Location: Bernheim Observation date: 3/28/09 10 AM to 1 PM Notes: Traveling count on foot including Lake Nevin, the Jim Beam Lake, Bent Twig Trail and the grounds around the Education Center including the feeders. Weather: Cloudy, periods of rain and drizzle. Temperature in the mid 50s. Wind calm. No purple martins at the colonies yet. However, Larry Melcher reports 9 birds at his colony nearby. Number of species: 36 Canada Goose 8 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 6 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 17 Northern Mockingbird 3 Brown Thrasher 7 European Starling 14 Cedar Waxwing 55 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 9 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 21 Brown-headed Cowbird 26 Purple Finch 1 Pine Siskin 3 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Rod Botkins Louisville, KY ************************************************************************************** "The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." Rachel Carson stateofthebirds.org **************************************************************************************