Lauren Niemann and I birded the Scotts Gap section of Jefferon Memorial Forest this morning, after Rod Botkins and I hiked the area around Mitchell Lake yesterday (we had 57 spp. Saturday, and a fairly different list). It was a beautiful morning with a ton of activity. Complete list is below, but some highlights: 18 warblers plus Yellow-breasted Chat: Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler FOY Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Acadian Flycatcher Lingering, quiet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Brian Davis Louisville Jefferson Co. Memorial Forest, Jefferson, US-KY Apr 27, 2014 7:31 AM - 12:14 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: Scotts Gap section 62 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 5 Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 2 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 5 Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 8 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 4 Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 2 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 3 White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 2 Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 8 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 20 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 6 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4 Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 9 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 25 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1 Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 1 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 12 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 10 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 10 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 4 Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 4 Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) 5 Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 3 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 6 Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 8 Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 12 Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) 3 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 15 Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 7 Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 5 Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) 30 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3 Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) 1 Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 6 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 5 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 3 Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 3 Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 7 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 10 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 12 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 10 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18101470 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) _________________________________________ Brian M. Davis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology University of Louisville School of Medicine 511 S. Floyd St., Room 111 Louisville, KY 40202 (502) 852-5708 bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx