I did two drive-bys at the Sauerheber Unit today (2/21) (Henderson Co.). Mallard: the most common waterfowl probably 200 Canada Geese: maybe 100 seen Shovelers: 50 Pintails: 15 Green-wing teal: 10 Hooded Merganser: 4 Gadwall: 2 Snow Geese: 2 Am. Widgeon: 4 Great Blue Heron: 1 Rusty Blackbird: 5 (with a flock of Starlings) E. Meadowlark: 1 I walked Highland Creek Unit (Union Co.) Great Blue Heron: 6 Wood Duck: 4 (1 flew into a hollow in a tree, 1st I've seen since fall) Mallard: 1 Hooded Merganser: 1 Cooper's Hawk: 1 Red-tailed Hawk: 2 Red-shouldered Hawk: 2 Turkey Vulture: 3 Kestrel: 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet: 1 E. Bluebird: 2 Cape Hills Unit (back in Henderson Co.) Rufous-sided Towhee: 5 Robins: 6 (their acting like its spring) Red-tailed Hawk: 2 Am. Goldfinch: 5 Not seen: Yellow rumps (seem to be mostly absent this winter) Tundra swans Charlie Crawford Henderson Co. ================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