I was able to paddle around the heron rookery at Kuttawa only once when thunder and rain chased me back to shore this morning. BUT there is quite a nursery there, and the smell is evidence of a packed "house". Most numerous were the cormorants, followed by cattle egrets, black-crowned night herons, great egrets, great blues, and a snowy egret. A light rain did not interfer with many migrants' songs as I drove along Ol Ferry Rd. in LBL. I had only to roll down my windows to hear them sing. Acadian Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Woodthrush Northern Parula Prairie Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Commom Yellowthroat Ky. Warbler L. Waterthrush Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager (not a song, but you know what I mean) Indigo Bunting Orchard Oriole Checking on the Olive Branch Eagle nest in Marshall Co. Today was the first day the second juv. was not in the tree nor in the nest. However, an adult was in the tree. I hope Jr. has survived the most difficult part of its life, that of leaving the nest. Melissa Easley Murray, Ky. ================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