A late morning trip to Ballard proved very hot. I don't know what I was thinking but it was worth the trip anyway. Aside from the heat, the newly relocated Canada geese make it very difficult to get near the shorebirds on the mudflats and continuously keep the peeps stirred up. Highlights include: Wood Duck 8 Blue-w teal 20 Great egrets lots Snowy egrets 5 Little blue heron 1 Miss Kite 1 Bald Eagles 3 A. Golden Plover 1 (molty adult) Killdeer 200+ Gr yllgs 4 L yllgs 6 + Solitary sand 10 Spotted Sand 1 Semi sand 4+ Least sand 50 + Pectoral sand 75 + Least tern 30 + Scott Record Ragland KY