Sorry for this late report, but, hopefully, better late than never. Last Sunday, June 1, my brother, Allan Trently, and I did some birding in Harlan County in southeastern Kentucky. This was the first visit there for both of us - and we both agree we'd like to go back! We started by driving over Black Mountain, with a few birding stops, as we headed toward Kingdom Come State Park, then back over Black Mountain with more birding. Here's our list: Kingdom Come SP (10:00 a.m. - 2:40 p.m.) (sorry, I didn't count numbers, just recorded species) Quite a nice variety of habitat types, including some thick rhododendron where we hoped to find Canada Warbler, or maybe even a Swainson's (any ever reported from here?) but we did not. Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker N Flicker Acadian Flycatcher Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven (at least one) Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch American Robin Wood Thrush Cedar Waxwing Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Green W Yellow-throated W Pine W Black-and-white W Worm-eating Warblers - Interesting behavior of these birds. Male was singing a song very unlike the typical insect-like song. There were at least three of these birds in one area, chasing each other. Ovenbird Hooded Warbler Indigo Bunting E Towhee for those interested, we recorded some of the wildflowers we found: Lily-leaved Twayblade (Liparis lilifolia) Pale Corydalis (Corydalis sempervirens) Narrow-leaved Houstonia Whorled Loosestrife Indian Cucumber Alum root Galax Four-leaved Milkweed At Black Mountain, we stopped at several pullouts on the sides of the road, as well as walked up the road at the Virginia/Kentucky border. We didn't know if it was ok to drive up that road so we walked - and were rewarded for doing so! Great birding along the road. Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Barred Owls - 2 juveniles still with downy feathers, near the end of the paved road Ruby-throated Hummingbird N Flicker E Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher - also near the end of the paved road Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren American Robin Veery - many! Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Blue-headed Vireo - nest with 4 young being fed Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - including 2 building a nest Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia W Black-throated Blue W Black-throated Green W Blackburnian W Cerulean W Black-and-white W American Redstart Worm-eating W Ovenbird Hooded W Scarlet Tanager Indigo Bunting Rose-breasted Grosbeak - at least 10 E Towhee Dark-eyed Junco American Goldfinch Along the road in between the state park and the Mountain, we added several other species, including Yellow Warbler. David Trently, Knoxville, TN dtrently@xxxxxxx ================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