23 January 2010 BARREN COUNTY Canada Goose (leucistic) Common Goldeneye (Barren Dam) Bald Eagle (adult at Dam) Red-tailed Hawk (B.j.calurus x Krider's) Sandhill Crane (1000+) Lapland Longspur (few scattered w/ Horned Larks) 24 January PEABODY WMA/SINCLAIR UNIT Red-tailed Hawk (light-morph B.j.harlani or Krider's intergrade) LeConte's Sparrow Purple Finch (few scattered) 26 January DAMS/LBL AREA Gadwall (150 + Honker Lake) Common Merganser (22 Honker Lake) Red-tailed Hawk (2 albinistic...one 2/3 white, other all-white except central tail feathers) Peregrine Falcon (pair courting at 68/80 bridge/Barkley) Thayer's Gull (adult Ky Dam/ 1st-cycle Barkley Dam) Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd-cy Barkley Dam) Pine Warbler (Ky Dam Marina) Chipping Sparrow (scattered/Livingston Co) American Tree Sparrow (Livingston) 29 January WARREN COUNTY GRIFFIN PARK Am Coot Gadwall (2) WALTON POND Northern Pintail 30 January BARREN Am Black Duck (5) Mallard (~150) Ring-necked (~30) PB Grebe (~20) Horned Grebe Sandhill Crane (~100 southbound) Ring-billed Gull (~3000) Herring Gull (adult) Bonaparte's Gull Red-headed Woodpecker (Allen Co) 31 January BARREN w/Joanie Hooded Merganser Red-tailed Hawk (B.j.calurus ad dark/Allen Co) Bald Eagle Sandhill Crane (several thousand) Savannah Sparrow (~100) 2 February DAMS/LBL AREA KY DAM Great Black-backed Gull (3rd-cycle) Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd or 3rd-cycle) Thayer's Gull (adult) BARKLEY DAM Ruddy Duck (white-headed previously reported) HONKER LAKE Green-winged Teal (200+) Common Merganser (20+) Vesper Sparrow (Livingston Co) Savannah Sparrow (hundreds along melted roads in snow) 2 January WARREN GRIFFIN PARK Ring-necked Duck PETROS POND Greater White-fronted Goose (2) Am Black Duck (3) CHANEY Sandhill Crane (12) BARREN Sandhill Crane (10,000-12,000++) David Roemer Bowling Green ================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