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3 Jul Predators by Night & Day ["Scott Freidhof" ] 3 Jul Green river bird rpt ["Kistler" ] 2 Jul Sloughs & Henderson Co. 6/29, 6/30, 7/2 [Charles Crawford ] 2 Jul Western KY birding [] 01 Jul Campbell Co. Spotted Sandpiper [] 01 Jul eBird Question [] 30 Jun bird report...a first for me ["Kistler" ] 28 Jun Sloughs, Henderson Co. [Charles Crawford ] 27 Jun Arctic Breeding Conditions [] 26 Jun Fulton County and Dams 26 June 2009 [] 26 Jun FW: [SHOREBIRDS] Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 24 Jun blog address [Ryan Ankeny ] 24 Jun Recent Landfill Activity [Ryan Ankeny ] 24 Jun Campbell Co. Spotted Sandpipers continue [] 24 Jun Re: Female Cardinal [Jim Seelhorst ] 24 Jun Re: Female Cardinal ["John D. Mardis" ] 24 Jun Female Cardinal [Jim Seelhorst ] 24 Jun June ["Roseanna Denton" ] 24 Jun RPT: June 20 Louisville, Dickcissel female and others [michael autin ] 22 Jun Re: lack of cuckooes and waxwings ["Sid Easley" ] 22 Jun FW: FW:for Illinois travelers ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 22 Jun Re: Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 21 Jun Re: Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? [j arnold ] 21 Jun Warren Pennyrile and West Ky [David Roemer ] 20 Jun pics from Peabody [Chris Sloan ] 20 Jun Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? [michael autin ] 19 Jun FW:for Illinois travelers [Marilee Thompson ] 18 Jun sharpy nest searching ["Rankin, Tyler E." ] 17 Jun Horseshoe Road slough, Henderson Co. [Charles Crawford ] 16 Jun RPT: Swainson's Warbler - Elliott County ["Scott Freidhof" ] 16 Jun Peregrine story in the Courier-Journal [rod ] 16 Jun dead bluebird [] 16 Jun willow flycatcher in lexington ["Marsh, Scott" ] 15 Jun Campbell Co. Bank Swallow update [] 15 Jun unusual hummingbird [Susan Neace ] 14 Jun Fulton Co. [Jeff Rowe ] 14 Jun Blue Grosbeak [Doris Tichenor ] 14 Jun willow flycatcher [] 13 Jun Peregine falcons ["Sid Easley" ] 13 Jun Raven Run ["gail and joe swanson" ] 12 Jun RPT: a few odds and ends in Jefferson County; Northern Bobwhite, Willow Flycatcher and other birds of associated habitats [michael autin ] 12 Jun Campbell Co. Bank Swallow update [] 10 Jun Last pelican post [Wendell Kingsolver ] 10 Jun Cowbird eggs look like Song Sparrow eggs [linda craiger ] 10 Jun Request for Info: Paula in Bardstown ... ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 9 Jun Covington, Ky. ["Sid Easley" ] 9 Jun Fulton County 6/9/09 [] 9 Jun BBS and Recent Sightings [David Roemer ] 9 Jun Henderson Lark Sparrow update [Charles Crawford ] 08 Jun Campbell Co. Bank Swallows and Spotted Sandpipers [] 6 Jun Northern KY [Paul Hager ] 6 Jun Ballard habitat ["Record, D Scott" ] 6 Jun Hart Co birds ["Kistler" ] 5 Jun Henderson, Union Co. Ramblings [Charles Crawford ] 4 Jun RPT:Golden-winged warbler and black-billed cuckoo ["Scott Freidhof" ] 04 Jun BKY: BBC/KOS Mammoth Cave NP Field Trip [] 3 Jun Pelican yet [Wendell Kingsolver ] 2 Jun BBS - Lark Sparrow [] 1 Jun Bell's Vireo [linda craiger ] 1 Jun red quail ["Marsh, Scott" ] 31 May RPT: Periodic cicadas ... a few leftovers ? ? ? ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 31 May thoughts, or lack thereof on the relative "neatness" of observations (NO OBSERVATIONS) ["Mark & Tommie Gail Bennett" ] 31 May Mississippi KiteS [Jeff Rowe ] 31 May Gary Dorman has shared an eBird checklist with you from Harrodsburg on May 30, 2009 - 6:30 AM [] 29 May Fwd: Black bear seen in area [Paul Hager ] 28 May Pelican, etc. [Wendell Kingsolver ] 28 May Birding Northern KY [Paul Hager ] 27 May Pelican prevails! [Wendell Kingsolver ] 27 May White-rumped Sandpiper ["Lyneart" ] 27 May Re: RFI: Pine Siskin sightings ["Roseanna Denton" ] 27 May Re: Swainsons warbler FYI ["Weese, Zeb (EEC)" ] 26 May RFI: Pine Siskin sightings ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 26 May clinton county foray [Stephen Stedman ] 26 May LICKING RIVER ["Marsh, Scott" ] 24 May FOS chuck-will's-widow ["Kistler" ] 24 May Fwd: [bcbirdclub] Re: Eating Habits [] Subject: Predators by Night & Day From: "Scott Freidhof" <sialia67 AT windstream.net> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:50:53 -0500 This is my sixth year hosting purple martins here at home. I have 21 pairs this year in 24 natural gourds. Twelve of the 21 nests are in the process of fledging young. It is a noisy and busy time of summer for the purple martins. A few days ago, I noticed that one of the gourd racks had been moved about a quarter turn. The poles sit in ground sockets and can move freely in the event of strong wind. Well there has not been any wind lately. My second thought was an owl. Two nights ago I walked out to check for owls and sure enough an owl was sitting on the wire closest to the gourd rack under suspicion. The owl flew off. I turned on the deck light and angled it towards the gourd rack to deter the owl. The owl was back last night despite the deck light being on again. I heard a barred owl calling last night behind the house. Today, I found feather piles under two of the gourd racks, plus an owl feather. I could buy owl guards for the gourds or build a wire mesh enclosure around the gourds to prevent owl attacks. The hawks are making passes each day now too. Those clumsy slow fledglings are too easy a meal. The martins do a good job of alerting me to the presence of a hawk. I scared a hawk off this afternoon as it was being dive-bombed by adults. I have not witnessed a successful hawk attack yet this season, but then again I'm rarely able to see most attempts. The adults are not bringing the fledglings back to roost in the gourds in the evening as is typical. They are smart enough to stay away. I bet they are roosting out around Cave Run Lake. At least Ky is not experiencing a severe drought like Texas this summer. Purple martin managers in Texas are losing all their birds to heat and a lack of food. Scott Freidhof Rowan County Subject: Green river bird rpt From: "Kistler" <kistlers AT scrtc.com> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:31:26 -0500 We spent a few hours in canoes on the Green River in Hart County yesterday afternoon. There was plenty of bird activity going on. Here's what we saw and heard. great blue heron turkey vulture broad-winged hawk rock pigeon mourning dove yellow-billed cuckoo red-bellied woodpecker downy pewee acadian flycatcher great crested flycatcher kingbird purple martin rough-winged swallow blue jay chickadee titmouse nuthatch carolina wren gnatcatcher bluebird wood thrush robin waxwing starling white-eyed vireo yellow-throated vireo red-eyed vireo parula yellow throated warbler louisiana waterthrush yellowthroat prothonotary warbler chat summer tanager cardinal bunting towhee field sparrow song sparrow goldfinch Steve Kistler Hart County Subject: Sloughs & Henderson Co. 6/29, 6/30, 7/2 From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:24:41 -0500 Not a whole lot going on into the doldrums of summer! 6/29/09 McDonald Landing Road Checked on the Lark Sparrows: None seen. All the open land has no been planted in soy beans. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swifts E. Kingbird Great-crested Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher House Wren E. Bluebirds Com. Yellowthroat Orchard Oriole Summer Tanager Dickcissels Am. Goldfinch 268 slough (River slough) Great Blue Herons Killdeers 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in breeding plumage Cape Hills Unit, I walked the field with the new wetlands NW of the woods. Great Blue Heron Field Sparrows Bald Eagles 2 adults E. Towhee ============================ 6/30/09 Cape Hills Unit, I tried to walk the old 4-wheeler paths but downed trees had practically made the trails impassible and I gave up. E. Towhee Jenny Hole/Highland Creek Unit Great Blue Herons Green Herons 2 Turkey Vultures Red-tailed Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barred Owls 2 calling back and forth Ruby-throated Hummingbird Carolina Wren Catbird White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Prothonotary Warbler N. Parula YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Com. Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Blue Grosbeak Dickcissel Am. Goldfinch E. Towhee ============================= 7/2/09 268 slough Great Blue Herons Killdeers SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER 1 Bob White Horseshoe Road slough, good shorebird habitat developing. Great Blue Herons Killdeers SPOTTED SANDPIPER Mallards: pair, 11 males together RING-NECKED DUCK male still hanging around Hooded Mergansers several Turkey Vultures Red-tailed Hawk Tree Swallows Barn Swallows Rough-winged Swallows Gentle Pond to Pond Creek Marsh road Green Heron Prothonotary Warbler Com. Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Ohio River field part of Wood Tract north Turkey Vultures flew up from something I never could discover Blue Grosbeak Dickcissels Orchard Orioles 2 Shorebird Unit Nothing. Most is grown up in water plants and the rest is water with very little shorebird area. Charlie Henderson Co. ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Western KY birding From: HapC1 AT aol.com Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:06:36 EDT I was paddling around Crappie Hollow in Blood River when a Pied billed Grebe popped up in front of me. It quickly dove out of my way. I saw it once more before it was out of my view. The DC Cormorants have taken over the trees that the Purple Martin's roosted on every year. I don't think the martins are coming back this year. Today at Open Pond in Fulton County I came across a small group of sandpipers. Least Sandpipers were expected but the Western Sandpiper was a nice surprise. Killdeer were gathered in every wet spot. Listed below are the highlights of the last couple of days. Crappie Hollow 6/30/09: Wood Duck 4 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 14 Great Blue Heron 10 Great Egret 6 Green Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 5 Bald Eagle 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5 Fulton County 7/02/09: Wood Duck 7 Great Egret 315 Mississippi Kite 6 Bald Eagle 1 American Kestrel 3 Killdeer 32 Western Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 7 Least Tern 6 Loggerhead Shrike 2 Fish Crow 5 Purple Martin 35 Tree Swallow 9 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12 Bank Swallow 7 Cliff Swallow 21 Barn Swallow 25 Hap Murray, KY **************Dell Summer Savings: Cool Deals on Popular Laptops – Shop Now! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222696924x1201468348/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D1) Subject: Campbell Co. Spotted Sandpiper From: frankrenfrow AT aol.com Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:35:18 -0400 I was able to locate a Spotted Sandpiper nest this evening?near the Ohio River at Dayton, KY. The Bank Swallow colony is still in full swing with about 40 nest holes in the riverbank by the marina. 