[birdky] KY BIRDLINE

  • From: "Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <BirdKY@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Mansmithf@xxxxxxx>, <beckhambc@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:43:51 -0400

- RBA

* Kentucky

* Statewide

* April 3, 2006

* KYKY04.04.22

- Birds Mentioned:

 

Red-necked Grebe

American White Pelican

Ross's Goose

American Golden-Plover

Greater Yellowlegs

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Wilson's Snipe

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Fish Crow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Winter Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Wood Thrush

Northern Parula

Yellow-throated Warbler

Pine Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Dark-eyed Junco

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

 

 

 

- Transcript

 

Hotline: Kentucky

Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm

Date: April 3, 2006

Number: (502) 326-0878

To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana

Compiled: 4:00 PM, EDT, April 3, 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 3, 2006 at 4:00 PM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:

 

A single RED-NECKED GREBE was noted on the 28th and again on the 29th in
Owensboro, but has not been relocated.

 

A few warblers are beginning to make an appearance. On the 1st at
Mammoth Cave NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-AND-WHITE, YELLOW-THROATED,
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and YELLOW-RUMPED were noted. LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH, and PINE WARBLERS were seen in Bernheim Forest on the 29th
also.

 

A few shorebirds were reported.  WILSON'S SNIPE were mentioned from
numerous locations, and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and LEAST SANDPIPER were
observed at Jonathon Creek. PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were mentioned at Blood River.  And PECTORAL were
also seen in Logan County.

 

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS have been reported, with the earliest coming
on the 19th in the LBL area, and another showing up in Bowling Green on
the 30th.

 

An early WOOD THRUSH  was observed in Floyd County on the 1st or 2nd.
And the first mention of a ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW came in from Elliott
County. 

 

Numerous ducks are still being seen, with a ROSS'S GOOSE showing up in
Logan County. Several  AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are still on Jonathon
Creek.  Also at Jonathon Creek were 4 FISH CROW.

 

And wintering birds still being reported included large numbers of
PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, DARK-EYED JUNCO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and
WINTER WRENS.

 

 

 

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

 

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