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4 Nov RPT: Black Scoter on Ohio River at Louisville ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 4 Nov Re: last hummer sighting [Jackie Elmore ] 4 Nov Rpt: Greenup Co., Cedar Waxwings ["Rick S." ] 4 Nov Vesper Sparrow, butcher block remains ["Lyneart" ] 4 Nov RPT: Birding on Saturday Oct. 31, Louisville; Blue-headed Vireo and others [michael autin ] 3 Nov Barren, Warren and Peabody [David Roemer ] 3 Nov Re: Sandhills [Mary Yandell ] 2 Nov Long-billed Murrelet Weather Pattern [David Roemer ] 2 Nov Re: Weather and Birds -- Counterpoint (Beware ... VERY LONG ...) [David Roemer ] 2 Nov Re: Weather and Birds -- Counterpoint (Beware ... VERY LONG ...) ["Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" ] 2 Nov Green River State Forest (Henderson Co.) [Charles Crawford ] 2 Nov Orange Bishop Photo ["D.R. Dubbeld" ] 1 Nov Killdeer [] 1 Nov FOS: Purple finch and Junco [Evelyn Morgan ] 1 Nov Re: Feeders ["Laura" ] 1 Nov Nashville Warb. & other cuties [Katharine Cohen ] 1 Nov Feeders [Terry Anderson ] 1 Nov RPY: Logan-Todd Counties Observations of today (all common species) ["Mark & Tommie Gail Bennett" ] 1 Nov Sloughs Tundra Swans are back at Wood Tract [Charles Crawford ] 1 Nov hawk in barn ["Lyneart" ] 31 Oct Weather and Birds [David Roemer ] 31 Oct Casey Creek and Plum Point, Adair ["Roseanna Denton" ] 31 Oct Barren 31 October 2009 [David Roemer ] 31 Oct Back yard Oct. 31 [Paul Hager ] 30 Oct Re: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? ["geraldrobe" ] 30 Oct Barren 28/30 October 2009 [David Roemer ] 29 Oct No Sighting. Quebrantahuessos results [Charles Crawford ] 29 Oct Re: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? ["Lyneart" ] 28 Oct Re: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? [Charles Crawford ] 28 Oct Re: Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? [Ian Stewart ] 28 Oct No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? [Charles Crawford ] 28 Oct R-T Hummingbird [linda craiger ] 28 Oct Sloughs: SBU, PCM, Gentle Pond & Horseshoe Road slough [Charles Crawford ] 28 Oct Re: RT hummingbird [Jackie Elmore ] 28 Oct Banded Sandhill Cranes--Observations needed [John Brunjes ] 28 Oct 2009 Fall Sandhill Crane Survey: October 30 [John Brunjes ] 27 Oct FW: Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds ["Vorisek, Shawchyi (FW)" ] 26 Oct Kemtucky Dam ["Ken Leggett" ] 26 Oct Barren and Warren 26 October 2009 [David Roemer ] 26 Oct Sloughs WMA 10/26/09 [Charles Crawford ] 26 Oct Phenomenal Saw-whet Owl recapture [Mark Monroe ] 26 Oct David Sibley in Louisville [] 26 Oct BKY David Sibley [] 25 Oct hummer ["Sid Easley" ] 25 Oct Barren 25 October 2009 [David Roemer ] 25 Oct Sloughs: Shorebird Unit, Pond Creek Marsh 10/25 [Charles Crawford ] 25 Oct Sat. Oct 24 ["Roseanna Denton" ] 25 Oct Re: RT hummingbird [Jackie Elmore ] 25 Oct R-T Hummingbird [linda craiger ] 24 Oct Re: RT Hummingbird [Jackie Elmore ] 24 Oct Barren Tern 24 October 2009 [David Roemer ] 23 Oct peru birding trip [] 24 Oct 5 Am. Avocets at Barren St. Pk. beach ["Ben Yandell" ] 24 Oct Cedar Waxwings [] 24 Oct R - T Hummingbird [linda craiger ] 23 Oct new arrival [Marilee Thompson ] 23 Oct BKY-Borwn Headed Cowbird [] 23 Oct sparrows/starlings for a falconer ["Robert Peak" ] 23 Oct Spindletop Farm ["Gail and Joe Swanson" ] 23 Oct Sloughs: SBU, PCM, & Gentle Pond [Charles Crawford ] 23 Oct Recent Rarity Photographs [David Roemer ] 23 Oct Barren State Park 22 October 2009 [David Roemer ] 23 Oct RPT: a little late 10/17-18,22-Louisville; Virginia Rail and others [michael autin ] 22 Oct Red River Gorge & Salato ["D.R. Dubbeld" ] 22 Oct (no subject) [] 22 Oct wood ducks/osage orange [Judy Arnold ] 22 Oct BKY-Re: Empty feeders [] 22 Oct Re: (birdky) Empty bird feeders ["Mike Tobbe" ] 22 Oct FW: University of Kentucky - Red River Gorge Ecological Impact Survey ["Vorisek, Shawchyi (FW)" ] 22 Oct Re: (birdky) Empty bird feeders [Millie Farmer ] 22 Oct (birdky) Empty bird feeders ["Bill Stone" ] 21 Oct Sloughs: Jenny Hole/Highland Creek, Grassy Pond, & Shorebird Unit [Charles Crawford ] 21 Oct RT hummer ["Sid Easley" ] 21 Oct Re: hummingbirds [Jackie Elmore ] 21 Oct California Gull ["Thomas A Hulsey (Student)" ] 20 Oct paddling with pelicans [] Subject: RPT: Black Scoter on Ohio River at Louisville From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:25:54 -0500 Eddie Huber just called to report a single Black Scoter (female/imm. type) with a few other ducks in the main basin out from the Louisville waterfront as viewed from the Indiana side. bpb, Louisville Subject: Re: last hummer sighting From: Jackie Elmore <jackiebelmore AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:07:43 -0600 November 4, 2009 Our RT hummingbird was last observed on Oct. 28. Jackie B. Elmore Lincoln Co. KY _________________________________________________________________ Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 Subject: Rpt: Greenup Co., Cedar Waxwings From: "Rick S." <hiker_hpx AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:05:37 -0800 (PST) On Sunday, 1 November 2009 I observed a flock of Cedar Waxwings at my house in Sloam. They appeared to be feeding on everything that was eatable. It was a feeding frenzy. I almost expected to come home from church and find all the trees & bushes around the house completely stripped. They are not here very often. I have only observed them a half dozen times in the last 25 years. This must not be their normal route. Rick Seelhorst Siloam, northern Greenup Co., 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: Vesper Sparrow, butcher block remains From: "Lyneart" <lyneart AT lyneart.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:46:56 -0600 Yesterday morning I herded a Vesper Sparrow and several Savannah Sparrows through a patch of spiny amaranth until they all perched on a barbed wire fence for good looks. In the barn where I recently saw a Coopers Hawk, I found a pile of Mockingbird feathers scattered all around the front tire of my tractor. Our last hummingbird sighting was Oct 31. Frank Lyne frank AT lyneart.com near Dot in Logan County Subject: RPT: Birding on Saturday Oct. 31, Louisville; Blue-headed Vireo and others From: michael autin <napkinarmstrong AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:07:58 -0500 I decided to stick close to home in the Southeast portion of Jefferson County with the intent on checking out good fields for cropland birds for the coming winter, and instead ended up spending all my time at Mcneeley Lake Park South and North sections. Not amazing but still found a few birds I had yet to see this fall. Mcneeley Lake Park, North 1:00-4:00pm Mallard Wood Duck-2 only seen in flight oddly Great Blue Heron- one beautiful crisp brightly plumaged adult Turkey Vulture Sharp-sh. Hawk-1 ad. made several forays and shut birds down briefly Red-tailed Hawk-1 imm. Red-sh. Hawk-1 ad. perched low on Cedar Creek road Am. Coot-2 Mo. Dove Belted Kingfisher-1 Red-bl. Wood. Downy Wood. No. Flicker- 1 heard briefly very few of any of these woodpeckers Eastern Phoebe-1 Blue-headed Vireo-2 one I watched for a few minutes gobble up and then regurgitate some unknown insect Blue Jay Am. Crow Caro. Chick. Tufted Titmouse-took me an unusual amount of time to find Caro. Wren Golden-cr. Kinglet-8 Ruby-cr. Kinglet-1 Eastern Bluebird-flyover Am. Robin No. Mockingbird Brown Thrasher-1 probably imm. feeding quietly in brambles Cedar Waxwing-a section of at least 800 ft. of trail was covered in waxwings and robins 400 would be a conservative count Orange-cr. Warbler-1 I have been looking for one all Fall, it may only be the second one I have seen this year! Yellow-rp. Warbler-4 low Eastern Towhee-1 Field Sp.-6 Song Sp. White-thr. Sp.-60+ No. Cardinal Am. Goldfinch Mcneeley Lake, South 4:00-6:00pm Am. Kestrel-2 farmland en route Killdeer-4 Mo. Dove Red-bl. Wood. Blue Jay Caro. Chick. Tuft. Tit. Golden-cr. Kinglet-6 Eastern Bluebird Am. Robin Cedar Waxwing- smaller numbers Chipping Sp.-Walking through a recently bulldozed field, I kept flushing line after line of sparrows and chased them around the field and through the trees until I decided there had to be something on the order of 350+ sparrows. Everyone I looked at, every call note that sounded came from a Chipping Sparrow, save for the lone Dark-eyed Junco of the day. Song Sp. Dark-eyed Junco- the lone indi. mentioned earlier No. Cardinal House Finch I also briefly visited Melco earlier around 11:30am and found 2 Am. Coots and 3 Lesser Scaup. Good Birding, Michael Autin Louisville, KY _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ Subject: Barren, Warren and Peabody From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:18:13 -0800 (PST) 1 November 2009 BARREN Gadwall American Wigeon Lesser Scaup Common Loon Horned Grebe Double-crested Cormorant (~350 w/ 3 flocks southbound totalling ~300) Bald Eagle American Coot (800+) Dunlin (4 fly-by) California Gull Franklin's Gull (3) Ring-billed, Herring and Bonaparte's Greater Yellowlegs (2 juvs) Hermit Thrush Purple Finch (9) Our hummer at the house was last seen on this date. 2 November BARREN Gadwall Northern Pintail Redhead Ring-neck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Ruddy Common Loon Horned and Pied-billed Grebe Bald Eagle California Gull WALTON POND/WARREN (beginning to form) Wood Duck (3) McElroy only has water in the ditch SHAKER MILL/WARREN Purple Finch (2) 3 November PEABODY WMA OHIO/MUHLENBERG COUNTIES SOUTH LAKE/OHIO Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard American Black x Mallard (male) Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Lesser Scaup Pied-billed Grebe (scattered) Double-crested Cormorant (Island and TVA Lakes) Bald Eagles Northern Harrier Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks Ring-billed Gull (~30 TVA) Bonaparte's Gull (4 TVA) Barred Owl Tree Swallow (2 South Lake) House Wren Marsh Wren (S5 marsh) It was a good sparrow day with the following species recorded: Chipping Field Vesper (Homestead and Sinclair) Savannah Henslow's (Sinclair) Fox Song Lincoln's (Sinclair) Swamp White-throated White-crowned Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur (Homestead) Purple Finch (3 Ken) David Roemer Bowing 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: Re: Sandhills From: Mary Yandell <mtwy AT insightbb.com> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:09:13 -0500 > Yesterday at 5:30pm a flock of 16 Sandhills flew low over the > building where I work near duPont Circle. They came from the NW > heading SE. Mary Yandell Louisville ================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: Long-billed Murrelet Weather Pattern From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:11:35 -0800 (PST) Attached is a link to weather maps leading up to the the occurrence of the Louisville Long-billed Murrelet discovered 29 October 2002.  Click on the "Next Day" link and watch a series of high pressure systems from the Pacific Northwest move into the Ohio Valley coupled with lows and rain in our region which was responsible for a nice fallout, including a Hudsonian Godwit at the Falls on 31 October two days after the murrelet was found which I believe was only the 4th Ky record for that species.  Until a pattern of vagrancy into the Ohio River Valley for Long-billed Murrelet is established and contradictory, I believe the weather and timing was a MAJOR factor.  I did not say that the USUAL LOUISVILLE hotspots have not been checked recently, I said the Ohio River and Ky/Barkley Lakes.  I have birded Barren Reservoir since the early '70s and know that the occurrence and discovery of recent west coast birds is more than the "Patagonia Effect".    http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20021019.html David Roemer Bowling Green __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ================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: Re: Weather and Birds -- Counterpoint (Beware ... VERY LONG ...) From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:13:48 -0800 (PST) I'm sure it's all just to 'chance'. Check back in 1000 years and see what the verdict is. David Roemer Bowling Green --- On Mon, 11/2/09, Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC) wrote: > From: Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC) > Subject: [birdky] Re: Weather and Birds -- Counterpoint (Beware ... VERY LONG ...) > To: "BIRDKY" > Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 7:24 PM > [birdky] > Weather and Birds > > > > > Eddie Huber, Tom Becker, myself, > and others can attest to what has been on the Ohio River > around Louisville during the past few weeks ... a big > NOTHING! Regular checks of the usual hot spots have revealed > even less of interest than normal, which makes the > remarkable occurrence of birds at Barren River Lake recently > even more unusual. Likewise, there didn't seem to be an > unusually high detection rate of similar > "northwestern" vagrants in the region 10-14 days > ago; if anything there seems to have been fewer than normal. > So if weather systems brought the rarities to Barren River > Lake, why not other places? I'm sure there have been at > least a few other examples in the region lately, but there > are rare birds scattered about everywhere all the time. > Also, I noted on the TN listserv just yesterday that 2 > California Gulls were reported at Pickwick Dam in southern > TN over the weekend, although none were found in a search > for gulls there the week before. Maybe it is just as likely > that there is something going on with California Gulls > rather than a particular weather system that has brought > them to our region??? > If one was to try to explain the > occurrence of southern Indiana's recent Green Violetear, > two Say's Phoebes in Kentucky in 15 days, and a > White-faced Ibis in Henderson County all in recent weeks, I > suspect that a bunch of assumptions would have to be made > and at least several contradictory trails could be followed > through the weather maps. It is easy to find a relatively > reasonable explanation for the presence of a certain vagrant > in our region based on the weather, but it may be just as > likely to inaccurately attribute such an occurrence to the > weather. Weather systems almost always progress across North > America from west to east, but there are just as many > eastern vagrants showing up in the west right now ... and > most of them are eastern passerines that are bucking the > same weather systems that one might be fooled into > attributing the appearance of western vagrants in the east > to. > This is not to say > that weather systems don't greatly affect what birds we > see in Kentucky and that they can have relatively > predictable results. Waves of waterbirds, shorebirds, and > warblers all appear throughout Kentucky during favorable > migration conditions created by weather systems and they > conversely may totally shut off during periods of > unfavorable weather. The fun days are those when birds get > fooled into thinking conditions along their path are great > for migration, but they run into winds or precipitation > moving in the opposite direction that result in massive > fallouts. Extreme weather events such as the passing of > tropical cyclones certainly explain the presence of some > vagrants in a given region, but those are birds of very > different habitats (coastal and especially pelagic) that are > carried *totally* off course by remarkably large and > extraordinarily strong wind fields into totally unfamiliar > conditions for attempting to navigate. Beyond these > well-known scenarios, I think there are many pitfalls in > attempting to do too much analysis. > As a brief side bar, > it should be noted that coastal species including Brown > Pelican, Gull-billed Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, and > Black Skimmer have been found somewhat regularly in the > inland central US *not* as the result of any known tropical > system and that the report of a Sandwich Tern in Kentucky 5 > September 2008 was by no means certainly attributable to the > passage of the remnants of Hurricane Gustav. That system was > downgraded to a tropical depression while it was still in > Louisiana, and most all vagrants deposited by it were found > in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The only waif I recall in our > region was a frigatebird (a species that sometimes gets > flung inland great distances by such systems) in central > Illinois ... actually the day *before* the main depression > came through. > It is my > belief that vagrants are around us all the time and it is > more a factor of getting out and finding them than it is > predicting their occurrence based on passing weather > systems. For especially strong fliers like loons and gulls, > vagrancy would seem to me to be more an issue of > "choice" or "mis-wired internal > navigation" than one being dictated by weather. > Patterns of movements within species or groups of similar > species -- and the changes and exceptions to these patterns > over time -- can be quite interesting to follow. The easiest > examples of such are irruptive winter finches like last > winter's White-winged Crossbills. An environmental > factor in the species' normal range (in that case a food > deficiency) results in an abnormal movement. A less apparent > one is Rufous Hummingbird; the pattern of occurrence for > this bird in the southeast U.S. was a steady increase over > the past 20 years until last year when for no explicable > reason the pipeline shut off and all states in the southeast > had many fewer and Kentucky had none for the first year in > nine. During the past month to six weeks, Plegadis > ibis of both species have been all over the region, perhaps > the result of good breeding success, poor environmental > conditions in their normal ranges, or some factor other than > weather. The internet and state listservs now make keeping > one's pulse on how these trends are unfolding each > season much easier. Last winter it was quite fun to watch > with great anticipation the southward progression of > White-winged Crossbills on the listservs and then finally > read that they had reached northern > Kentucky! > As noted above, > besides simply getting out and playing the admittedly very > fun game of "find the vagrant," one can likely > improve his or her chances of recognizing the possibilites > by taking note of each species' or group's migratory > periods and patterns. Most birds are remarkable navigators > with abilities that we are only beginning to appreciate as > banding and transmitter data accumulate. Moreover, vagrancy > typically occurs within windows of time for a given species; > that is, for example, most waterfowl move south from > mid-October through early December, so one would most expect > to find a vagrant of most waterfowl species during that > period of movement. Although the recent Mew Gull at Barren > River Lake is Kentucky's first, Indiana, for example, > has 7 records during fall, winter, and early spring > including one on of all dates .... *18 > October* 1997! So perhaps this is just the > beginning of the period during which one might expect a > wayward migratory Mew Gull -- a species that, by the way, > happens to be relatively difficult to distinguish and may be > largely overlooked (and thus under-reported) among our many > thousands of Ring-billed Gulls??? -- to occur in our region > based on the time of this species' migratory period. > > Something else that > was very likely going on recently at Barren River Lake was > the "Patagonia Rest Stop" effect ... when one rare > bird is found, occurrence of birding increases there, > resulting in more rarities being encountered. Certainly > there have been numerous times over the past 20 years or so > that folks have birded on the reservoir when weather > conditions have been conducive to a fallout of vagrants from > every region conceivable. David Roemer, himself, has likely > birded Barren River Lake several hundred times over the > years, but probably the three rarest birds ever to be found > on the lake all occurred in a recent 10-day period. And had > David not found the Pacific Loon -- at the time the rarest > bird ever reported on the lake -- would he or anyone > else have happened to bird the state park beach to > find the Mew Gull a few days later? > > One final thought > ... something that does appear to be significant regarding > vagrancy is that certain locations seem to have a magnitism > for rarities. These tend to be "oasis" type places > (patches of green in deserts or lakes in areas where there > are no others) that stand out from the surroundings. And > even some of these seem to outperform others. For example, > there is a sewage treatment plant Indiana birders refer to > as Wakarusa in the northern part of the state that has > hosted the following shorebirds in recent years: Mountain > Plover (Aug 2002), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Sept 2003), > Curlew Sandpiper (22 May 2007), and Red-necked Stint (23 May > 2007)... the stint was found by birders looking for the > Curlew Sandpiper that had been found the day before ... can > anyone say Patagonia Rest Stop?! To me that screams of > inexplicable, just as the three rarest birds ever to be > found on Barren River Lake occurring in 10 days in the > latter half of October 2009 does. > In summary, I think > my perspective remains that you can certainly *sometimes* > predict when there's a chance to find something like > Sooty Terns or an Audubon Shearwater on Kentucky Lake, or > even a good fallout of waterfowl on the state's > reservoirs, but it is a crap shoot to try to figure out when > a Long-billed Murrelet is going to be on the Ohio River at > Louisville, or a Little Stint is going to appear on a > relatively postage-stamp sized flood retention basin in > southern Jefferson County. Sometimes I think we may be more > accurate to say that it happened so simply because [a] god > made it that way :o) > bpb, > Louisville > > > From: > birdky-bounce AT freelists.org on behalf of David Roemer > Sent: Sat 10/31/2009 9:58 PM > To: bird ky > Subject: [birdky] Weather and Birds > > > > Those who are interested in the > correlation between weather and the occurrence of vagrant > birds may enjoy the information presented in the links > below.  > > The first shows weather maps beginning a few days previous > to the arrival of the recent west coast birds at Barren > Reservoir.  A series of high pressure systems across > western Canada where these birds breed and migrate through > moved east and southeast into the midwest.  Winds ahead > of a high resulting from clockwise rotation can push birds > off to the south and southeast.  Click on the Next Day > link at the top right of the page to follow the progress of > these systems.  A contributing factor was the rainy > weather that was experienced in Kentucky at that time which > often results in grounding migrants.  Scroll down to > the bottom of each page for a precipitation map for that > day.  With birds like this on Barren it would be > interesting to know what dropped out along the Ohio River > and Ky/Barkley lakes during that period. > > Pacific Loon, Mew Gull and California Gull  13-19 > October 2009 > http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20091008.html > > Also of possible interest regarding seabird vagrants are > maps accessed by the links below which tracked hurricanes > and tropical storms.  These are last plotted as they > weaken and are downgraded from tropical depression > status.  These low pressure systems usually continue to > travel to the north and east and can carry birds with > them.  Below are some species which have occurred in > Kentucky and maps of the weather systems associated with > them. > > Black-capped Petrels  4-5 October 1898 > http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-seven-1898 > > Band-rumped Storm-Petrel  July 1994 > http://www.stormpulse.com/tropical-storm-alberto-1994 > > Sooty Terns  4 October 2002 > http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-lili-2002 > > Audubon's Shearwater, Sooty Terns, probable Brown > Noddy  12 July 2005 > http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-dennis-2005 > > Band-rumped Storm-Petrels 31 August 2005 > http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-katrina-2005 > > Sandwich Tern  5 September 2008 > http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-gustav-2008 > > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ================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: Re: Weather and Birds -- Counterpoint (Beware ... VERY LONG ...) From: "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)" <Brainard.Palmer-Ball AT ky.gov> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:24:09 -0500 Eddie Huber, Tom Becker, myself, and others can attest to what has been on the Ohio River around Louisville during the past few weeks ... a big NOTHING! Regular checks of the usual hot spots have revealed even less of interest than normal, which makes the remarkable occurrence of birds at Barren River Lake recently even more unusual. Likewise, there didn't seem to be an unusually high detection rate of similar "northwestern" vagrants in the region 10-14 days ago; if anything there seems to have been fewer than normal. So if weather systems brought the rarities to Barren River Lake, why not other places? I'm sure there have been at least a few other examples in the region lately, but there are rare birds scattered about everywhere all the time. Also, I noted on the TN listserv just yesterday that 2 California Gulls were reported at Pickwick Dam in southern TN over the weekend, although none were found in a search for gulls there the week before. Maybe it is just as likely that there is something going on with California Gulls rather than a particular weather system that has brought them to our region??? If one was to try to explain the occurrence of southern Indiana's recent Green Violetear, two Say's Phoebes in Kentucky in 15 days, and a White-faced Ibis in Henderson County all in recent weeks, I suspect that a bunch of assumptions would have to be made and at least several contradictory trails could be followed through the weather maps. It is easy to find a relatively reasonable explanation for the presence of a certain vagrant in our region based on the weather, but it may be just as likely to inaccurately attribute such an occurrence to the weather. Weather systems almost always progress across North America from west to east, but there are just as many eastern vagrants showing up in the west right now ... and most of them are eastern passerines that are bucking the same weather systems that one might be fooled into attributing the appearance of western vagrants in the east to. This is not to say that weather systems don't greatly affect what birds we see in Kentucky and that they can have relatively predictable results. Waves of waterbirds, shorebirds, and warblers all appear throughout Kentucky during favorable migration conditions created by weather systems and they conversely may totally shut off during periods of unfavorable weather. The fun days are those when birds get fooled into thinking conditions along their path are great for migration, but they run into winds or precipitation moving in the opposite direction that result in massive fallouts. Extreme weather events such as the passing of tropical cyclones certainly explain the presence of some vagrants in a given region, but those are birds of very different habitats (coastal and especially pelagic) that are carried *totally* off course by remarkably large and extraordinarily strong wind fields into totally unfamiliar conditions for attempting to navigate. Beyond these well-known scenarios, I think there are many pitfalls in attempting to do too much analysis. As a brief side bar, it should be noted that coastal species including Brown Pelican, Gull-billed Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, and Black Skimmer have been found somewhat regularly in the inland central US *not* as the result of any known tropical system and that the report of a Sandwich Tern in Kentucky 5 September 2008 was by no means certainly attributable to the passage of the remnants of Hurricane Gustav. That system was downgraded to a tropical depression while it was still in Louisiana, and most all vagrants deposited by it were found in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The only waif I recall in our region was a frigatebird (a species that sometimes gets flung inland great distances by such systems) in central Illinois ... actually the day *before* the main depression came through. It is my belief that vagrants are around us all the time and it is more a factor of getting out and finding them than it is predicting their occurrence based on passing weather systems. For especially strong fliers like loons and gulls, vagrancy would seem to me to be more an issue of "choice" or "mis-wired internal navigation" than one being dictated by weather. Patterns of movements within species or groups of similar species -- and the changes and exceptions to these patterns over time -- can be quite interesting to follow. The easiest examples of such are irruptive winter finches like last winter's White-winged Crossbills. An environmental factor in the species' normal range (in that case a food deficiency) results in an abnormal movement. A less apparent one is Rufous Hummingbird; the pattern of occurrence for this bird in the southeast U.S. was a steady increase over the past 20 years until last year when for no explicable reason the pipeline shut off and all states in the southeast had many fewer and Kentucky had none for the first year in nine. During the past month to six weeks, Plegadis ibis of both species have been all over the region, perhaps the result of good breeding success, poor environmental conditions in their normal ranges, or some factor other than weather. The internet and state listservs now make keeping one's pulse on how these trends are unfolding each season much easier. Last winter it was quite fun to watch with great anticipation the southward progression of White-winged Crossbills on the listservs and then finally read that they had reached northern Kentucky! As noted above, besides simply getting out and playing the admittedly very fun game of "find the vagrant," one can likely improve his or her chances of recognizing the possibilites by taking note of each species' or group's migratory periods and patterns. Most birds are remarkable navigators with abilities that we are only beginning to appreciate as banding and transmitter data accumulate. Moreover, vagrancy typically occurs within windows of time for a given species; that is, for example, most waterfowl move south from mid-October through early December, so one would most expect to find a vagrant of most waterfowl species during that period of movement. Although the recent Mew Gull at Barren River Lake is Kentucky's first, Indiana, for example, has 7 records during fall, winter, and early spring including one on of all dates .... *18 October* 1997! So perhaps this is just the beginning of the period during which one might expect a wayward migratory Mew Gull -- a species that, by the way, happens to be relatively difficult to distinguish and may be largely overlooked (and thus under-reported) among our many thousands of Ring-billed Gulls??? -- to occur in our region based on the time of this species' migratory period. Something else that was very likely going on recently at Barren River Lake was the "Patagonia Rest Stop" effect ... when one rare bird is found, occurrence of birding increases there, resulting in more rarities being encountered. Certainly there have been numerous times over the past 20 years or so that folks have birded on the reservoir when weather conditions have been conducive to a fallout of vagrants from every region conceivable. David Roemer, himself, has likely birded Barren River Lake several hundred times over the years, but probably the three rarest birds ever to be found on the lake all occurred in a recent 10-day period. And had David not found the Pacific Loon -- at the time the rarest bird ever reported on the lake -- would he or anyone else have happened to bird the state park beach to find the Mew Gull a few days later? One final thought ... something that does appear to be significant regarding vagrancy is that certain locations seem to have a magnitism for rarities. These tend to be "oasis" type places (patches of green in deserts or lakes in areas where there are no others) that stand out from the surroundings. And even some of these seem to outperform others. For example, there is a sewage treatment plant Indiana birders refer to as Wakarusa in the northern part of the state that has hosted the following shorebirds in recent years: Mountain Plover (Aug 2002), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Sept 2003), Curlew Sandpiper (22 May 2007), and Red-necked Stint (23 May 2007)... the stint was found by birders looking for the Curlew Sandpiper that had been found the day before ... can anyone say Patagonia Rest Stop?! To me that screams of inexplicable, just as the three rarest birds ever to be found on Barren River Lake occurring in 10 days in the latter half of October 2009 does. In summary, I think my perspective remains that you can certainly *sometimes* predict when there's a chance to find something like Sooty Terns or an Audubon Shearwater on Kentucky Lake, or even a good fallout of waterfowl on the state's reservoirs, but it is a crap shoot to try to figure out when a Long-billed Murrelet is going to be on the Ohio River at Louisville, or a Little Stint is going to appear on a relatively postage-stamp sized flood retention basin in southern Jefferson County. Sometimes I think we may be more accurate to say that it happened