- 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