Trying to stay out of the woods today and give the Turkey hunters a break and
aiding my safety, I hit open areas.
Covered in order:
Sloughs WMA: Wood Tract south
River Slough (next to KY268 before you get to KY136)
Horseshoe Road slough
Sloughs WMA: Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit
HIGHLIGHTS:
FOS Red-breasted Mergansers
Lesser Scaup
FOS Semi-palmated Plover
FOS Solitary Sandpiper
FOS Warbling Vireo
JUV. Horned Lark
FOS Yellow Warbler
FOS Palm Warbler
Several JPGs attached to report. Click on eBird link to see.
Wood Tract south, although less water is still good
River Slough is still good
Horseshoe Road Slough is improving
KY Western Henderson Co., Henderson, Kentucky, US
Apr 17, 2016 7:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
19.0 mile(s)
Comments: Walked 2.6 miles, drove the balance. Absolutely clear day.
52 species
Canada Goose 1 heard only
Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 300 at Wood Tract south, River Slough, Horseshoe Road
slough, Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit
Northern Shoveler 40
Green-winged Teal 6
Lesser Scaup 1 Horseshoe Road slough. JPG attached including 5
Red-breasted Mergansers
Hooded Merganser 3
Red-breasted Merganser 5 see JPG of Lesser Scaup
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1 1 imm.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 1 FOS at Wood Tract south
Killdeer X
Spotted Sandpiper 3 at River Slough. JPG attached
Solitary Sandpiper 1 FOS Sloughs WMA: Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit, Honey
Cypress Slough
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 60
Dunlin 20 Wood Tract south, JPG of one attached
Least Sandpiper 4 Wood Tract south, JPG attached
Pectoral Sandpiper 20
Wilson's Snipe 1
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker X
Warbling Vireo 1 FOS, Sloughs WMA: Grassy Pond/Powells Lake
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Horned Lark 12 including 1 juv. at Horseshoe Road slough. JPG attached
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin X
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling X
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 1 FOS. at Sloughs WMA: Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit in
Willows singing
Palm Warbler 1 FOS. at Sloughs WMA: Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Unit in
Willows
Field Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch X
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Charlie
Henderson Co.
