- RBA * Kentucky * Statewide * October 21, 2002 * KYKY10.21.02 - Birds Mentioned Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe American Bittern Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Common Merganser Peregrine Falcon Sora Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Red-necked Phalarope Review Species Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Review Species2 Common Tern Forster's Tern Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Review Species Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Pipit Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Transcript Hotline: Kentucky Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society, http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm Date: October 21, 2002 Number: (502) 326-0878 To Report: (502) 326-0878 or bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana Compiled: 3:00 PM, EDT, October 21, 2002 Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett E-mail: bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological Society. This update is current as of October 21, 2002 at 3:00 PM EDT. The highlight of this update is a Red-necked Phalarope at McElroy Lake in Warren County. A Red-necked Phalarope dropped off at McElroy Lake in Warren County on October 14th. There has been no further report on this individual. McElroy Lake now contains significant water and is attracting shorebirds, waterfowl, and other species. Recently, 12 species of migrant shorebird have been reported there including the American Golden Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, over 50 Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, and about 20 Wilson's Snipe (formerly Common Snipe). Other species of note reported recently from McElroy Lake include 50+ American Pipits, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Ring-billed Gull, Forrester's Tern, Peregrine Falcon, American Bittern, and Sora. The Delorme Atlas coordinates for this location are, page 81, quadrant B-7. Kentucky and Barkley Dams have also produced some highlights over the past week. On October 14th, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 Laughing Gulls, 4 Franklin's Gulls, and 1 Common Tern were observed at Kentucky Dam. On October 11th, A Common Merganser, 2 Laughing Gulls, & 6 Franklin's Gulls, were located above Kentucky Dam. At least 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers remained below Barkley Dam on the same date and 13 Common Terns were observed below Smithland Dam, in Livingston County. Meanwhile, the Blood River embayment of Kentucky Lake (Calloway County) produced Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, and American Wigeon earlier in the week. Late migrant warblers and other passerines continue to be reported from across the state. These species include Tennessee Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Palm Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Pine Siskin, Scarlet Tanager, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Finally, winter resident species are beginning to arrive in number. White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Brown Creeper, Yellow-breasted Sapsucker, Dark-eyed Junco, Savannah Sparrow, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned kinglet, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet have all been reported since the last update of the Kentucky Bird Line. Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after the tone. Please include your name, the date, the location, and the time of your observation when filing a report. If your report contains rare or out of season species, please send appropriate documentation to the KBRC Lee McNeely, Secretary Post Office Box 463 Burlington, KY 41005 More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm. - End Transcript Mark Bennett 113 Iroquois Circle 270-726-9385 bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ================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