1 Willow Flycatcher was also present. Frank Renfrow Fort Thomas, KY Subject: eBird Question From: cbirding AT aol.com Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:18:29 -0400 I recently started using Ebird after putting it off for some time. My procrastination was due to my perception of the difficulty in setting up an account. However, after the initial setup, I was excited about its potential in the pooling and sharing of information and finally its ease of use. I've been in touch with Brian Sullivan at Cornell and have since received a PowerPoint presentation from him.? My reason for contacting Brian was to educate and inform my local bird club, Beckham Bird Club, about the virtues of Ebird.? I have been asked by the club to give a presentation on Ebird. What I am seeking is information from Indiana users and non-users on their experiences with Ebird, both the good and the bad.? While at a dinner meeting in March with Pete Dunne, I asked him his opinion of Ebird. He felt that it was very useful and that there was talk that New Jersey might require all postings be generated from Ebird. Obviously there is some value seen in collecting information in this manner. Please send all responses to me personally at cbirding AT aol.com with Ebird in the subject line. Again, I would like input from people who don't use Ebird to express why they opt not to. And, of course, I would like input from those who do and why. Thank you in advance. Tom Becker Subject: bird report...a first for me From: "Kistler" <kistlers AT scrtc.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:46:42 -0500 A friend of ours said she has yellow birds nesting in her martin gourds. She got a few pictures, and they turned out to be great crested flycatchers. I've never heard of them taking up residence there before. Steve Kistler Hart Subject: Sloughs, Henderson Co. From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:41:50 -0500 6/28/09 Horseshoe Road slough, Honey Cypress Slough, 268 slough, Pond Creek Marsh, Shorebird Unit Horseshoe Road slough: (I walked the entire length. Soybeans planted most of the way, but the slough edges were not planted.) NO Black-necked Stilts Lots of Killdeer Mallards: 1 brood, 12 males together, 1 pair Hooded Mergansers: 2 broods, 3 singles Great Blue Herons 1 Ring-necked Duck still hanging around Honey Cypress Slough 2 Green Herons 268 slough Great Blue Herons Killdeer Pond Creek Marsh: 1 Killdeer Shorebird Unit: Nada, zilch, except for 2 Goldfinches picking at the mud No Bald Eagles seen! Charlie Henderson Co. ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Arctic Breeding Conditions From: dlroemer AT yahoo.com Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:12:33 -0700 (PDT) A more detailed report of arctic breeding conditions which was posted on the Iowa listserve is copied below. It is more promising than the previous report. David Roemer Bowling Green   Subject: Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 Yesterday we saw an adult Lesser Yellowlegs near Toronto and on Wednesday there was an adult Least Sandpiper in Hamilton at the west end of Lake Ontario. These are the first "fall migrant" shorebirds in southern Ontario and they are right on schedule. Several people asked us to comment about recent reports of a "Disastrous breeding season in the Arctic". The Arctic is huge; it is 3500 km from southern James Bay (subarctic) to northern Ellesmere Island. Most shorebirds have large breeding ranges and even in late years many birds breed successfully and rarely does the entire Arctic experience the same climatic conditions. We checked with northern researchers and summarized their comments below. Shorebird nesting in> 2009 is poor in some regions but normal to good elsewhere. Ontario: Ken Abraham reports that conditions in the Hudson Bay Lowlands were about 10 days late from Attawapiskat south on James Bay, including Akimiski Island, with Canada Geese and Snow Geese hatching in mid June, more like the 1990s average than the 2000s average and within the overall norms. Other species on Akimiski Island were correspondingly late. His guess is that for those species that require shorter time there will be some reduction but not huge. Perhaps the predation effect will be somewhat greater if alternate species are less available. Because coastal snow, ice and water inundation conditions were similar from Cape Henrietta Maria to the Manitoba border, Ken expects that for Canada Geese nesting within 40-60 km from the coast, a much reduced effort and productivity will be the norm. Snow Geese at Cape Henrietta Maria were greatly down and the suggestion of a 90% reduction seems to fit what they saw on their survey. However, beyond 40-60 km inland, he thinks conditions will be different. Mark Peck said that species nesting away from the Hudson Bay Coast in boreal bogs and fens such as yellowlegs should not be severely impacted because much of the freeze took place near the coast. Manitoba: The situation is worse in northern Manitoba at Churchill where temperatures were well below normal until recently and the snow cover melted late. However, Erica Nol reports that birds have started to nest, just very late, and it won't be a complete bust for shorebirds if there are enough bare spots. Whimbrels and Hudsonian Godwits are nesting, but overall nesting success should be below average for most shorebirds in northern Manitoba. Nunavut: Snow melt was up to three weeks late in mainland Nunavut north of Manitoba. Recent temperatures have been close to normal. Much of Baffin Island is now snow free and conditions there and on Bylot Island are about normal. High Arctic breeders should have a good breeding year. Northwest Territories: Vicky Johnston suspects it will be a poor breeding year in parts of the Western Arctic. Spring was roughly three weeks late in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake based on leaf-out. The Mackenzie Valley and Delta warmed early but then cooled off again. The Delta flooded slowly and the water receded slowly, so some prime shorebird breeding areas were subject to heavy predation. Yukon: Cameron Eckert reports a late spring, but once the heat came, everything shifted into high gear. Alaska: Declan Troy reports from the North Slope that the snow on the tundra is long gone. It was much warmer earlier in the month and his guess is that the breeding season has been early there. We will be recording the arrivals and numbers of adult and juvenile shorebirds in southern Ontario and may post updates.     Acknowledgements: We thank Ken Abraham, Bruce Di Labio, Cameron Eckert, Michel Gosselin, Vicky Johnston, Erica Nol, Mark Peck, Ken Ross, Don Sutherland, and Declan Troy.   Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Fulton County and Dams 26 June 2009 From: dlroemer AT yahoo.com Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:12:33 -0700 (PDT) David Brown and I made a trip to Fulton County today with a stop by the dams with the following highlights: FULTON COUNTY WILLOW POND Mallard w/ brood ISLAND 8 SLOUGH Pied-billed Grebe Black-necked Stilt (2) STATE LINE SLOUGH Black-necked Stilt OBION WMA/UPPER BOTTOMS Blue-winged Teal (2 males loafing which suggests possible breeding) Greater Yellowlegs Forster's Tern (2) We encountered very few Least Terns in the fields where Joanie and I saw many last week and hopefully they are finding suitable nesting sites now.  The number of stilts observed in the lower bottoms dropped from 18 last week to 3.  Mississippi Kites and Fish Crows were scattered as were Great Egrets.  Only two Little Blue Herons were observed near Long Point.  There were several Great Egrets present at the Phillippy pits in Tn. KENTUCKY DAM Common Loon (2) Laughing Gull (adult) BARKLEY DAM Canvasback (male) Lesser Scaup (~12) Am White Pelican KUTTAWA ROOKERY DC Cormorants, Great Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Little Blue Herons, Black-Crowned Night-Herons David Roemer Bowling Green ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: FW: [SHOREBIRDS] Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:16:02 -0400 Thanks to John Brunjes (Ron Pittaway/Jean Iron summary) and Ron Cicerello (Winnipeg newspaper link) for passing along the following very interesting information about conditions in the Arctic this summer that may be affecting the numbers of fall migrant shorebirds and waterfowl we see later this year. Link to poor breeding conditions here: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/big-chill-in-churchill-47992231.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - An more in-depth analysis from Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron on the topic: Begin forwarded message: From: Jean Iron Date: June 26, 2009 8:52:55 AM EDT To: SHOREBIRDS AT LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: [SHOREBIRDS] Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 Reply-To: Jean Iron Yesterday we saw an adult Lesser Yellowlegs near Toronto and on Wednesday there was an adult Least Sandpiper in Hamilton at the west end of Lake Ontario. These are the first "fall migrant" shorebirds in southern Ontario and they are right on schedule. Several people asked us to comment about recent reports of a "Disastrous breeding season in the Arctic". The Arctic is huge; it is 3500 km from southern James Bay (subarctic) to northern Ellesmere Island. Most shorebirds have large breeding ranges and even in late years many birds breed successfully and rarely does the entire Arctic experience the same climatic conditions. We checked with northern researchers and summarized their comments below. Shorebird nesting in 2009 is poor in some regions but normal to good elsewhere. Ontario: Ken Abraham reports that conditions in the Hudson Bay Lowlands were about 10 days late from Attawapiskat south on James Bay, including Akimiski Island, with Canada Geese and Snow Geese hatching in mid June, more like the 1990s average than the 2000s average and within the overall norms. Other species on Akimiski Island were correspondingly late. His guess is that for those species that require shorter time there will be some reduction but not huge. Perhaps the predation effect will be somewhat greater if alternate species are less available. Because coastal snow, ice and water inundation conditions were similar from Cape Henrietta Maria to the Manitoba border, Ken expects that for Canada Geese nesting within 40 - 60 km from the coast, a much reduced effort and productivity will be the norm. Snow Geese at Cape Henrietta Maria were greatly down and the suggestion of a 90% reduction seems to fit what they saw on their survey. However, beyond 40 - 60 km inland, he thinks conditions will be different. Mark