No real highlights. I walked around Hardy Slough south dike loop. Shorebird Unit is long dried out. Starting to seem like summer doldrums. Hardy Slough main dike has been heightened and cleared of shrubs and small trees. Dikes at Hardy Slough have been roughly mowed. Wood Tract south east dike has been re-worked. Sloughs WMA - Pond Creek Marsh, Shorebird Unit, Hardy Slough, Henderson, US-KY May 29, 2012 6:30 AM - 9:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 44 species Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Photo. Broken wing. Mallard 3 Northern Bobwhite X Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) X Green Heron 1 Bald Eagle 3 3 imm. at Anderson Pond nest Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1 American Coot 3 Killdeer X Mourning Dove X Yellow-billed Cuckoo X Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Eastern Wood-Pewee X Great Crested Flycatcher X Eastern Kingbird X White-eyed Vireo X Warbling Vireo X American Crow X Tree Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Carolina Wren X House Wren 2 Pair driving Red-bellied Woodpecker away from nest cavity Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Brown Thrasher X European Starling X Prothonotary Warbler X Common Yellowthroat X Yellow-breasted Chat X Eastern Towhee X Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X Dickcissel X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== When posting on BIRDKY, please close posts with your first and last name and your address (city or county). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post on BIRDKY, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS website at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/default.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS Photo Page to view photos of birds recently sighted in Kentucky: http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/pool * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison. E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx