Amy and I ventured into the cold wind yesterday ... at least long enough to do a few scans of the Reformatory Lake (Buckner) and Crystal Lake (La Grange) from within a few feet of the vehicle. Surprisingly, both lakes were still almost completely free of ice! Snow Goose (4 at Reformatory) Canada Goose (2000+? at Reformatory -- most were feeding up on hillsides and not easy to see; 500+ at Crystal) Cacking Goose (nice study of one at Crystal) Mallard (50 at Reformatory; 250 at Crystal) Am Black (4 at Reformatory) Gadwall (25 " ") Canvasback (2 " ") Redhead (4 " ") Ring-necked Duck (4 " ") Greater Scaup (1 female " ") Lesser Scaup (1 " ") Bufflehead (3 " ") Ruddy Duck (4 " ") Female merganser (Red-br, we think) (1 " ") bpb, Louisville ================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