Peck said that species nesting away from the Hudson Bay Coast in boreal bogs and fens such as yellowlegs should not be severely impacted because much of the freeze took place near the coast. Manitoba: The situation is worse in northern Manitoba at Churchill where temperatures were well below normal until recently and the snow cover melted late. However, Erica Nol reports that birds have started to nest, just very late, and it won't be a complete bust for shorebirds if there are enough bare spots. Whimbrels and Hudsonian Godwits are nesting, but overall nesting success should be below average for most shorebirds in northern Manitoba. Nunavut: Snow melt was up to three weeks late in mainland Nunavut north of Manitoba. Recent temperatures have been close to normal. Much of Baffin Island is now snow free and conditions there and on Bylot Island are about normal. High Arctic breeders should have a good breeding year. Northwest Territories: Vicky Johnston suspects it will be a poor breeding year in parts of the Western Arctic. Spring was roughly three weeks late in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake based on leaf-out. The Mackenzie Valley and Delta warmed early but then cooled off again. The Delta flooded slowly and the water receded slowly, so some prime shorebird breeding areas were subject to heavy predation. Yukon: Cameron Eckert reports a late spring, but once the heat came, everything shifted into high gear. Alaska: Declan Troy reports from the North Slope that the snow on the tundra is long gone. It was much warmer earlier in the month and his guess is that the breeding season has been early there. We will be recording the arrivals and numbers of adult and juvenile shorebirds in southern Ontario and may post updates. Acknowledgements: We thank Ken Abraham, Bruce Di Labio, Cameron Eckert, Michel Gosselin, Vicky Johnston, Erica Nol, Mark Peck, Ken Ross, Don Sutherland, and Declan Troy. Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron Toronto, Ontario Subject: blog address From: Ryan Ankeny <ryan.ankeny AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:49:52 -0400 Sorry, the link for my blog did not work for some reason. Just copy and paste the following into your web browser: landfillbirdblog.blogspot.com Ryan Ankeny Wildlife Control Biologist DeTect, Inc. 2673 Outer Loop Louisville, KY 40219 Subject: Recent Landfill Activity From: Ryan Ankeny <ryan.ankeny AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:24:16 -0400 Some interesting birds the past month at the landfill: Red-headed Woodpecker Hooded Merganser Yellow-crowned Night Heron Horned Lark - Males singing along roads Grasshopper Sparrow Dickcissel - quite numerous lately. Several can be heard from just about any spot on the landfill I have updated my landfill bird blog if anyone is interested in seeing pics of what I have been observing lately. Ryan Ankeny Wildlife Control Biologist DeTect, Inc. 2673 Outer Loop Louisville, KY 40219 Subject: Campbell Co. Spotted Sandpipers continue From: frankrenfrow AT aol.com Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:59:10 -0400 The pair of Spotted Sandpipers?at the marina area?in?Dayton, KY continue to exhibit signs of nesting in progress. Today I could?see what appeared to be a?brood patch on the lower breast of one. Also,?they continue to go in and out of the same areas of vegetation, and at one point engaged in a little courtship dance and feeding. The massive?Manhattan Harbour project?that has bulldozed?almost 2 miles of riverfront seems to be stalled, but has temporarily left some good shorebird habitat, including several shallow water-filled?scrapes of a half acre or so, which the spotties are frequenting. A pile of rubble with bent rebar sticking out is serving as a nursery for several species of swallows. Perched on the rebars last week were fledgling Tree Swallows, today there were fledgling Rough-winged Swallows in there place. The Bank Swallow colony at the marina?is still going strong (40-50 seen today) as is the Cliff Swallow colony on the I-471 bridge in Newport (30-40 seen today). Also present at the marina area were 2 Eastern Kingbirds, 2 Willow Flycatshers and 3 Yellow Warblers. Frank Renfrow Fort Thomas, KY Subject: Re: Female Cardinal From: Jim Seelhorst <jaseelhorst AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:44:57 -0400 I actually wondered if maybe it was a juv. male who had a delayed molt, or maybe a first year male from an early nesting. Jim Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:52:12 -0700 From: jdmskylark AT bellsouth.net Subject: [birdky] Re: Female Cardinal To: jaseelhorst AT hotmail.com; birdky AT freelists.org is it possible that some cardinals could be cross-dressers . . . (just talking about the bird kind of Cardinals here now) jd in St. Warren From: Jim Seelhorst To: birdky AT freelists.org Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:30:57 PM Subject: [birdky] Female Cardinal Through the years I've observed many a male cardinal fight it's reflection in car mirrors and windows. I'd never seen or heard of a female cardinal attack it's reflection until this past weekend during a visit to my parents, who live in Greenup County in the northeastern corner of the state. Is anyone else familiar with such behavior from a female cardinal? Is it common? Jim Seelhorst St. Matthews Subject: Re: Female Cardinal From: "John D. Mardis" <jdmskylark AT bellsouth.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:52:12 -0700 (PDT) is it possible that some cardinals could be cross-dressers . . . (just talking about the bird kind of Cardinals here now) jd in St. Warren ________________________________ From: Jim Seelhorst To: birdky AT freelists.org Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:30:57 PM Subject: [birdky] Female Cardinal Through the years I've observed many a male cardinal fight it's reflection in car mirrors and windows. I'd never seen or heard of a female cardinal attack it's reflection until this past weekend during a visit to my parents, who live in Greenup County in the northeastern corner of the state. Is anyone else familiar with such behavior from a female cardinal? Is it common? Jim Seelhorst St. Matthews Subject: Female Cardinal From: Jim Seelhorst <jaseelhorst AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:30:57 -0400 Through the years I've observed many a male cardinal fight it's reflection in car mirrors and windows. I'd never seen or heard of a female cardinal attack it's reflection until this past weekend during a visit to my parents, who live in Greenup County in the northeastern corner of the state. Is anyone else familiar with such behavior from a female cardinal? Is it common? Jim Seelhorst St. Matthews Subject: June From: "Roseanna Denton" <roseanna AT newwavecomm.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:31:26 -0400 6/23/09 Fonthill, Russell County Dickcissel 2 Christine, Adair County Savannah Sparrow 1 singing male 6/18/09 Rockcastle Rec. Area, Laurel Co. Swainson's warbler 1 along Lakeside N trail (Ned's Branch Trail 405 impassible) 6/17/09 Leslie Co. Swainson's Warbler 2-3 along Route 2009 I found Eurasian Collared-Doves on 2 Breeding Bird Surveys for the first time- both in Casey County. There was 1 bird at Middleburg and 1 near Argyle. Also a Loggerhead Shrike at Mt. Salem was my first for the Hustonville BBS. Birding smiles . . . . . ~Roseanna Denton Science Hill, Pulaski County Subject: RPT: June 20 Louisville, Dickcissel female and others From: michael autin <napkinarmstrong AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:26:42 -0400 I took a tour of Southwestern Louisville from 11:00am-4:00pm, starting on National Turnpike then moving to Jefferson Memorial Forest and terminating the tour at Minors Lane South. I mostly spent the time checking grassland/wetland areas but spent a little time in the woods. I found most of the things I was hoping to find. wetland adjacent to junkyard on National Turnpike 11:15-11:45am -rain ended this quickly Great Egret-2 Belted Kingfisher-2 No. Rough-wg. Swallow-3 Brown Thrasher-1 Com. Yellowthroat-heard Dickcissel!-female acting nervous flying around the perimeter and scolding me with high-pitched notes- I hadn't seen one in so long I wasn't sure if it was a female or a young male until I looked at a guide- hoping that she is nesting Jefferson Memorial forest 12:00-3:00pm-Tom Wallace Recreation Area and visitor's center Pileated Woodpecker-1 heard Eastern Wood-Peewee-1 heard Eastern Phoebe-1 ad. and 1 imm. White-eyed Vireo-1 singing adjacent to visitor's center-habitat seemed a little mature and dense for one Red-eyed Vireo-1 Purple Martin-1 over Tom Wallace lake White-br. Nuthatch-1 imm. coming to feeders Wood Thrush-1 carrying food to an unseen nest Louisiana Waterthrush-1 imm. seen and another remained hidden scolding me with a very weak call not as sharp or hollow as usual chip note Kentucky Warbler-1 sang and played hide and seek with me never got a good look Summer Tanager-2 heard Minors Lane South of Outer Loop 3:15-4:00pm Canada Goose- with at least 2 young Spotted Sandpiper-1 ad. getting chased by Killdeer- unexpected Willow Flycatcher-1 silent and still sentinel No. Rough-wg. Swallow-probably at least 60 on wires, flying, and chasing House Wren-in a bush in a yard surrounded by acres of mowed grass and tree stumps Com. Yellowthroat-2 singing unseen Yellow-br. Chat-1 displaying over the brush- climbed to about 50 or so feet before descending Blue Grosbeak- male "chinking" on wire adjacent to extensive brushline Eastern Meadowlark-6 singing from telephone posts and skulking in the grass Saturday, June 13-I quickly stopped by UPS on Crittenden where there is a bridge on a bend in the road that goes over a creekbed pos. Willow Flycatcher sitting half-concealed in a tree being quiet Yellow-br. Chat-1 seen briefly Orchard Oriole- 1 male and 1 fem. in slightly different locations On the morning of the 20th I saw a Black-cr. Night-Heron flying over Southside Drive, and on Monday evening I saw a lone Black Vulture flying over Fern Valley Rd. near the intersection with Watterson Trail; two things I would have never seen when I started birding seriously in 1995. In fact in the last month I have seen Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Black-cr. Night-Heron and Green Heron on multiple occasions and I haven't been to the Falls of the Ohio since the winter; fun! Good Birding, Michael Autin Louisville, KY _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 Subject: Re: lack of cuckooes and waxwings From: "Sid Easley" <sid.easley AT murraystate.