I had to miss last week's trip to Henderson County, so I went down there on my own last Saturday. The day started off nicely with the discovery (at least to me) of a new Bald Eagle nest right in the middle of the 162 Great Blue Heron nests in the swamp north of Audubon State Park! A few of the Great Blues are bold enough to remain nesting in adjacent trees, but there are definitely more nests to the NE this year. A stop by this site is worth a few minutes if you are in the area. Most of the Great Blues seem to be incubating, as are the eagles, which apparently got a late start. In and around Sloughs WMA in the western part of the county, I probably encountered the same 8 spp of shorebirds that had been reported the previous week. Yellowlegs were in vogue with more than 225 Lessers and 65 Greaters counted. I love this time of year when just about every hole of water in the area has its own resident Greater. Dabbling ducks were still around, but numbers were not great. I heard a number of Soras, but didn't flush any in my limited time walking the margins of a couple of the marshes. Pied-billeds are hooting all over the place, hoping for suitable nesting conditions. I got to watch an Osprey bathe in a pool along KY 268; it was quite oblivious to everything around as it got completely soaked. bpb, Louisville brainard.palmer-ball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx