- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* December 7, 2005
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Horned Grebe
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Lapland Longspur
Western Meadowlark
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: December 7, 2005
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@clayingels.com
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, December 7, 2005
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@clayingels.com
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society. This update is current as of December 7, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
On this first week in December the bird is Scoters, with 2 SURF SCOTERS seen
at the Falls of the Ohio on the 2nd, a single SURF SCOTER at Freeman Lake on
the 4th, 9 SURF SCOTERS on Lake Cumberland in the fishing creek area, and 2
SURF SCOTERS and 5 BLACK SCOTERS seen at Wolf Creek Dam on the 6th.
Good numbers of other water fowl have been reported also. Some of the bigger
numbers were: 500 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the lower Hickman bottoms along
with a WHITE-FRONTED X BLUE CROSS on the 2nd; 350+ REDHEAD, 66 HORNED GREBE,
and 55 BUFFLEHEAD, and a male MERLIN in the fishing creek area of Lake
Cumberland on the 5th; and 100 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER at Barren River
Reservoir on the 5th. A few Ross’s geese have also been seen with a few at
the lower Hickman bottoms and 1 at Twin Lakes pond in Somerset.
SANDHILL CRANES have been observed in a number of places again this week. 65
were seen in Carlisle on the 2nd, 140 in two flocks in Frankfort on the 6th,
6 in the Wolf Creek Dam area, and 67 in Somerset on the 6th.
100 KILLDEER were counted at Barren River Reservoir. And approximately a 100
LAPLAND LONGSPURS and several WESTERN MEADOWLARKS were totaled at the lower
Hickman bottoms.
Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after the
tone. Please include your name, the date, the location, and the time of
your observation when filing a report. If your report contains rare or out
of season species, please send appropriate documentation to the
KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY 41005
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* December 7, 2005
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Horned Grebe
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Lapland Longspur
Western Meadowlark
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: December 7, 2005
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@clayingels.com
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, December 7, 2005
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@clayingels.com
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society. This update is current as of December 7, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
On this first week in December the bird is Scoters, with 2 SURF SCOTERS seen
at the Falls of the Ohio on the 2nd, a single SURF SCOTER at Freeman Lake on
the 4th, 9 SURF SCOTERS on Lake Cumberland in the fishing creek area, and 2
SURF SCOTERS and 5 BLACK SCOTERS seen at Wolf Creek Dam on the 6th.
Good numbers of other water fowl have been reported also. Some of the bigger
numbers were: 500 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on the lower Hickman bottoms along
with a WHITE-FRONTED X BLUE CROSS on the 2nd; 350+ REDHEAD, 66 HORNED GREBE,
and 55 BUFFLEHEAD, and a male MERLIN in the fishing creek area of Lake
Cumberland on the 5th; and 100 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER at Barren River
Reservoir on the 5th. A few Ross’s geese have also been seen with a few at
the lower Hickman bottoms and 1 at Twin Lakes pond in Somerset.
SANDHILL CRANES have been observed in a number of places again this week. 65
were seen in Carlisle on the 2nd, 140 in two flocks in Frankfort on the 6th,
6 in the Wolf Creek Dam area, and 67 in Somerset on the 6th.
100 KILLDEER were counted at Barren River Reservoir. And approximately a 100
LAPLAND LONGSPURS and several WESTERN MEADOWLARKS were totaled at the lower
Hickman bottoms.
Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line. You may leave a report after the
tone. Please include your name, the date, the location, and the time of
your observation when filing a report. If your report contains rare or out
of season species, please send appropriate documentation to the
KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY 41005