[birdky] The Kentucky Bird Line
- From: "Mark Bennett" <benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Fred Mansmith" <Mansmithf@xxxxxxx>,"Jane & Pat Bell" <beckhambc@xxxxxxx>,"Rhonda Monroe Rothrock" <rsmonroe@xxxxxxx>,"Gary Ritchison" <gritchis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,"BIRDCENTRAL" <BIRDCNTR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 09:47:43 -0600
- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* December 24, 2002
* KYKY02.12.24
- Birds Mentioned
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Ross' Goose (Chen rossii)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: December 24, 2002
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 10:00 AM, EST, December 24, 2002
Transcriber/Compiler: Mark Bennett
E-mail: benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society. This update is current as of December 24, 2002 at 10:00 AM EST.
The highlights of this update are: Gulls at Kentucky & Barkley Dams, Swan
species at the Sloughs Wildlife Management Area, and the results of recent
Christmas Bird Counts.
A visit to Kentucky and Barkley Dams produced several uncommon gull species
on December 17th and 18th. At Kentucky Dam, was 1 first year Laughing Gull
and 1 first year Glaucous Gull. A first year Laughing Gull was also
observed below Barkley Dam and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was
observed upstream from the dam. An adult Thayer's Gull was observed on
December 22nd below Barkley Dam. Other highlights of these visits to the
area included 175 American White Pelicans, over 100 Canvasbacks, and a
female Black Scoter.
A visit to the Soughs Wildlife Management Area on December 17th yielded
distant Swan species wearing banding collars. The distance to the birds
prevented determination to species, so the possibility of Tundra or
Trumpeter Swans exists. Other birds of interest observed there include
unspecified numbers of Greater White-fronted Geese and Snow Geese and 19
additional waterfowl species.
Christmas Bird Counts continue in Kentucky with highlights of some counts
listed below:
* Land Between the Lakes (updated highlights): 93 species including 15
Bald Eagles, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, over 3,000 Bonaparte's Gulls, and over
10,000 Ring-billed Gulls, 1 Red-necked Grebe, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull,
and at least 9 American White Pelicans,
* Yatesville Lake: 39 species including 3 Eastern Phoebes, 22
Golden-crowned Kinglets, and 4 Hermit Thrushes,
* Danville: 1 Rufous Hummingbird previously reported as the Danville
Hummingbird, 1 Brown Thrasher, and 4 Chipping Sparrows. A Muscovy Duck of
unknown origin was also observed.
Other birds of interested observed since the last update include Ross's
Goose, Rough-legged Hawk, and Merlin at the Peabody WMA, and Black-crowned
Night-Herons in the Lexington area,
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
Russellville, KY 42276
Logan County
benn5609@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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