After Christmas lunch, I ran down to the river, where my timing arriving at
the jeffersonville waterfront was perfect as a birder leaving alerted me to
the presence of a surf scoter. The river was quiet other than a few scaup,
canvasback, bufflehead and a pair of goldeneye. Peregrine falcon and bald
eagles were in evidence. At dusk I visited a wetland that produced at
least 80 rusty blackbirds. The list throughout the day:
Canada goose
Mallard
Lesser scaup-6
Canvasback-3
Bufflehead-3
Common goldeneye-2
Great Blue Heron-2
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture-1
Red-tailed hawk-1
Bald eagle-2
Ring-billed Gull-10 maybe
Mo. Dove
Rock pigeon
Hairy woodpecker-1
No. Flicker-1
Peregrine falcon-1
Carolina wren
Am. Crow
No. Mockingbird
Am. Robin
Eurostar
White-thr. Sparrow-25, at a roost at champions trace retention basin
Song Sparrow
No. Cardinal
House finch
House sparrow
Good birding,
Michael Autin
Louisville, KY