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:47:00 -0500 Coincidentially , I found two cedar waxwings at my cabin on Jonathan Creek, June 20,09. And today while paddling in the backwaters of Jonathan Creek I heard two yellow billed cuckooes. Best find was a Black and White Warbler along with the usual breeding migrants calling. Melissa Easley Murray, Ky. Subject: FW: FW:for Illinois travelers From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:48:57 -0400 Hesitate to even mention this, but I *hate* stuff like this going around on the internet ... Although this is not a hoax, it's old news and just sort of an editorialization of what's been going on for a few years. The press release linked at the bottom is from March 2005 according to the naming convention; there does not appear to be an actual press release from March 30, 2005 on the topic. IL DOT does use this method of deterring inside work zone speeding but the construction zones where the vans are utilized are supposedly marked as such so as not to totally entrap drivers. One must suspect that they are actually also calibrated to fine only the more blatant of offenders. bpb From: Subject: IDOT To: Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3:36 PM Subject: No Speeding Illinois will begin using photo radar in freeway work zones in July. One mile per hour over the speed limit and the machine will get you a nice $375.00 ticket in the mail. Beginning July 1st, the State of Illinois will begin using the speed cameras in areas designated as "Work Zones" on major freeways. Anyone caught by these devices will be mailed a $375.00 ticket for the FIRST offense. The SECOND offense will cost $1000.00 and comes with a 90-Day suspension. Drivers will also receive demerit points against their license, which allow insurance companies to raise Insurance rates. This is the harshest penalty structure ever set for a governmental unit involving PHOTO speed enforcement. The State already has two camera vans on line issuing tickets 24/7 in work zones with speed limits lowered to 45 MPH. Photos of both the Driver's face and License plate are taken. Pass this on to everyone you know who might be affected!!! For more info: http://www.dot.state.il.us/press/r033005.html Subject: Re: Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:26:12 -0400 I agree with Michael, it is quite interesting that following a spring when cuckoos were more conspicuous than in any recent year, that now they are scarce. I've run 7 Breeding Bird Survey routes in Kentucky and southern Indiana and have hardly had any at all, and missed them on one route. Another species that appears to be scarce to me following a good spring for it is Cedar Waxwing. Waxwings have become a quite regular bird on KY BBS routes over the course of the past 20-25 years, but I've hardly seen any on my routes and have missed them on a couple this year. Henslow's Sparrows also seem to be scarce this year, but they are uncommon enough that this could be just some bad luck. I ran the last of my routes in Livingston County last Thursday. I was really surprised to see a flock of 22 Cattle Egrets heading north, some 28 [!] miles as the egret flies northwest of the Kuttawa heronry. Another group of 4 adult Little Blue Herons was several miles south (and closer to Kuttawa) a few stops later. If these birds are, indeed, coming from the Kuttawa heronry it is really amazing they travel that far to feed! There is certainly some suitable nesting habitat along the Ohio River in the pool of Smithland Dam, but I'd bet they were from Kuttawa. Also of interest was a singing Bell's Vireo between two stops west of Burna. Afterwards, I birded the Smithland/Kentucky/Barkley dams area for most of the afternoon. I put in quite a search for the local Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. Paula Lisowsky reported seeing one cross I-24 near the KY 453 exit near Grand Rivers about 10 days ago, so they *are* probably around. I searched high and low along I-24 and the quarry with no luck. They must be somewhere! I also checked the Osprey nests that are not on the main body of Lake Barkley, updating the status of 13 and finding 4 new nest sites (although 2 were unoccupied). Twelve of the 13 known nests were occupied by brooding adults and those that I could get an angle on all contained young. bpb ________________________________ From: birdky-bounce AT freelists.org [mailto:birdky-bounce AT freelists.org] On Behalf Of michael autin Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 2:08 PM To: birdky AT freelists.org Subject: [birdky] Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? I haven't been out that much since all of the summer residents have come back, but there is one thing strange that I am missing entirely this year...where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? I have heard/seen to Black-bl. Cuckoos this year but that is it. Michael Autin Louisville, KY ________________________________ Hotmail(r) has ever-growing storage! Don't worry about storage limits. Check it out. Subject: Re: Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? From: j arnold <alee04lacebark AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:54:23 -0700 (PDT) We have a few here on our farm that we hear singing in the tree line near our garden while we work there in the evening shade. We first heard them on May 20th. Judy ArnoldNorth Shelby County --- On Sat, 6/20/09, michael autin wrote: From: michael autin Subject: [birdky] Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? To: birdky AT freelists.org Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 2:08 PM #yiv856784175 .hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} #yiv856784175 { font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} I haven't been out that much since all of the summer residents have come back, but there is one thing strange that I am missing entirely this year...where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? I have heard/seen to Black-bl. Cuckoos this year but that is it. Michael Autin Louisville, KY Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check it out. Subject: Warren Pennyrile and West Ky From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Almost daily storms in the area have maintained water in the ditch at McElroy which has allowed breeding of waterfowl. There has been a group of male Mallards loafing along the ditch so I suspected females were incubating somewhere nearby. On 18 June, 2 or 3 broods of 1/2 to 3/4 grown ducklings were present near the culvert. On 11 June I saw a female Wood Duck there with her ducklings that appeared to be from 7-10 days old. I wondered where she nested as there are no large trees very near the ditch and she had to have led her brood a good distance to water. Two American Coots continue at Griffin Park in Bowling Green. On 18 June I did a hike in the Pennyrile Forest. Breeding birds were still much in evidence by song and most interesting was a group of Henslow's Sparrows in a field directly adjacent to the forest. Other nice birds included Broad-winged Hawk, Red-headed Woodpecker, Acadian Flycatcher, the vireos and Wood Thrush. Warblers included Parula, Yellow-throated, Pine, Prairie, Prothonotary, Ovenbird, La. Waterthrush, Hooded, and chat. The butterfly species of the day was Coral Hairstreak with 53 counted, 17 of which were nectaring together on a tight cluster of 5 orange milkweed plants. The highlight of the day was a White M Hairstreak. Joanie and I toured western Kentucky on 19 and 20 June with the following highlights: 19 June BARKLEY/KUTTAWA Am White Pelican (5) BARKLEY DAM Scaup (~20 Difficult to see due to wind and heat waves but those I could make out by head shape were Lesser) Ring-billed Gull Hwy 453: Eastern Kingbirds have apparently taken over the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher pole with one incubating. KENTUCKY DAM Ring-billed Gull (17) FULTON COUNTY Still a lot of water in the upper bottoms Hooded Mergansers DC Cormorant (~50 at Lake 9) Great Egrets everywhere Caspian Tern (Obion/upper bottoms) Least Tern (at all wet fields with the river high) Black-necked Stilt (18 scattered in the lower bottoms) 20 June PHILLIPPY PITS/TN Caspian Tern FULTON/OPEN POND Least Sandpiper (2 first southbound migrants) OBION WMA/UPPER BOTTOMS Caspian Tern (4) A group of approximately 15 Little Blue Herons was present near Long Point but no Snowy Egrets were seen. MITCHELL LAKE/BALLARD Snow Goose (5w/ 3 dark morph and 2 light. May be injured but we did see one fly when flushed by a vehicle.) Least Terns Least Terns were also observed in the fields at Swan Lake. Bald Eagles, mostly immature, were encountered at most stops and Mississippi Kites were everywhere, including one over Paducah. David Roemer Bowling Green ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: pics from Peabody From: Chris Sloan <chris.sloan AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:33:13 -0500 I spent the day on June 6 birding with Dave Roemer at Peabody WMA. The birding highlights were a pair of apparently breeding Spotted Sandpipers and a couple of Least Bitterns, one of which alerted us to their presence when it flew right across the road in front of us. We also spent a lot of time studying and photographing butterflies and odes. I've put up a gallery of bird, butterly, and odonate pictures here: http://csloan.smugmug.com/gallery/8630943_89fEr#569403183_hFDRg regards, Chris Sloan Nashville, TN http://csloan.smugmug.com Subject: Where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? From: michael autin <napkinarmstrong AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:08:24 -0400 I haven't been out that much since all of the summer residents have come back, but there is one thing strange that I am missing entirely this year...where are the Yellow-bl. Cuckoos? I have heard/seen to Black-bl. Cuckoos this year but that is it. Michael Autin Louisville, KY _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 Subject: FW:for Illinois travelers From: Marilee Thompson <mwthomp AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:34:53 -0700 (PDT) --- On Fri, 6/19/09, Ronda Rutherford wrote: From: Ronda Rutherford Subject: FW: FW: IDOT To: "'Marilee Thompson'" , jeph.ledda AT bms7.com Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 12:06 PM     From: Julie Mitchell [mailto:jmitchell AT mmrg.com] Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:11 AM To: Helen O'Dell; MITCHELL, JACKLYN (ATTSI); Penni Livingston; Samantha Ballard; virgil; Schwab, Angela (USTP); CROWDER, PATTY M (ATTSI); Heather Heider; Heather Herzig; Judy Gifford; Ronda Rutherford; tomandshelleybrigance AT htc.net Subject: FW: FW: IDOT             From: Subject: IDOT To: Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3:36 PM Subject: No Speeding Illinois will begin using photo radar in freeway work zones in July.  One mile per hour over the speed limit and the machine will get you a nice $375.00 ticket in the mail.  Beginning July 1st, the State of Illinois will begin using the speed cameras in areas designated as "Work Zones" on major freeways.  