- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * August 6, 2003 * KYKY04.04.22 There has been more evidence of fall migration, with shorebirds and warblers in non breeding habitat. At the same time, there are still young on the nest. - Birds Mentioned: Common Loon* Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Wood Duck Osprey Cooper's Hawk Virginia Rail* Sora? Common Moorhen* Semipalmated Plover* Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs* Solitary Sandpiper* Spotted Sandpiper* Sanderling* Least Sandpiper* Pectoral Sandpiper* Stilt Sandpiper* Short-billed Dowitcher* Long-billed Dowitcher* Laughing Gull* Marbled Godwit** Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Purple Martin Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: August 6, 2003 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 6:10 AM, EDT, August 6, 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 6, 2003, 6:10 AM EDT. The highlights of this update are: A juvenile Marbled Godwit was noted at the camp mines complex in Union Co. also seen there were stilt sandpiper, long-billed dowitcher, a single sanderling, and a juvenile Virginia rail (migration?) A laughing Gull was seen at lake Barkley Dam, as was Common Loons. At the Sauerheber unit of the sloughs a possible Sora was seen for a brief moment. There were also Moorhens there (young). The Petersburg gravel pit in Boone Co. turned up Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary, Spotted, Least, Pectoral, and Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Killdeer. Observed in Prospect, KY was a group of Purple Martins numbering in the hundreds, apparently south bound. 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