The NE portion of the lake can best be described as "moist". The SE section still has water, but it too is shrinking, and the shores are encrusted with dead fish and cracked mud. I walked along the SE shore as far back as possible, but I could not relocate the tricolored heron. Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 13 Canada Goose 14 Mississippi Kite 6 Bald Eagle 2 adult, 2 juv American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Eastern Wood Peewee 2 White-eyed Vireo 2 Fish Crows(heard) Northern Rough-winged Swallows 50 Barn Swallow 1 Sedge Wren 2 (very vocal) Indigo Bunting 2 Blue Gray Gnatcatchers 2 Melissa Easley Murray, Ky. ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== When posting on BIRDKY, please close posts with your first and last name and your address (city or county). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post on BIRDKY, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS website at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/default.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS Photo Page to view photos of birds recently sighted in Kentucky: http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/pool * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison. E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx