I took a tour of Southwestern Louisville from 11:00am-4:00pm, starting on National Turnpike then moving to Jefferson Memorial Forest and terminating the tour at Minors Lane South. I mostly spent the time checking grassland/wetland areas but spent a little time in the woods. I found most of the things I was hoping to find. wetland adjacent to junkyard on National Turnpike 11:15-11:45am -rain ended this quickly Great Egret-2 Belted Kingfisher-2 No. Rough-wg. Swallow-3 Brown Thrasher-1 Com. Yellowthroat-heard Dickcissel!-female acting nervous flying around the perimeter and scolding me with high-pitched notes- I hadn't seen one in so long I wasn't sure if it was a female or a young male until I looked at a guide- hoping that she is nesting Jefferson Memorial forest 12:00-3:00pm-Tom Wallace Recreation Area and visitor's center Pileated Woodpecker-1 heard Eastern Wood-Peewee-1 heard Eastern Phoebe-1 ad. and 1 imm. White-eyed Vireo-1 singing adjacent to visitor's center-habitat seemed a little mature and dense for one Red-eyed Vireo-1 Purple Martin-1 over Tom Wallace lake White-br. Nuthatch-1 imm. coming to feeders Wood Thrush-1 carrying food to an unseen nest Louisiana Waterthrush-1 imm. seen and another remained hidden scolding me with a very weak call not as sharp or hollow as usual chip note Kentucky Warbler-1 sang and played hide and seek with me never got a good look Summer Tanager-2 heard Minors Lane South of Outer Loop 3:15-4:00pm Canada Goose- with at least 2 young Spotted Sandpiper-1 ad. getting chased by Killdeer- unexpected Willow Flycatcher-1 silent and still sentinel No. Rough-wg. Swallow-probably at least 60 on wires, flying, and chasing House Wren-in a bush in a yard surrounded by acres of mowed grass and tree stumps Com. Yellowthroat-2 singing unseen Yellow-br. Chat-1 displaying over the brush- climbed to about 50 or so feet before descending Blue Grosbeak- male "chinking" on wire adjacent to extensive brushline Eastern Meadowlark-6 singing from telephone posts and skulking in the grass Saturday, June 13-I quickly stopped by UPS on Crittenden where there is a bridge on a bend in the road that goes over a creekbed pos. Willow Flycatcher sitting half-concealed in a tree being quiet Yellow-br. Chat-1 seen briefly Orchard Oriole- 1 male and 1 fem. in slightly different locations On the morning of the 20th I saw a Black-cr. Night-Heron flying over Southside Drive, and on Monday evening I saw a lone Black Vulture flying over Fern Valley Rd. near the intersection with Watterson Trail; two things I would have never seen when I started birding seriously in 1995. In fact in the last month I have seen Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Black-cr. Night-Heron and Green Heron on multiple occasions and I haven't been to the Falls of the Ohio since the winter; fun! Good Birding, Michael Autin Louisville, KY _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290