Highlights: Was able to check the Bald Eagle's nest at JH/HC for the first time this spring: 2 juv. on the nest. (Photos) Great-crested Flycatchers everywhere Swainson's Thrush (Photos) Wood Thrush singing early in the deep woods Tennessee Warbler (Photo) Palm Warblers (Photos) Wilson's Warbler (NO photo, moved to fast back into the undergrowth) Yellow-breasted Chat Dunlins transitioning to breeding plumage at Shorebird Unit Semipalmated Plover number increasing Sloughs WMA - Jenny Hole/Highland Creek Unit, Henderson, US-KY Apr 29, 2012 7:40 AM - 11:50 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 46 species Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Hooded Merganser X Great Blue Heron (Blue form) X Green Heron 1 Bald Eagle 2 2 Juv. on the nest at Jenny Hole/Highland Creek Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Mourning Dove X Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Pileated Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher X Everywhere White-eyed Vireo X Red-eyed Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Tree Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Carolina Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Eastern Bluebird X Swainson's Thrush X Photos Wood Thrush X several calling in the woods early Gray Catbird 7 Everywhere European Starling X Prothonotary Warbler X Tennessee Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat X Northern Parula X Palm Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) X Wilson's Warbler 1 Good black cap, plain olive, at water edge Yellow-breasted Chat 1 singing like mad Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X American Goldfinch X Sloughs WMA - Shorebird Unit, Henderson, US-KY Apr 29, 2012 12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) 18 species Canada Goose 4 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) X Semipalmated Plover 25 Photos Solitary Sandpiper 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Least Sandpiper 5 Dunlin 12 Photos White-eyed Vireo X American Crow X Brown Thrasher X Common Yellowthroat X Palm Warbler 2 Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X Dickcissel X Singing everywhere on powerlines Red-winged Blackbird X Dance/268 shallow slough, Henderson, US-KY Apr 29, 2012 12:40 PM - 12:50 PM Protocol: Stationary 9 species Blue-winged Teal X Green-winged Teal 2 Hooded Merganser 3 Turkey Vulture 3 Killdeer X Lesser Yellowlegs X Least Sandpiper X Pectoral Sandpiper X Long-billed Dowitcher X Photos 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