Anyone caught by these devices will be mailed a $375.00 ticket for the FIRST offense. The SECOND offense will cost $1000.00 and comes with a 90-Day suspension.  Drivers will also receive demerit points against their license, which allow insurance companies to raise Insurance rates. This is the harshest penalty structure ever set for a governmental unit involving PHOTO speed enforcement.  The State already has two camera vans on line issuing tickets 24/7 in work zones with speed limits lowered to 45 MPH.  Photos of both the Driver's face and License plate are taken. Pass this on to everyone you know who might be affected!!! For more info: http://www.dot.state.il.us/press/r033005.html     ===========================================================================================   Dell Days of Deals! June 15-24 - A New Deal Everyday! Subject: sharpy nest searching From: "Rankin, Tyler E." <tyler_rankin6 AT eku.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:18:09 -0400 Hello, My name is Tyler Rankin and I am a grad student at EKU doing my thesis study on sharp-shinned hawks. I was wanting to enlist the help of fellow birders to go nest searching in the Trigg (LBL), Meade, Wolfe (Reg River Gorge) County areas. Their nesting territory is very specific (30-50 year old pine forests) and there are many important things to look for in order to find nests. Let me know if you are interested and I can send you pictures and tips for searching for sharp-shinned hawk nests and possibly arrange a time to go nest searching. Thanks for your help! -Tyler Rankin ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Horseshoe Road slough, Henderson Co. From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:30:28 -0500 Saturday (6/13) I drove out to check on Horseshoe Road slough, but high water from recent rains flooded the road and I turned around and gave up. Today (6/17) I tried again. Even with more recent rain the road was no longer flooded. The water level in the slough is up though, flooding previous shorebird habitat. Black-necked Stilts 2 on far side of the slough feeding. Hooded Merganser family and singles Mallard Family Ring-necked duck is still present Great Egret 1 Wood Duck family: female and 3 small ones I then drove around to Grassy Pond/Powell's Lake Unit (Union Co.) 16 Great Egrets among several sloughs and fluddles 268 (River) slough is flooded again removing shorebird habitat. I stopped at the Sloughs Shorebird Unit: still full of water and filling with weeds. Only 1 Great Blue Heron present. Flushed a big flock of young Turkeys along the road at the Shorebird Unit. They fled south into the Pond Creek brush. ------------------------------ Side note: Henderson Co. along with WMA has now completed a nice boat ramp onto the Ohio adjacent to High Ground Hunting Club property, in the Duncan II Tract. It is asphalt paved from 268 to concrete that enters the Ohio, with a large parking area. The road was graveled last year and the concrete laid down. ------------------------------ Product Endorsement: I always carry a super zoom digital camera with me when I go birding. The binocs around my neck and the camera on a long strap over my left shoulder. The camera strap was always slipping off my shoulder. Online I found something called the Upstrap. I ordered it and it is great. Gets my full recommendation. Plenty long enough and has a molded in rubber shoulder pad that does not slip off the shoulder. It is not cheap, but well worth the money. Charlie Henderson Co. ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: RPT: Swainson's Warbler - Elliott County From: "Scott Freidhof" <sialia67 AT windstream.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:09:31 -0500 I had a chance to hike around on the new Laurel Gorge WMA in Elliott County this afternoon. This WMA is about 700 acres in size and almost connects to the much larger Grayson Lake WMA except for about a 30-acre patch of private ground between the two. The forest canopy is dominated by beech, poplar, maple, and some hemlock. The forest understory is composed of rhododendron thickets of varying densities. Hooded warblers were probably the most common bird heard today, but we did manage to hear one Swainson's warbler for sure and possibly a second further off. Otter tracks were evident along Laurel Creek. Scott Freidhof Rowan County Subject: Peregrine story in the Courier-Journal From: rod <rodmanprice AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:48:00 -0700 (PDT) For those of you who don't get the Courier-Journal and may be interested, there is an article in today's paper about the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife's work providing nest boxes to Peregrine Falcons by reporter James Bruggers. Here is a link to the story: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090615/NEWS01/906150419/1008/NEWS01/Falcons+at+Dow+plant+take+higher+ground Nice work Jim Barnard, Kate Heyden and KDFW. Rod Botkins Jefferson Co. ************************************************************************************** "The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." Rachel Carson stateofthebirds.org ************************************************************************************** Subject: dead bluebird From: cnplaw AT aol.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:35:56 -0400 Sunday night I noticed a male bluebird "?sitting" on the edge of a large bowl/fountain of water...Monday morning he was still there.? When I examined him I could no wounds, etc.? I assume he died of old age.? He was one of my cherished birds so he will get a nice funeral!? (Usually I put dead birds in the compost heap.) Celia Lawrence Louisville?? Subject: willow flycatcher in lexington From: "Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh AT ClayIngels.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:05:33 -0400 I had a Willow Flycatcher singing in a subdivision adjacent to Hamburg shopping area here in Lexington on Sunday morning. there is a small over grown pond, with a small willow tree in It, between houses on Rockminster at the north west end of Franks Way. you can MapQuest frank's way if you are interested in looking for it. Scott Lexington. Subject: Campbell Co. Bank Swallow update From: FrankRenfrow AT aol.com Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:29:45 EDT The Bank Swallow colony at Dayton, KY continues despite the loss of about a dozen or so nest holes to rising waters. However, they have excavated a few additional holes so the total number is about the same, this morning I counted 34 nest holes. The 2 Spotted Sandpipers were also present with possible breeding behavior noted, as well as 2 Green Herons, 3 fledgling Tree Swallows being fed by 1 adult, 2 Willow Flycatchers and 2 Yellow Warblers. Frank Renfrow Fort Thomas, KY ************** Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) Subject: unusual hummingbird From: Susan Neace <susan.neace AT att.net> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:19:27 -0700 (PDT) My husband and I set out midway on the Rails to Trails section that is between Powderly and Central City (Muhlenberg County) yesterday later than normal - it was about 10:00 and very humid.   We had only gotten to the crest of the first rise before the wetlands open up on the right when we stopped to locate the Chat that was singing.  We never did see it, but I noticed a bird in the top of the highest tree some distance off to the left and used the binoculars to see if it was an indigo bunting.   I was startled to realize I was looking at a hummingbird since it seemed bigger that they usually are.  Jake checked it out as well and we looked at it for some few minutes.  It was quit far away, but clearly a hummingbird and not a Ruby Throat unless it was afflicted with a melanin (?) condition.   It looked too dark, too big, more bluish on the back, and the throat looked dark as well.   I have seen male ruby throats whose throat looks black depending on the light, but there were too many other things wrong with the way it looked for me to think that was what it was.   No idea what I saw, other than it was a funny looking hummingbird.  Subject: Fulton Co. From: Jeff Rowe <rowesjd AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:49:12 -0700 (PDT) Made an afternoon run to Fulton Co today to try for the Black-necked stilts..  Found them (3) at Lake Nine along with three Least Terns, one Cattle egret, one Snowy egret, one Little Blue heron, and many Great egrets and Great Blue herons. Jeff Rowe McCracken Co. Subject: Blue Grosbeak From: Doris Tichenor <dctichenor AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:26:10 -0400 A blue grosbeak visited our yard feeders yesterday. We have seen them around the farm but this was the first time we had noticed one at the feeders. Doris Tichenor Butler County ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: willow flycatcher From: Cnplaw AT aol.com Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:31:18 EDT Finally heard, but did not see willow flycatcher , at Greenwood boat dock area. All grass has been cut very short along drainage ditch on green belt so yellow-crowned night heron no longer feeds there, or at least at times I look! Celia Lawrence Louisville **************Refinance and lower payments online with Ditech. Visit www.ditech.com Today! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221879746x1201405835/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fclk.atdmt.com%2FDEG%2Fgo%2F155848685%2Fdirect%2F01%2F ) Subject: Peregine falcons From: "Sid Easley" <sid.easley AT murraystate.