[birdky] RPT: West KY Nov 28-29
- From: Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:55:48 -0500
It's disappointing to look forward for several weeks to some birding after
Thanksgiving and be confronted with windy weather, levels on Lake Barkley
and Kentucky Lake above winter norms (covering many of the favored loafing
areas) and waterfowl hunters everywhere . . . but time off is time off so
Amy and I kept birding anyway. Highlights included a House Wren on the
Riverqueen Unit of Peabody WMA on the 28th and a 2nd winter Laughing Gull on
the roof of the Ky Dam Village St Pk marina on the 29th. I heard a few
flyover Lapland Longspurs at Barkley Dam. Numbers of American White Pelicans
were down greatly since earlier in the month, with the largest number down
around the Silo Overlook on Lake Barkley and Energy Lake. Gull numbers are
quite unimpressive, with Bonies just about equaling Ringers in numbers
(<1,000 each). Despite the high water levels above the dams, neither was
open??? Waterfowl were scattered about by the hunting activity and hard to
see because of the wind and radiation waves, but it was nice to see a few
sizable flocks of Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads and Hooded Mergansers.
Loon/grebe numbers are also relatively low for the season with some
apparently departing in the past couple of days.
bpb, Louisville
brainard.palmer-ball AT ky.gov
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