[birdky] Recent Highlights

  • From: David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bird ky <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:57:59 -0700 (PDT)

Migrants have become noticeable in the Bowling Green area the past few days 
also with many of the reported species being recorded.  Additional highlights 
are listed below.

March 31 
CHANEY LAKE/WARREN  
American Golden-Plover (2)

April 3
SHAKER MILL/WARREN
Cedar Waxwing (flock of over 500 birds stripping holly trees in a yard up the 
road from my house.)

April 4
SLOUGHS WMA KOS/BECKHAM TRIP
Bald Eagles on nest w/ chicks
Sora (3)
Both yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper (2)
Fish Crow (2)
Rusty Blackbird (~20)

April 6
DRAKES CREEK/FRANKLIN
Chimney Swifts

April 9
BARREN w/David Brown
Caspian Tern (10)
Checked on a report of white pelicans at the Narrow's but missed them.

April 13
CHANEY
Lesser Yellowlegs (~100)

April 15
CHANEY
Pectoral Sandpiper (~80)
Long-billed Dowitcher

April 16
BARREN
Common Loon (~30)
Forster's Tern

SHAKER MILL/WARREN (my house)
RT Hummer (1st)
House Wren

April 18
MCELROY (water in ditch only)
Stilt Sandpiper (3)

CHANEY
Black-bellied Plover (2)
Semipalmated Plover 
UPLAND SANDPIPER (2...calling and singing their wild-sounding "wolf-whistle" 
song which is not often heard in Ky.)
Long-billed Dowitcher

The Ross's Goose was still present at Griffin Park in Bowling Green as of April 
15.

David L. Roemer
Bowling Green




      
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