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:24:30 -0500 Two Peregine falcons were perched on the Omnicare building in Covington, Ky. on the Ohio River yesterday. Does anyone know if they are nesting? In terribly muddy and debris filled water two wood duck broods, one with 11 chicks, were cruising up the river. A beaver was plowing through the mess. Melissa Easley Murray, Ky. Subject: Raven Run From: "gail and joe swanson" <gailandjoe AT windstream.net> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:41:27 -0400 I spent yesterday (Friday) morning at Raven Run still hoping to find evidence of Henslow Sparrows. None. What I did see: Wood Duck brood Yellow-billed Cuckoo Orchard Oriole Chimney Swift All of the usual breeding birds. I spent last week at the Roger Tory Peterson birding festival at and around Jamestown, NY. The species count was in the neighborhood of 125 - 130, including 25 warbler species. I grew up in that area and never realized that so many warblers bred in southwestern NY & northwestern PA. Joe Swanson Lexington Subject: RPT: a few odds and ends in Jefferson County; Northern Bobwhite, Willow Flycatcher and other birds of associated habitats From: michael autin <napkinarmstrong AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:52:07 -0400 I have had a few hours here and there to bird, but no all day birdathons which I enjoy doing. This is just a report of some of the more exciting things I have found while attempting to find evidence of breeding birds. Monday May 25- a bike ride down Crittenden on my way to work turned up no less than 5 separate calling Willow Flycatchers! Saturday May 30-Rod Botkins joined me at Mcneeley Lake South where the model airplane field is between 9:00-10:30am in hopes of finding some Prairie Warblers. Great Blue Heron-1 flyover White-eyed Vireo-2 singing birds reluctant to show themselves Prairie Warbler- at least 5 singing Yellow-br. Chat-1-2 singing adjacent to "airfield" Summer Tanager-1 heard Northern Oriole-1 heard Eastern Meadowlark-several singing at scattered remnant farms along Cedar Creek Road near Mcneely Lake South recreation area Saturday and Sunday May 30 and 31- I visited the tattered remains of the Chamberlain lane grassland habitat and found a few birds clinging on to dear life in the midst of "progress." Both of these visits were made between the hours of 7:30-9:00pm, and on the second evening I was joined by Rod Botkins. Northern Bobwhite-2 flushed from the side of the road the first day and 1 pair and several other individuals calling the second day- first I've seen in 6-8 years? Black Vulture -2 seen soaring the second day Willow Flycatcher-1 seen the 30 and 2 heard on the 31 Horned Lark-several seen singing and chasing both days- what a sight! Blue Grosbeak-1 male sang briefly from a wire on Sat. and probably 2 pairs were seen Sun. with a copulation witnessed Grasshopper Sparrow-1 seen singing from a post on Chamberlain on Sat. and heard the following Sun. -an unexpected and exciting find! Common Yellowthroat-2 maybe 3 singing suprisingly few for such good habitat Eastern Meadowlark- only a few seen or heard but there may have been more in areas off of Schuler lane that I didn't see Over the last few day of driving to and from work on Fern Valley I have seen Green Herons, Great Egrets, Black-cr. Night-herons, Cooper's hawks, and i think I heard a Yellow Warbler briefly between Fegenbush and Watterson Trail but I will have to investigate further as it was not in prime habitat Good Birding, Michael Autin Louisville, KY _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 Subject: Campbell Co. Bank Swallow update From: frankrenfrow AT aol.com Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:01:57 -0400 The Bank Swallow nesting colony at Dayton, KY?has grown rapidly since my last post on Monday. There were only about 6 or 7 nest holes visible, now I can count at least 38. There is a flurry of activity in and out of the holes, with probably at least 60 Bank Swallows present. The nests are all in the sand/mud bank between the boat lift and the river. In 2007 they were in the mostly mud bank between the boat ramp and the boat lift. I hope the river doesn't rise, if it goes up another 8-12 feet or so the nests will all be covered. Also present 1 Green Heron, 2 fledgling Tree Swallows, 20 Barn Swallows, 1 Rough-winged Swallow, 2 Willow Flycatchers, 2 Yellow Warblers. I could not relocate the Spotted Sandpipers on this visit. Frank Renfrow Fort Thomas, KY Subject: Last pelican post From: Wendell Kingsolver <wrkingsolver AT pol.net> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:58:56 -0400 (EDT) The Florida brown pelican is feeling more and more at home on Carnico--he may becomne the official mascot of the residents out there! Ayway we won't continue daily updates. If anyone who would still like to see him wants to know if he is still here and the particulars, just call us at 859-289-5401 and we'll update you. We'll let you know on birdky if we're sure he has left. Wendell & Ginny Kingsolover, Carlisle, Ky ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Cowbird eggs look like Song Sparrow eggs From: linda craiger <lindacraiger AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:35:18 +0000 Since I had a Song Sparrow raise two hatchings of cowbirds last year, I checked the Song Sparrow nest a few weeks ago for Cowbird eggs. I saw what looked like one "larger" egg and removed it. The Song Sparrow abandoned the nest. Therefore I took the nest out for a closer look and found 2 more Cowbird eggs along side the 3 Song Sparrow eggs. If anyone would like to see the pictures of the eggs to see how close the Cowbird egg looks like the Song Sparrow egg, please e-mail me & I will forward them to you. Linda Craiger / Glasgow PS Last week, the Song Sparrow brought out 2 baby Cowbirds....... don't think I will ever see a baby Song Sparrow. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 Subject: Request for Info: Paula in Bardstown ... From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:10:36 -0400 I'd like to credit "Paula; Bardstown" for a winter 2008-2009 report of Pine Siskins in the upcoming issue of The Kentucky Warbler, but I don't have her last name. I can't seem to get a reply from her email address. Has anyone corresponded with Paula and know or perhaps she'll see this message and reply :o) Thanks, BPB Subject: Covington, Ky. From: "Sid Easley" <sid.easley AT murraystate.edu> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:37:48 -0500 Any suggestions for birding around Covington, Ky.? I have one day there, i.e. Thursday. Grazi, Melissa Easley Murray, Ky. Subject: Fulton County 6/9/09 From: HapC1 AT aol.com Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:24:14 EDT Mallard Blue-winged Teal 1 Wild Turkey 1 Northern Bobwhite 1 Great Blue Heron 15 Great Egret 50 Cattle Egret 1 Green Heron 3 Turkey Vulture Mississippi Kite 2 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer Black-necked Stilt 3 Least Tern 1 Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 Acadian Flycatcher 6 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 3 White-eyed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 American Crow 6 Fish Crow Horned Lark Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling Prothonotary Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 5 Hooded Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Summer Tanager 2 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole House Sparrow Hap and Melissa Murray, KY This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) Subject: BBS and Recent Sightings From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:15:53 -0700 (PDT) I ran my Breeding Bird Survey Route this morning in Warren/Allen counties with 77 species recorded. There were no surprises, but at one stop at a creek there was an adult Red-shouldered Hawk flying around the treetops groaning and a nest which appeared to be of this species in a tree directily above the bridge which I thought was cool. Recent sightings of note: The Ross's Goose was last observed at Griffin Park in Bowling Green on 5-19. 5-22 BUTLER CO Henslow's Sparrow (at least 2 singing along hwy 2266 near Jetson) CHANEY/WARREN Blue-winged Teal Am Coot (2) Solitary Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper (8) White-rumped Sandpiper PETROS/WARREN Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs (2) Semipalmated Sandpiper (20) 5-27 CHANEY Mallard w/brood Semipalmated Plover (4) Semipalmated Sandpiper (~20) PETROS Semipalmated Sandpiper (11) White-rumped (8) WKU FARM Semipalmated Sandpiper (~20 at pond) BARREN Osprey 5-28 PETROS Semipalmated Sandpiper (11) White-rumped (8) 5-31 PETROS Semipalmated Plover (2) Semipalmated Sandpiper (~10) White-rumped (~6) 6-2 PETROS Semipalmated Sandpiper (2) 6-5 SLOUGHS WMA/HENDERSON CO Saw Charlie's Black-necked Stilt (thanks Charlie) and others he reported but missed the Dunlin. The stilt was a male and followed me around some complaining which made me wonder if a female was incubating somewhere nearby. 6-6 PEABODY WMA Chris Sloan and I spent the day on the Sinclair and Homestead Units photographing birds and insects. Several Great Blue Heron juvs were on nests at the heronry on Sinclair. A Semipalmated Plover and 2 Spotted Sandpipers were present at the basin above S2. One of the Spotteds kept flying around singing which led us to believe there may be a nest in the area. We encountered a few Willow Flycatchers and several Grasshopper and Henslow's Sparrows. The number of Bell's Vireos on the mines now is amazing with at least one heard at virtually every stop on both units where there was a group of trees nearby. Bank Swallows were present in the area of the TVA Lake. The birding highlight was a Least Bittern which flew across the road in front of us on Homestead and landed at a marshy pond. At least one other began calling from another area of the marsh in answer to our Least Bittern imitation. Odonates were abundant with a gorgeous Comet Darner seen. We also encountered several Band-winged Meadowhawks which was a new dragonfly for me. David Roemer Bowling Green ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Henderson Lark Sparrow update From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:56:10 -0500 6/9/09 I walked about a mile of McDonald Landing Road to check on the Lark Sparrows that were seen last year and spring of this year. I saw 2 and possibly 5 total if I was not seeing the same birds again and again. Other highlights: Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Turkey Bobwhite Charlie Henderson Co. ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Campbell Co. Bank Swallows and Spotted Sandpipers From: frankrenfrow AT aol.com Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:48:30 -0400 After a year's hiatus due?last year's?high water levels,?about 20-30 Bank Swallows are again nesting on the Dayton Riverfront?in the same location as in 2007.?Nearby?were 2 Spotted Sandpipers,?with behavior possibly?indicative of being a nesting pair. Also present 20 Barn Swallows, 2 Cliff Swallows,?3 calling Willow Flycatchers, 2 Eastern Kingbirds and?2 Yellow Warblers. A little farther upriver there was one Peregrine Falcon on the I-275 bridge at Brent. Frank Renfrow Fort Thomas, KY Subject: Northern KY From: Paul Hager <bereahager AT adelphia.net> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 23:33:53 -0400 I birded Jolley (Campbell) County Park this past Tuesday. Nice park with good birding -- Baltimore Oriole, 4 flycatchers, Gt Blue Heron, wood duck, 3 woodpeckers, rough winged and barn swallows, among 25 others. On Covington waterfront on Wednesday morning, saw a Peregrine Falcon over the river near the suspension bridge. It lit on the sign at Omnicare Bldg and stayed there for a good length of time -- could not see a nest. I first saw it when it was very near the north tower of the suspension bridge. Wed Pm and Thursday was too raining to do much birding, but the falcon was on the Omnicare building sign again on Friday morning. For those of you in the area, the wood duck has a nest hole in a sycamore tree in the camp ground at Camp sites 1-4. The tree is halfway between #1 and # 2 just below the road into the sites. The hole is about 20 feet up on the road side of the tree. Paul Hager, Berea ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Ballard habitat From: "Record, D Scott" <DSRecord AT tva.gov> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 18:54:13 -0500 I was told yesterday that Mitchell Lake has been lowered and the mud bar at the levee is exposed. I haven't seen it but it sounds as if good shorebird habitat is now present at Mitchell and Lower Beaver Dam Slough. Scott Record Ragland KY Subject: Hart Co birds From: "Kistler" <kistlers AT scrtc.com> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 15:41:03 -0500 Janet and I decided to try our hand at a nightjar survey last night. We went out under a bright moon, following the protocol at http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm . The program is run by the Center for Conservation Biology at William and Mary. The survey consists of ten six-minute stops. To our surprise, chuck-wills-widows outnumbered whip-poor-wills 11 to 3 on rural Hart County roads. Here's the way the tally sheet looks: Time Blocks (minutes of survey) Stop# Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 WHIP 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 WHIP 1 1 1 3 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 4 NONE 5 NONE 6 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 7 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 WHIP 1 1 1 8 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 CHUCK 1 1 1 9 NONE 10 CHUCK 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 CHUCK 1 One other note of interest: I encountered a late Tennessee warbler singing on a BBS route at Mammoth Cave today Steve Kistler Hart Co Subject: Henderson, Union Co. Ramblings From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:06:43 -0500 June 5, 2009 In order I checked out 268 slough (River Slough), Horseshoe Road slough, Uniontown Dam, Highland Creek Unit, Jenny Hole Unit, Pond Creek Marsh, and the Shorebird Unit. While at Pond Creek Marsh I ran into David Roemer who was leading two ladies from Birmingham looking for specific butterflies. Highlights: 268 slough (Henderson Co.) Spotted Sandpipers several Horseshoe Road slough (Henderson Co.) BLACK-NECKED STILT 1 FOS Dunlin 2 in full breeding plumage ( 1 had a broken left leg. It was sticking out at about 90º, hopping around awkwardly on the right leg.) Semi-palmated Sandpipers 5 RING-NECKED DUCK 1 Mallards 3 males Hooded Mergansers Canada Geese Uniontown Dam (Union Co.) CLIFF SWALLOWS FOS Highland Creek (Union Co.) Great Egret 1 Pond Creek Marsh (Henderson Co.) Bald Eagle nest: it appeared to have one eaglet's head sticking up Notes: 268 sloughs has lots of water, it still needs to drop to get some good shorebird habitat. Horseshoe Road slough is full of water, slowly dropping, a little shorebird habitat being exposed. The field at the SW end is not yet planted or tilled recently. Last week the Eagles Nest below Anderson Pond had 2 large Eaglets perched, one on a branch and the other at the edge of the nest. The Shorebird Unit has lots of water and lots of weeds, no shorebird habitat yet. The dike had grass and weeds nearly waist high. The grass and weeds on the dikes at Hardy Slough make walking extremely tiring and difficult. Charlie Henderson Co. ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: RPT:Golden-winged warbler and black-billed cuckoo From: "Scott Freidhof" <sialia67 AT windstream.net> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:32:40 -0500 June 1, 2009: The male golden-winged warbler and the black-billed cuckoo were present in Pike County on an old strip mine known locally as the Flatwoods. The Flatwoods is above 2,500 feet in elevation. There were quite a few bobwhite quail calling as well. The habitat varies from open grassy areas to autumn olive jungles. Black locust and pine trees are common. The golden-winged warbler was present in an area with scattered trees and shrubs along with a thick herbaceous layer. Scott Freidhof Rowan County Subject: BKY: BBC/KOS Mammoth Cave NP Field Trip From: patjanebell AT bellsouth.net Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:55:39 +0000 The BBC/KOS field trip to Mammoth Cave NP will be on Saturday, June 13. The trip begins at 8:00 a.m. CDT. Meet at the service center in the park just past the campgound entrance. This is the parking lot just right of the gas station. Bring lunch. Pat and Jane Bell Louisville Subject: Pelican yet From: Wendell Kingsolver <wrkingsolver AT pol.net> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:45:01 -0400 (EDT) The Carnico brown pelican spent most of today on his usual perch (pretty bad day for fishing with the rain and storms), so if anybody still would like to tick him off in KY, it's still possible. Wendell Kingsolver, Carlisle, KY ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: BBS - Lark Sparrow From: HapC1 AT aol.com Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:07:01 EDT A first for my Shiloh BBS route this morning. The pretty Lark Sparrow was singing on a line when I pulled up at my 36 th stop. Another nice surprise was the number of Northern Bobwhites calling today. I counted 16 birds during my route and heard a few at non stops. My biggest disappointment was the damaged areas from the ice storm. It affected some of the prime habitat for warblers. The breeding warbler count this year on this route is disappointing. Hap Murray, KY **************We found the real ‘Hotel California’ and the ‘Seinfeld’ diner. What will you find? Explore WhereItsAt.com. (http://www.whereitsat.com/#/music/all-spots/355/47.796964/-66.374711/2/Youve-Found-Where-Its-At?ncid=eml cntnew00000007) Subject: Bell's Vireo From: linda craiger <lindacraiger AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:00:43 +0000 Saw a Bell's Vireo on the walking trail between Parrish Ave and Fisher park, in Owensboro, on Sunday, 5/31. Linda Craiger / Glasgow _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 Subject: red quail From: "Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh AT ClayIngels.com> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:43:10 -0400 <> I thought the quail in the attached photo was a Tennessee Red quail, but after finding a picture on the internet, I am not sure. This bird is really red compared to the photos I could find. This may be the red race of Bobwhite from the southwest that I remember seeing pictures of. Anyway, this one is in eastern Harrison county. Scott Lexington KY Subject: RPT: Periodic cicadas ... a few leftovers ? ? ? From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 22:09:43 -0400 During the past three days, I have heard periodic cicadas four times in areas where they were present last year: 1) our family farm in eastern Jefferson County (a single individual) 2) in Frankfort (a single individual) 3) on a BBS route in rural Lee County this morning (a single individual) and 4) at the Rock Bridge Picnic Area parking lot, where Ben & Mary Yandell, Eddie Huber, Matt Stickel, and myself heard what actually sounded like a little chorus of the "phaoroh" type about 1030 this morning. I've already forgotten all of their names, but the calls that I've heard are the same as the ones I heard at these locations last year. One must assume that out of the millions of insects that emerged "on time" in 2008 that there are a few laggers in the class ? ? ? With all that we humans have done to the environment, I wonder if we might be messing with the synchrony of the emergences ... or maybe there have always been a few that had their timing off, thus leading over centuries to the various broods ? ? ? All very interesting ... bpb Subject: thoughts, or lack thereof on the relative "neatness" of observations (NO OBSERVATIONS) From: "Mark & Tommie Gail Bennett" <benn5609 AT bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 18:50:11 -0500 31 May 2009: This post has no observations and is entirely my own "blather" (bla-bla-bla) regarding "what makes a bird observation "neat". Feel free to delete and please overlook this post, even if you read it. Not long ago I read a post regarding the excitement of observing a Dickcissel and some other birds. The poster/birder was grateful to Jim Williams (whom I happen to know personally) for his help in locating the bird species. I recalled talking to someone else from eastern KY at KOS fairly recently who wanted to know where to find that very species (Dickcissel). The bird was a special record for the poster and apparently many others. I can relate to that in many ways. I can still recall the first Dickcissel that I ever identified. At the time, I lived in "central Russellville" and Dickcissels were something that I did not see in/around by yard. I actually saw my first in southern Logan County on farmland adjacent to my father-in-law's farm. I can still remember the observation of that bird and the struggle I had in identifying the "house sparrow with a yellow breast". Ironically, Dickcissel is today a species that I hear every summer day from dawn to dusk (they are a little hard to see, however). It is because I live (within the Russellville city limits still) in a subdivision surrounded by pasture and cropland that the species is a "yard-bird", for me. Each year, I become excited by the observation of migrant passerines, mostly woodland species such as tanagers, thrushes, and warblers. Each year, I become almost insanely jealous of others who reside in wooded areas and hear and/or see these woodland species from their yards. I can only "lust for them" or travel some while others observe copious numbers of these music makers in or from their yards. An exciting observation for me is a yard bird for others, and a yard bird for others is wonderful to me. I find it interesting "food" for my weak and feeble mind to consider what makes a bird good. I love Red-headed Woodpeckers, but Scot Record (lives near Ballard WMA) may see them every day where I as I have to search for them. Scot may find them as interesting as I find an Mourning Dove, I cannot say. Regardless, the love of the observation (what makes it special) is at least partly a function of where (exactly) one lives. Some people think "windbirds" ("mudbirds") (shorebirds) are wonderful to behold. While I do enjoy them, I probably would not have the interest in birds that I now have without woodland species. Their observation enjoyment is more a junction of their seasonal presence and habitat specificity than anything else. A few of these birders even like gulls. My best memory of gulls is as follows. Our family was taking its first ocean/gulf beach vacation. My (then) 3 yr