coot Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper American Woodcock Caspian Tern Least Tern Eurasian Collared-Dove Ruby-throated Hummingbird Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Purple Martin Cliff Swallow Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Black-throated Green Warbler Pine Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Swainson's Warbler Ovenbird Kentucky Warbler American Redstart Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Spotted Towhee Vesper Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Painted Bunting - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: August 1, 2003 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 4:25 AM, August 1, 2003 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 August 1, 2003. The highlights of this update are: A sprinkling of shorebirds have been seen in the western part of the state. In the blood river area a lone Ruddy Turnstone was on the exposed rocky islands, and Least, Solitary, Spotted, Stilt, and Pectoral Sandpipers were observed. Stilt and Western sandpipers were also seen at ash basin (Peabody WMA). Semipalmated Plover and both yellowlegs were found at the Brown power plant. Caspian, and Least tern were observed along the Mississippi, with the Caspian also noted on Kentucky Lake. 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. - End Transcript ================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