Spent the early morning in the north end of LBL and checked the dams. Plenty of birds to keep me interested but not the numbers or diversity I had hoped for. Still a great morning to be out. 91 species in all. Highlights include: Ring-n duck 2 Scaup species 2 Bufflehead 2 Turkey 4 gobbling early Common loon 1 Cormorant 100 Great blue heron 40 + Great egret 4 Cattle egret 20 + Blk-cr NH 15 + Black vulture 3 Turkey vulture 10 Sharp-sh hawk 1 Red-sh hawk 1 Red -t hawk 5 Woodcock 1 displaying Bonaparte's gull 4 Forster's tern 6 + Barred owl 4 Chuck-wills widow 6 Whip-poor-will 15 + Kingfisher 1 pewee 2 Least Flycatcher 3 Gr crested fly 3 Kingbird 2 Wht-eyed V 10 Yel-th V 4 Blue-headed V 1 Red-eyed V 20 Red-br nut 1 Ruby-cr king 4 Swainson's thrush 12+ Wood thrush 4 BREWSTER'S warbler 1 Tenn w. 8 + Orange-cr w. 1 Nashville w. 12 + Parula 12+ Yel-rump w 50 Blk-th green w 2 Yel-th w 3 Pine w 10 + Prairie w 6 Blackpoll w 2 Blk & wht w 3 Prothonotory w 1 Worm-eating w 1 Com. Yellowthroat 6 + yel-br Chat 4 + Summer Tan 10 + Scarlet Tan 15 + Chipping sp 40 + Rose-br grosbeak 1 Orchard oriole 8 + Baltimore oriole 10 + Scott Record Ragland 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