so simply because [a] god made it that way :o) bpb, Louisville ________________________________ From: birdky-bounce AT freelists.org on behalf of David Roemer Sent: Sat 10/31/2009 9:58 PM To: bird ky Subject: [birdky] Weather and Birds Those who are interested in the correlation between weather and the occurrence of vagrant birds may enjoy the information presented in the links below. The first shows weather maps beginning a few days previous to the arrival of the recent west coast birds at Barren Reservoir. A series of high pressure systems across western Canada where these birds breed and migrate through moved east and southeast into the midwest. Winds ahead of a high resulting from clockwise rotation can push birds off to the south and southeast. Click on the Next Day link at the top right of the page to follow the progress of these systems. A contributing factor was the rainy weather that was experienced in Kentucky at that time which often results in grounding migrants. Scroll down to the bottom of each page for a precipitation map for that day. With birds like this on Barren it would be interesting to know what dropped out along the Ohio River and Ky/Barkley lakes during that period. Pacific Loon, Mew Gull and California Gull 13-19 October 2009 http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20091008.html Also of possible interest regarding seabird vagrants are maps accessed by the links below which tracked hurricanes and tropical storms. These are last plotted as they weaken and are downgraded from tropical depression status. These low pressure systems usually continue to travel to the north and east and can carry birds with them. Below are some species which have occurred in Kentucky and maps of the weather systems associated with them. Black-capped Petrels 4-5 October 1898 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-seven-1898 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel July 1994 http://www.stormpulse.com/tropical-storm-alberto-1994 Sooty Terns 4 October 2002 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-lili-2002 Audubon's Shearwater, Sooty Terns, probable Brown Noddy 12 July 2005 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-dennis-2005 Band-rumped Storm-Petrels 31 August 2005 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-katrina-2005 Sandwich Tern 5 September 2008 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-gustav-2008 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: Green River State Forest (Henderson Co.) From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:19:13 -0600 Location: Green River State Forest (Henderson Co.) Observation date: 11/2/09 Number of species: 33 Great Blue Heron 1 overhead Northern Harrier 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 5 overhead Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 12 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 44 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 15 American Robin 23 Northern Mockingbird 5 European Starling 30 Tennessee Warbler 1 Photo Eastern Towhee 15 Field Sparrow 25 Fox Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 6 Swamp Sparrow 12 White-throated Sparrow 11 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 7 Red-winged Blackbird 55 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Common Grackle 25 American Goldfinch 12 House Sparrow 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: Orange Bishop Photo From: "D.R. Dubbeld" <techtress AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:10:13 -0500 Here is the best photo I got of the Orange Bishop that was hanging out at Garvin Brown on 10/11/09. http://img517.imageshack.us/i/i00379c.jpg/ -- Diana Louisville, KY techtress AT gmail.com ================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: Killdeer From: JEswindell AT aol.com Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:25:10 EST Had a large (75-100) flock of Killdeer landing and foraging in a harvested bean field this afternoon. Killdeer are common here, but not in large flocks. John Swindells Nelson County Subject: FOS: Purple finch and Junco From: Evelyn Morgan <one4est AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:18:01 -0800 (PST) I had a lone purple finch at my feeder today.  It fed for a short time, then it was gone.   Had a couple of Junos...one was the lighter race.  the feeder has lots of chickadees, nuthatches and titmouse....seems more than normal.  I watched 3 flickers searching around a tree with a hole in bottom.  One would go inside while the other 2 patiently sat outside, then another.   They took turns.  Bluebirds seem happy.... All in all, a great day to be outside.   Evelyn Morgan Elliott County near Grayson Lake Subject: Re: Feeders From: "Laura" <laobiso AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:04:56 -0500 I've recently returned to this area and this list after being absent for a couple of years. I put out feeders 2 days ago and had the first activity today. Besides the regular titmice, chickadees, and Carolina wrens, we had a brief visit by a winter wren this morning. Laura Obiso Burnside, Pulaski County KY Subject: Nashville Warb. & other cuties From: Katharine Cohen <kwcoh AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:59:19 -0500 (EST) Had a little flurry of activity today--a beautiful Nashville Warbler, a Golden-crowned Kinglet and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The latter was preening for some time, his red crown a vibrant splash of color among the remaining leaves on our cherry tree. I think these individuals were part of an influx of little birds that appeared yesterday, mostly titmice and chickadees. Cheers! Kathy Cohen (Panorama Shores, near Murray in Calloway Co.) kwcoh AT earthlink.net ================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: Feeders From: Terry Anderson <tpaulanderson AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:19:50 -0500 Finally, a little action at my feeders....FOS white-throated sparrow in all its finery. Terry Anderson Northern Anderson County EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me Subject: RPY: Logan-Todd Counties Observations of today (all common species) From: "Mark & Tommie Gail Bennett" <benn5609 AT bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:07:22 -0600 01 November 2009: I birded briefly today at my usual stops Logan and Todd Counties. In Todd County at Guthrie Swamp's NE basin were: 77 Canada Geese 3 Gadwall 1 Pied-billed Grebe At the SW basins were: 11 Gadwall 4 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle, Adult, observed "dive bombing a small group of coots in an apparent attempt to force flight" 1 Red-tailed Hawk 6 American Coot 1 Bonaparte's Gull 1 Belted Kingfisher At Lake Herndon in Logan County, were: 3 Pied Billed Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 22 American Coot At the KY 739 Transient Lake-Pond were simply 6 American Coots. I post this note because this pond seems to have some relationship in water accumulation to the transient lakes of Woodburn. I also note, that here in Russellville I recorded 9.3 inches of rain in October following 7:1 inches of rain in September. That concludes this report. PS: On a personal note, my shoulder is not entirely healed from recent rotator cuff surgery, but it is sufficiently healed to allow the lifting of binoculars to the eyes and to allow assisting with scope-tripod balance activities. 