- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * June 4, 2002 * KYKY0604.02 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> - Birds Mentioned Common Merganser Ruffed Grouse American Coot Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Black-necked Stilt R1 Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope R Laughing Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Least Tern Eurasian Collared-Dove Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Veery Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Swainson's Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: June 4, 2002 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or <mailto:bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, June 4, 2002 Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett E-mail: <mailto:bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological Society. This update is current as of June 4, 2002 at 11:00 AM EDT. Highlights of this update include: records of lingering shorebirds, a report from Big Black Mountain, and an update on Eurasian Collared-Doves. Shorebirds continue to linger in appropriate habitat, especially in the western half or the Commonwealth. On June 1st, various locations in Fulton County yielded 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, scattered Semipalmated Sandpipers, 20 Semipalmated Plovers, and 4 Dunlin. Least Terns were also reported in the general area as were 4 broods of Hooded Mergansers. McElroy Lake is in its final stages of desiccation, but still had several shorebirds as of June 3rd. Species reported recently include Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, and 2 very late Short-billed Dowitchers. 1 to 3 Black-necked Stilts were observed at McElroy on June 1st and 2nd, but have apparently left the area. The status of Morgan's Pond in Christian County is unknown, but the Red-necked Phalaropes reported earlier remained as late as May 22nd. On June 1st, Kentucky Dam hosted at least 6 Common Terns, 6 Forster's Terns, and 2 Caspian Terns, while 1 Laughing Gull was observed there on May 31st. Two reports from Big Black Mountain in Harlan County indicate the possibility of nesting activity from Least Flycatchers. On May 25th or May 26th, a Least Flycatcher was observed with nesting material and 10 or 11 singing Least Flycatchers were reported there on May 29th. Other birds of interest on Kentucky's highest peak include: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Dark-eyed Junco, Veery, Blue-headed Vireo, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Canada Warbler, and Blackburnian Warbler. Roughed Grouse were also reported on Big Black Mountain on both May 25th/26th and May 29th. Common Ravens were heard at Bad Branch Nature Preserve in Letcher County on May 25th and again on May 29th. Also observed in the Bad Branch area were at least 2 Swainson's Warblers. Other reports of nesting or very late migrant birds of interest include the following: ¨ Three pair of American Coots in a restricted mining area in Union County, ¨ Cerulean Warblers, Hooded Warblers, Worm-eating Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, and Pine Warbler at the Red River Gorge, ¨ A Swainson's Warbler at KY 280 in Calloway County, and ¨ Cerulean Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Ovenbird, and Louisiana Waterthrush at Middle creek Park in Boone County. Summer seems to be the season for reports of new locations of Eurasian Collared-Doves and the influx has begun. On May 31st and June 1st, 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves were observed and photographed by an out-of state birder in Henderson. This constitutes a new documented location for the species. These birds were in the area of 9th and Adams Street. 3 - 4 Eurasian Collared-Doves were also located within the city of Franklin in Simpson County for the first time. Previously this summer, 1 bird had been observed about 3 miles north of Franklin. Finally, Eurasian Collared-Doves have been reported again in Cave City, this time appearing at the feeder of a local resident. While lingering shorebird migrants remain in the area, passerine migration is effectively over. The last reports of migrant passerines were made on May 22nd and May 23rd. Species reported included Magnolia warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, Connecticut Warbler, Alder Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Mourning Warbler, Least Flycatcher, and Tennessee Warbler. Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after the tone. 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