[birdky] RPT: Falls of the Ohio (KY), Laughing Gull
- From: ddstriegel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: BIRDKY Kentucky <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:45:31 +0000 (UTC)
Numerous flocks of Blue Jays were flying southwest over the Interpretive Center
at the Falls, conservative number of jays was 750 plus. Three species of
gulls; ringed-billed, herring and laughing gull observed. The Laughing Gull
was a juvenile, dark brown with black tail, white rump and broad white trailing
edges of wings. Had excellent views of this gull, flew in eye level, close to
observation deck. Three peregrine falcons: one adult and two juveniles were
putting on a spectacular aerial show, with high climbs and stoops. One
peregrine gave a harassing chase to the lone greater yellowlegs on the outer
fossil beds.
Fifty plus grade school students got to view a osprey feeding on a fish, it's
fun to watch their expressions once they spotted the osprey in the spotting
scope.
Falls of the Ohio (KY), Jefferson, US-KY
Sep 30, 2011 (9:30 AM - 1:00 PM)
Protocol: Stationary (Birded from the Interpretive Center)
18 species
Canada Goose, 12
Mallard, 22
Blue-winged Teal, 1
Double-crested Cormorant, 47
Great Blue Heron, 55
Great Egret, 12
Black Vulture, 8
Turkey Vulture, 43
Osprey, 3
Peregrine Falcon, 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull, 1 (One juvenile flying near the Interpretive Center and
outer fossil beds).
Ring-billed Gull, 7
Herring Gull, 1
Caspian Tern, 4
Belted Kingfisher, 1
Blue Jay, 750+ (Large groups migrating southwest. Observed over a three
hour peroid).
Del Striegel
Georgetown, IN (Floyd County)
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
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