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: Sloughs Tundra Swans are back at Wood Tract From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:16:13 -0600 Sloughs Sauerheber Unit is now closed until March 15th. But Wood Tract (south) is viewable from 268, but not a lot of water. Pumping is not going on as of this morning. Location: Sloughs WMA Sauerheber Unit--Wood Tract Observation date: 11/1/09 Number of species: 9 Greater White-fronted Goose 50 Canada Goose 150 Tundra Swan 5 Long distance photos taken. Assumed Tundras due to that is the species that winters at Wood Tract. American Wigeon 75 Mallard 250 Northern Shoveler 20 Killdeer 25 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Dunlin 30 Location: Sloughs WMA - Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Observation date: 11/1/09 Number of species: 24 Great Egret 1 flying over heading west Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 5 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 20 Horned Lark 33 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Eastern Bluebird 5 American Robin 12 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Field Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 5 Swamp Sparrow 10 White-throated Sparrow 6 White-crowned Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco 7 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 35 Common Grackle 7 American Goldfinch 5 Location: Sloughs WMA - Jenny Hole/Highland Creek Unit Observation date: 11/1/09 Number of species: 14 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 6 American Crow 5 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 3 Winter Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 15 Swamp Sparrow 10 White-throated Sparrow 15 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 75 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: hawk in barn From: "Lyneart" <lyneart AT lyneart.com> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:52:23 -0600 This morning was typical of my fall outings hawkwise. I got a good look at a Kestrel, a Harrier, a Red-tailed Hawk and got a glimpse of an accipiter disappearing into the woods. Then on the way home, I decided to check in one of the barns and make sure Friday's wind didn't blow up the cover on some tobacco stored there. A Cooper's Hawk was in the barn. It couldn't remember right off how it got in there and kept flying back and forth over the top tier. After several minutes of trying, I finally snapped one not too sharp, but recognizable picture of it sitting up on a tier pole before it figured out how to escape through a crack in the wall. We too still have one hummingbird, at least as of yesterday. Frank Lyne frank AT lyneart.com near Dot in Logan County Subject: Weather and Birds From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:58:41 -0700 (PDT) Those who are interested in the correlation between weather and the occurrence of vagrant birds may enjoy the information presented in the links below. The first shows weather maps beginning a few days previous to the arrival of the recent west coast birds at Barren Reservoir. A series of high pressure systems across western Canada where these birds breed and migrate through moved east and southeast into the midwest. Winds ahead of a high resulting from clockwise rotation can push birds off to the south and southeast. Click on the Next Day link at the top right of the page to follow the progress of these systems. A contributing factor was the rainy weather that was experienced in Kentucky at that time which often results in grounding migrants. Scroll down to the bottom of each page for a precipitation map for that day. With birds like this on Barren it would be interesting to know what dropped out along the Ohio River and Ky/Barkley lakes during that period. Pacific Loon, Mew Gull and California Gull 13-19 October 2009 http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20091008.html Also of possible interest regarding seabird vagrants are maps accessed by the links below which tracked hurricanes and tropical storms. These are last plotted as they weaken and are downgraded from tropical depression status. These low pressure systems usually continue to travel to the north and east and can carry birds with them. Below are some species which have occurred in Kentucky and maps of the weather systems associated with them. Black-capped Petrels 4-5 October 1898 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-seven-1898 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel July 1994 http://www.stormpulse.com/tropical-storm-alberto-1994 Sooty Terns 4 October 2002 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-lili-2002 Audubon's Shearwater, Sooty Terns, probable Brown Noddy 12 July 2005 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-dennis-2005 Band-rumped Storm-Petrels 31 August 2005 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-katrina-2005 Sandwich Tern 5 September 2008 http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-gustav-2008 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: Casey Creek and Plum Point, Adair From: "Roseanna Denton" <roseanna AT newwavecomm.net> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:27:31 -0400 Casey Creek and Plum Point about a mile up the Green River. Killdeer 100+ Black-bellied Plover 1 Least Sandpiper ~10 Dunlin 65 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Greater Yellowlegs ~8 The shorebirds were really nervous today and tried to stay hid. I think the raptors had them on edge. Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, Sharp-shinned Hawks and Northern Harrier. Birding smiles . . . . . ~Roseanna Denton Science Hill, Pulaski County Subject: Barren 31 October 2009 From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) With David Brown and Tom Durbin. DRY CREEK UNIT Both teal Gadwall Dunlin 15+ Brown Thrasher STATE PARK BEACH Wood Duck Gadwall both teal Northern Pintail Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe DC Cormorant Bald Eagle (ad and juv) Greater Yellowlegs (fly-over flock of ~20) Dunlin Same gulls including California, Lesser Black-backed and Franklin's (5) Forster's Tern (2) Tree and Northern Rough-winged Swallows BAILEY'S POINT PM W/DAVID Gadwall American Wigeon teal Northern Shoveler Lesser Scaup (100+) Ruddy Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Our hummer is still present at the house. 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: Back yard Oct. 31 From: Paul Hager <bereahager AT adelphia.net> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:22 -0400 Backyard birds Saturday, Hollow'een Chipping Sparrow FOS White Throated Sparrow FOS Rufus-Sided Towhee C. Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Mourning Dove Blue Jay N. Cardinal Common Grackle Goldfinch House Finch Robin C. Wren White-breasted Nuthatch Paul Hager Berea, Madison 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: Re: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? From: "geraldrobe" <geraldrobe AT bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:06:34 -0400 A Lammergeier is an old-world vulture with black wings & back and white underparts. I wonder if he could have been seeing Ospreys? ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Crawford To: BIRDKY Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:31 PM Subject: [birdky] Re: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? Well so far the best info is from Ben Albritton who found via Google a Spanish article mentioning quebrantahuesos (short one s). He could translate it, and came up with Bearded Vulture. I went with his lead and went to a Spanish-English website and came up with Bearded Vulture or Lammegeier. I have heard of the Lammegeier on PBS shows. So it sounds like some kind of vulture, or a bird that looked like one to Captain Cook. Maybe a California Condor or a Turkey Vulture. How common were the condors back about 1779?? Charlie Henderson Co. On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Charles Crawford wrote: I have been reading "The Voyages of Captain Cook"On his 3rd voyage heading up the west coast of North America he refers to the birds he encounters.Quote: "or flying about in flocks or pairs, the chief of which were a few quebrantahuessoses, divers, ducks, or large peterels, gulls, shags, and burres."I know about divers, ducks, petrels and shags.But what the heck are quebrantahuessoses????????????Google and Bing only come up with the text of the book.Or what about a burre???Google only comes up with recent people with that name.CharlieHenderson Co. Subject: Barren 28/30 October 2009 From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:39:18 -0700 (PDT) I spent a couple of hours Wednesday evening at Bailey's Point watching the gulls come in to roost in the middle of the lake and the California and Lesser Black-backed were present along with Franklin's, Bonaparte's Ring-billed and Herrings. A Dunlin made a few passes over the roost as did a Great Egret. The gulls didn't like the egret and about half of them got up and escorted it out of there. It was a calm evening and most of the gulls were coming in high across Bailey's Point in flocks from up the lake. When over the roost they would begin diving and flipping and the wind popping in their wings as they flipped could be heard across the lake. The roost numbered about 300 gulls. Other species of interest observed were Blue-winged Teal (11), Ruddy Duck (6), Common Loon (2) and Forster's Tern (2). Present at the Dry Creek unit today was a flock of at least 20 Dunlin, 4 Least Sandpipers and a Western Sandpiper. The same gulls and Forster's Terns were observed at the state park beach. Our hummer is still coming to feeders at the house. 