Birds of interest observed lately are as follows: Jan 18 Ross's Goose Griffin Park Warren Cackling Goose (B.h.hutchinsii) Griffin Jan 19 Mute Swan Petros 6 Common Merganser female Island Lake Peabody/Homestead Rough-legged Hawk One or two light-morph Homestead, One or two light and one dark Ken/Ohio Co. Purple Finch 20 Union Hill Rd Ohio Co The Ross's Goose which has wintered along Union Hill Rd. for the past few years was gone. Jan 21 Mute Swan 6 at Petros, 9 or 10 Homer Murray Rd Warren Gr. White-fronted Goose 3 Homer Murray PB Grebe 3 Barren Dam DC Cormorant Mason's Island area Barren Bald Eagle adult Mason's area Barren Bonaparte's Gull 100+ Barren Dam Ring-billed Gull 1000+ Barren Dam Sandhill Crane 90 on ground along hwy 240 Warren Chipping Sparrow 1 Barren Dam/ Barren Co Rusty Blackbird Woodburn/Warren Jan 22 Pine Siskin 2 at feeder/Shaker Mill Warren Up to 20 Chipping Sparrows present daily in my yard in Warren County. David L. Roemer Bowling Green, Ky. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ================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