old son waded into the gulf for the first time in his short life. He was overwhelmed by the first wave and drank much of the Gulf of Mexico. Once upon land, he vomited profusely. It was perhaps the most interesting gull moment of my life to watch Laughing Gulls flock to his barf and eat it like hogs eating the family garbage (yes, I am so old, I can remember actual family farms). In fact, the gulls screeched profusely and even "fought over the vomit". On top of that, the gulls that inhabit Kentucky are not impressive to look at (to me). How anyone could enjoy watching these plain-Jane-vomit-eating "hogs of the bird world" is an enigma (to me). Alas, I am out of blather. If you actually red this, perhaps I am not alone in my feeble mindedness. However, I do believe that the "neatness" of the observation is in part a function of where we happen to live. I suppose that is part of "what makes the world go round". Warmest Regards, Mark Mark Bennett 113 Iroquois Circle Russellville, KY 42276 Logan County, Kentucky Home: benn5609 AT bellsouth.net Work: Mark.Bennett AT Logan.Kyschools.us ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Mississippi KiteS From: Jeff Rowe <rowesjd AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 14:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Since my life sighting for this bird was less than two years ago, I don't know if this is normal or not but today while driving on Rt 473 just east of Ballard Wildlife Refuge, My wife and I counted 25 or 26 Mississippi kites swarming 20 to 30 feet above the road and the evergree wind break near the hunting club south east of Ballard.  What an amazing scene! Jeff and Donna Rowe Kevil, KY Subject: Gary Dorman has shared an eBird checklist with you from Harrodsburg on May 30, 2009 - 6:30 AM From: cowboybirder AT yahoo.com Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 06:49:05 -0400 (EDT) To accept this checklist into your eBird account, click on the link below: http://ebird.org/ebird/shared?subID=UzUwMzY5NTM.&s=t Learn more about eBird's checklist sharing process at http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/new-feature-ebird-checklist-sharing --------- ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Fwd: Black bear seen in area From: Paul Hager <bereahager AT adelphia.net> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:24:04 -0400 For all those birders who bird Berea College Forest, I am forwarding this alert. Paul Hager, Berea, KY Begin forwarded message: > > From: Public Safety > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:46 PM > To: #Students; #Faculty; #Staff > Subject: Black bear seen in area > > > It was reported to State Police this afternoon that a black bear > ran out of the woods near Indian Fort Theater and ran into the side > of a vehicle. Reportedly the bear was momentarily dazed and then > continued across the highway (Hwy 21 East) and through a nearby field. > > We would like to remind everyone to please exercise caution in the > forest and surrounding areas. > > For information on safety when confronted with a bear or in the > area of a bear please see the following Ky. Fish & Wildlife > website:http://fw.ky.gov/blackbearencounter.asp. > > Have a safe and wonderful summer! > > Department of Public Safety > CPO 2184 > 985-3333 Subject: Pelican, etc. From: Wendell Kingsolver <wrkingsolver AT pol.net> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:03:21 -0400 (EDT) The young Brown Pelican was still on his tree when we last checked about noon today, so he has been here about 9 days. This AM an immature Laughing Gull dropped into the lake for a rest, then moved on. Also assorted (and pretty distant) shorebirds. Lots of activity on Carnico. Kingsolvers, Carlisle, KY ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Birding Northern KY From: Paul Hager <bereahager AT adelphia.net> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:29:03 -0400 I will be going to Northern KY next Monday and staying through Friday. I will be able to do some birding on Tuesday and Wednesday. I will be staying one East Rivercenter RD in Covington. Any suggestions about parks or other areas to bird will be appreciated. Paul Hager Berea, KY ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: Pelican prevails! From: Wendell Kingsolver <wrkingsolver AT pol.net> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:59:40 -0400 (EDT) At 8:30 PM tonight Brown Pelican was roosting on his usual tree at Carnico. The Great Blues weren't bothering with him any more, so maybe he is now an accepted member of the community! Judging by trhe quantity of its fecal blasts he is getting plenty of fish here-- maybe it will stay awhile longer yet. The loon was gone tonight, but a Caspian tern made a sunset appearance, grabbed a fish for supper, and headed on north. Kingsolvers, Carlisle ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: White-rumped Sandpiper From: "Lyneart" <lyneart AT lyneart.com> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:54:04 -0500 I saw one White-rumped Sandpiper among a flock of 21 Semipalmated Sandpipers on the smaller of the 2 transient ponds on 739 this morning. One Pectoral Sandpiper and a few Killdeer were also there. The larger pond is shrinking faster than the smaller. Both are now mostly mud, even though tiny springs are still flowing into both. Corn is now nearly knee high, soon to make tough going. I think the water will be gone by the time the corn is impassable. Frank Lyne frank AT lyneart.com near Dot in Logan County Subject: Re: RFI: Pine Siskin sightings From: "Roseanna Denton" <roseanna AT newwavecomm.net> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:36:57 -0400 I still had two as of yesterday. I've only seen one this morning; but they've become hard to find at the same time. Birding smiles . . . . . ~Roseanna Denton Science Hill, Pulaski County ----- Original Message ----- From: Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC) To: BIRDKY Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:08 PM Subject: [birdky] RFI: Pine Siskin sightings Per her BIRDKY post a few days ago, Linda Craiger reported a Pine Siskin at her feeder in Glasgow on May 23rd ... does anyone else still have any? I'd be interested in a few "last dates" during early to mid-May if you have not posted previously to BIRDKY. Subject: Re: Swainsons warbler FYI From: "Weese, Zeb (EEC)" <Zeb.Weese AT ky.gov> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:01:54 -0400 I have heard and seen them pretty regularly over the years at Natural Bridge State Park on the Hood's Branch Trail (particularly near the "Upper Loop") and on the Whittleton Trail near the campground. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zeb Weese Regional Nature Preserves Manager, Central and Northeastern Kentucky Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission 801 Schenkel Lane Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: (502) 573-2886 Fax: (502) 573-2355 E-mail: zeb.weese AT ky.gov Web site: http://naturepreserves.ky.gov/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 17:37:42 -0400 Subject: [birdky] Swainsons warbler FYI From: Michael Clay I am planning a trip to Red River Gorge area to find a Swainson's warbler - does anyone have any pointers on where to look? Thanks Mike in Indiana. ================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 AT freelists.org -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request AT freelists.org 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 AT eku.edu Subject: RFI: Pine Siskin sightings From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 16:08:57 -0400 Per her BIRDKY post a few days ago, Linda Craiger reported a Pine Siskin at her feeder in Glasgow on May 23rd ... does anyone else still have any? I'd be interested in a few "last dates" during early to mid-May if you have not posted previously to BIRDKY. Subject: clinton county foray From: Stephen Stedman <SStedman AT tntech.edu> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:04:30 -0500 Hi Tommie and others who might wish to join in the project, Did send Tommie an earlier message, but it didn't get delivered; a message to Banaquit1 AT comcast.net Came back as undeliverable just now, so I am using BirdKY to try to communicate with Tommie and maybe with others. Albany is the county seat of Clinton County; it is a smallish town, and I have not looked for motels, etc., in it, for which I apologize, but I have had a bad bronchial infection since early May and am not doing too much I don't have to outside of slow-paced field work. I think if you googled Clinton County, KY, Chamber of Commerce, they would have a website with motels and restaurants in Albany area. Dale Hollow State Resort Park is west of Albany but some of it is in Clinton County; I may stay there and do that part of the county on one evening. Hope you can join us. Best wishes, Steve Stedman Subject: LICKING RIVER From: "Marsh, Scott" <SMarsh AT ClayIngels.com> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 07:27:45 -0400 Saturday 23rd, Blue Licks to Harrison county (mouth of cedar creek) (8-10 miles) Rhonda and I kayaked our usual stretch of the licking river Saturday; a good flow limited the need for paddling. Highlights were a singing Blackpoll, 4 yellow warbler, 2 prothonotary, numerous broods of wood duck, 6 species of flycatcher, the resident white red-tailed hawk, an increase in heron nest from the 4-5 nest 5 years ago to about 18 now, and a pair of river otter. Oh yeah, and a fish whose wake rocked my kayak. Scott lexington Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Red-tailed Hawk Wild Turkey Spotted Sandpiper Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch House Sparrow Subject: FOS chuck-will's-widow From: "Kistler" <kistlers AT scrtc.com> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 21:07:22 -0500 .at 4:45 this morning! Once was nice, but he'd better not make a habit of it! Steve Kistler Hart Subject: Fwd: [bcbirdclub] Re: Eating Habits From: <ss6400 AT windstream.net> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 20:55:33 -0500 ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THIS BEHAVOIR? steve sweeney boyd co. > From: "Don Carrier" > To: "'BCBC Listserve'" > Subject: [bcbirdclub] Re: Eating Habits > Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 06:08:37 -0400 > > Finally Had my camera handy. > > Don > > _____ > > From: bcbirdclub-bounce AT freelists.org > [mailto:bcbirdclub-bounce AT freelists.org] On Behalf Of Don Carrier > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:54 PM > To: 'BCBC Listserve' > Subject: [bcbirdclub] Eating Habits > > > The goldfinches at my home have developed a taste for sugar water and are > now emptying the hummingbird feeder every day. Anyone one else witnessed > this before? > > > Don Carrier