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: No Sighting. Quebrantahuessos results From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:11:19 -0500 Thanks to all those who responded: Ian, Frank, Marty, Ralph, Ben, Ian S., Terry, and David. Well, from more Google searching and respondents: It appears that Captain Cook inserted an extra 's' in the word. Quebrantahuesos (Spanish) is a Bone Breaker, Bearded Vulture, or Lammergeier. Basically all the same bird. But, obviously not the bird that Captain Cook sees off the NW coast of North America. So, I think, the Captain was trying to convey what the bird looked like that he was seeing. One Spanish to English website gives a translation as Osprey. Therefore, I am going with Osprey. I know its not a Bald Eagle because earlier in his book he describes it very well. Any other input is appreciated. Maybe we learned something. Maybe somebody else will try to read The Voyages of Captain Cook. Interesting book. Taking place from 1768 into 1779. The book is separated into 3 parts each of which is a separate voyage exploring the unknown or barely known world of his time. What makes the reading a chore sometimes is the first two books are written in the 3rd person, with 'they" being used to indicated Captain Cooks people, and "they" also being used to refer to the islanders he meets. Plus the 18th century writing (while of course in English) is very different from our current style. Fortunately the 3rd part, or voyage, is written in the 1st person. Much easier to read. And its as if, having done all this writing, he is getting better at writing and relating what is interesting. Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: Re: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? From: "Lyneart" <lyneart AT lyneart.com> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:38:06 -0500 Charlie and all, Quebrantahuesos [kay-bran-tah-oo-ay'-sos] is Spanish for 1. Osprey and 2. a troublesome person. (Hey! I bet everyone knows someone that would make a good nickname for). Burra is a she ass, but I can't find burre. Frank Lyne frank AT lyneart.com near Dot in Logan County ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Crawford To: BIRDKY Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:18 PM Subject: [birdky] No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? I have been reading "The Voyages of Captain Cook"On his 3rd voyage heading up the west coast of North America he refers to the birds he encounters.Quote: "or flying about in flocks or pairs, the chief of which were a few quebrantahuessoses, divers, ducks, or large peterels, gulls, shags, and burres."I know about divers, ducks, petrels and shags.But what the heck are quebrantahuessoses????????????Google and Bing only come up with the text of the book.Or what about a burre???Google only comes up with recent people with that name.CharlieHenderson Co. Subject: Re: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:31:05 -0500 Well so far the best info is from Ben Albritton who found via Google a Spanish article mentioning quebrantahuesos (short one s). He could translate it, and came up with Bearded Vulture. I went with his lead and went to a Spanish-English website and came up with Bearded Vulture or Lammegeier. I have heard of the Lammegeier on PBS shows. So it sounds like some kind of vulture, or a bird that looked like one to Captain Cook. Maybe a California Condor or a Turkey Vulture. How common were the condors back about 1779?? Charlie Henderson Co. On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Charles Crawford wrote: > > I have been reading "The Voyages of Captain Cook" > On his 3rd voyage heading up the west coast of North America he > refers to the birds he encounters. > > Quote: > "or flying about in flocks > or pairs, the chief of which were a few quebrantahuessoses, > divers, ducks, or large peterels, gulls, shags, and burres." > > I know about divers, ducks, petrels and shags. > But what the heck are quebrantahuessoses???????????? > Google and Bing only come up with the text of the book. > Or what about a burre??? > Google only comes up with recent people with that name. > > Charlie > Henderson Co. > > Subject: Re: Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? From: Ian Stewart <itsacharliebrownchristmas AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:59:37 -0400 Charlie, I have no real answer I am afraid, but 'burres' could be a corruption of 'murres'. I'm not sure how common true murres are on the west coast, though there are plenty of types of puffin there. I wonder if 'quebrantahuessoses' could be a type of goose, since 'Branta' is the goose genus (think also of brants). If you find out the answer I hope you tell us all! Good luck on your sleuthing. Ian Ian Stewart Department of Biology University of Kentucky Lexington KY 40506-0225 (859) 323-9499 itsacharliebrownchristmas AT hotmail.com From: cr4d AT insightbb.com To: birdky AT freelists.org Subject: [birdky] No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:18:06 -0500 I have been reading "The Voyages of Captain Cook"On his 3rd voyage heading up the west coast of North America he refers to the birds he encounters. Quote: "or flying about in flocks or pairs, the chief of which were a few quebrantahuessoses, divers, ducks, or large peterels, gulls, shags, and burres." I know about divers, ducks, petrels and shags.But what the heck are quebrantahuessoses????????????Google and Bing only come up with the text of the book.Or what about a burre???Google only comes up with recent people with that name. CharlieHenderson Co. _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It helps you do more. Explore Windows 7. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen3:102009 Subject: No sighting. Literary/bird question: what is a quebrantahuessoses? From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:18:06 -0500 I have been reading "The Voyages of Captain Cook" On his 3rd voyage heading up the west coast of North America he refers to the birds he encounters. Quote: "or flying about in flocks or pairs, the chief of which were a few quebrantahuessoses, divers, ducks, or large peterels, gulls, shags, and burres." I know about divers, ducks, petrels and shags. But what the heck are quebrantahuessoses???????????? Google and Bing only come up with the text of the book. Or what about a burre??? Google only comes up with recent people with that name. Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: R-T Hummingbird From: linda craiger <lindacraiger AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:53:26 +0000 My friend that lives on Barren River (Barren County) still has 1 - 2 ruby throated hummingbirds coming to the feeders (10/28). She is making a picture each day & in case anyone needs to look at them, I can forward them after she downloads to a disc. Linda Craiger / Glasgow _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It helps you do more. Explore Windows 7. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen3:102009 Subject: Sloughs: SBU, PCM, Gentle Pond & Horseshoe Road slough From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:35:56 -0500 Location: Sloughs WMA - Shorebird Unit/Pond Creek Marsh/Gentle Pond Observation date: 10/28/09 Notes: Wood Tract is starting to get enough water that it is attracting ducks. Late date Yellow-billed Cuckoo near Gentle Pond. The Hermit Thrush was perched above an open air beehive 20 feet in the air. I have never seen the combs of a beehive in the open air. It was suspended from a tree branch. Just a few bees around it. The Green Heron was flushed from the Beaver dam area on the way to check on the Eagles nest at Gentle Pond. No Eagles were seen at the Gentle Pond nest. Although 2 adults were perched near the nest below Anderson Pond. Anderson Pond had some Mallards and Widgeons in the gaps between dead Lotus. Deer hunters were everywhere. I was wearing a bright orange cap. :-) And trying to avoid where they were at. In fact I accidently walked up on one in a tree stand on the way to Pond Creek Marsh. He had parked 1/4 mile up the road from the gate, so I thought no one was back there. I apologized and he gave up. It was about 10:30AM Number of species: 48 Canada Goose 15 Wood Duck 3 Gadwall 10 American Wigeon 