- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* December 4, 2006
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Common Loon
American White Pelican
Ross's Goose
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Franklin's Gull
Short-eared Owl
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: December 4, 2006
To Report: smarsh@clayingels.com
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, December 4, 2006
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@clayingels.com
This is the Kentucky rare bird alert, sponsored by the Kentucky
Ornithological Society. This update is current as of December 4, 2006
at 11:00 AM EDT. This is a summary of the sightings posted at
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm , with additional information on the
location and/or dates of the rare and unusual. The highlights of this
update are:
3 GOLDEN EAGLES were counted at the Bernheim Forest area outside
Bardstown on Sunday the 3rd. This is now a regular wintering spot for
them.
A number of SHORT-EARED OWLS have been noted just before dusk on
different occasions in the Peabody WMA. The latest included 10
individuals, with several giving chase after a Northern Harrier.
50 COMMON LOONS were tallied at Barren River Reservoir on Dec. 1st.
A single ROSS'S GOOSE was observed on the Homestead unit of Peabody WMA
on November the 25th.
A female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen at Eva Bandman Park on River Road
in Louisville on the 29th. There was also word of a female WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER being shot in Henderson on the Ohio River.
Way back on the 15th, 6 SURF SCOTER were counted ant Barren River.
492 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were counted on a sand bar at Kuttawa for
which I have lost the date. This is on Lake Barkley.
Totals on a fish and wildlife waterfowl count flight over Sauerheber
unit of the Henderson sloughs included 13 TUNDRA SWANS, 1000
GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GEESE, and 2000 GADWALL..
A first winter FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen with a number of BONAPARTE'S
GULLS at Fishing Creek recreation area in Pulaski County on the 1st of
December.
Lastly, a number of sightings of MERLIN and flocks of SANDHILL CRANE
were reported from across the state during the week.
KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY 41005
More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site
at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm.
- End Transcript
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* December 4, 2006
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
Common Loon
American White Pelican
Ross's Goose
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Sandhill Crane
Franklin's Gull
Short-eared Owl
- Transcript
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: December 4, 2006
To Report: smarsh@clayingels.com
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, December 4, 2006
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@clayingels.com
This is the Kentucky rare bird alert, sponsored by the Kentucky
Ornithological Society. This update is current as of December 4, 2006
at 11:00 AM EDT. This is a summary of the sightings posted at
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm , with additional information on the
location and/or dates of the rare and unusual. The highlights of this
update are:
3 GOLDEN EAGLES were counted at the Bernheim Forest area outside
Bardstown on Sunday the 3rd. This is now a regular wintering spot for
them.
A number of SHORT-EARED OWLS have been noted just before dusk on
different occasions in the Peabody WMA. The latest included 10
individuals, with several giving chase after a Northern Harrier.
50 COMMON LOONS were tallied at Barren River Reservoir on Dec. 1st.
A single ROSS'S GOOSE was observed on the Homestead unit of Peabody WMA
on November the 25th.
A female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen at Eva Bandman Park on River Road
in Louisville on the 29th. There was also word of a female WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER being shot in Henderson on the Ohio River.
Way back on the 15th, 6 SURF SCOTER were counted ant Barren River.
492 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were counted on a sand bar at Kuttawa for
which I have lost the date. This is on Lake Barkley.
Totals on a fish and wildlife waterfowl count flight over Sauerheber
unit of the Henderson sloughs included 13 TUNDRA SWANS, 1000
GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GEESE, and 2000 GADWALL..
A first winter FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen with a number of BONAPARTE'S
GULLS at Fishing Creek recreation area in Pulaski County on the 1st of
December.
Lastly, a number of sightings of MERLIN and flocks of SANDHILL CRANE
were reported from across the state during the week.
KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY 41005
More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site
at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm.
- End Transcript