25 American Black Duck 4 Mallard 75 Northern Shoveler 10 Great Blue Heron 3 Green Heron 1 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 5 American Coot 45 Killdeer 30 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Least Sandpiper 2 Dunlin 50 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Wilson's Snipe 8 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 7 Northern Flicker 5 Eastern Phoebe 3 Blue Jay 12 American Crow 50 Tree Swallow 70 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 3 Eastern Bluebird 15 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 3 European Starling X Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 Eastern Towhee 2 Song Sparrow 5 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 10 White-throated Sparrow 10 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1000 Common Grackle 100 American Goldfinch 20 Location: Horseshoe Road slough Observation date: 10/28/09 Notes: I decided to check out Horseshoe Road slough. The NE end is choked with weeds, I could see no water. But it could have been there. The NW end held some water, but nothing except 1 Killdeer. The Robins were the most numerous that I have seen. They were actually along road 136 near Horseshoe Road. Number of species: 10 Great Blue Heron 1 Northern Harrier 1 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 3 American Crow 25 Horned Lark 65 Tree Swallow 10 American Robin 15 Red-winged Blackbird 55 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: Re: RT hummingbird From: Jackie Elmore <jackiebelmore AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:19:23 -0500 Wednesday 10-28-2009 At least one Ruby-thr. today, coming regularly to the feeders. Jackie B. Elmore Lincoln Co. KY _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009 Subject: Banded Sandhill Cranes--Observations needed From: John Brunjes <john.brunjes AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:05:54 -0400 One more note about cranes: As populations of eastern Sandhill Cranes continue to expand, more and more research and banding interest is being directed at these birds. The result is that there is many more color marked birds in the population. I received the request for observations below. I’m sure the researchers would appreciate any observations of marked cranes you can provide. John Everyone: As we are about to embark on the fall crane survey, coordinated by the USFWS, I thought that it would be useful to remind you that there are a growing number of auxiliary-marked (i.e. color-banded) cranes out there. If you or your colleagues see banded birds you can go to www.bandedcranes.org to find out who might have banded the bird that was seen and find out how to submit your sightings. If we get observations of color-marked birds from anyone we will do our best to link them up with the growing number of banders who are out there. The banders will, in turn, be happy to respond with some detail of what individual bird might have been seen and it's history. If you have any questions or comments please give me a holler or write. Thanks much for your consideration and have fun counting. Sincerely yours, Jeb Barzen Director of Field Ecology International Crane Foundation Visit our website! www.savingcranes.org "Working worldwide to conserve cranes and the wetland, grassland, and other ecosystems upon which they depend." John H. Brunjes, Ph.D. Migratory Bird Program Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources #1 Sportsman's Lane - Wildlife Annex Frankfort, KY 40601 800-858-1549 Ext. 4500 email: john.brunjes AT ky.gov Did you know... Hunting, fishing, boating and wildlife watching fund 60,000 Kentucky jobs? This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone (800) 858-1549 ext 4500 and destroy the original. Thank you. ================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: 2009 Fall Sandhill Crane Survey: October 30 From: John Brunjes <john.brunjes AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:35:42 -0400 Hello Everyone: It's time again for the Fall Sandhill Crane survey. This survey is conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, State Wildlife agencies, and volunteers for the Eastern Population of Sandhill Cranes. This survey is timed to pick up the cranes as they are in their peak numbers in Minnesota/Michigan staging for their southward migration. As such, few will have made it to Kentucky (athough I have seen a few reports already)...but any information helps with the population assessment. I would request that any of you that see Sandhill Cranes on Friday, October 30th...please let me know. I'll need to know the # of cranes you saw, time, as specific a location as possible (Lat/Lon is GREAT) and a note as to where (ie migrating overhead, feeding in corn field, roosting in pond). Also, if you see Sandhill Cranes between now and next Wednesday (November 4th)...let me know that as well (kind of like a Christmas Count Count Period bird). Thank you in advance for your help! If you have any questions please let me know. John -- John H. Brunjes, Ph.D. Migratory Bird Program Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources #1 Sportsman's Lane - Wildlife Annex Frankfort, KY 40601 800-858-1549 Ext. 4500 email: john.brunjes AT ky.gov Did you know... Hunting, fishing, boating and wildlife watching fund 60,000 Kentucky jobs? This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone (800) 858-1549 ext 4500 and destroy the original. Thank you. ================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: Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds From: "Vorisek, Shawchyi (FW)" <Shawchyi.Vorisek AT ky.gov> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:56:13 -0400 Pretty interesting article... Shawchyi Vorisek Avian Biologist Nongame Branch KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources #1 Sportsman's Lane Frankfort, KY 40601 (502)564-7109 Ext. 4474 shawchyi.vorisek AT ky.gov www.fw.ky.gov Did you know... Department of Fish and Wildlife receives NO state tax dollars and manages wildlife for all citizens? Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachment, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender, by e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: Neotropical migratory birds in southeastern United States discussion list [mailto:SEPART-L AT LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Rua Mordecai Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:31 AM To: SEPART-L AT LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds Here's yet another reason to be working with our Mexican and Central American partners. A paper in PNAS recently documented 5 North American songbirds breeding during stopover in Western Mexico. Who would've though that orioles, vireos, cuckoos, and chats were sneaking in another breeding season on the way to the wintering grounds? There's more information about it in this article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026152806.htm Rua ================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: Kemtucky Dam From: "Ken Leggett" <kcleggett AT bellsouth.net> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:56:50 -0500 Most of you are aware that the road across Kentucky Dam has been closed since early September. However, those of you wanting to go to the Power House and observe below the Dam can do so by entering the new road construction and going about .2 miles where the road to the Power House exits to the left. Ken Leggett Eddyville Subject: Barren and Warren 26 October 2009 From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:53:59 -0700 (PDT) The same birds were present at Barren this morning including California and Lesser Black-backed Gulls. At Buchanon Park in Warren County today were 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, 3 Dunlin and a pair of Wilson's Snipe. Gary Ritchison has published an image taken yesterday with all 6 gull species accessed by the link below. http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/six_gulls.htm 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: Sloughs WMA 10/26/09 From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:01:32 -0500 Location: Sloughs WMA - Pond Creek Marsh, Shorebird Unit, Hardy Slough Observation date: 10/26/09 Wow, a great day for birding, no wind and rising temps. Late date for Dickcissel! Another large mixed flock of Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, and Brown-headed Cowbirds. It seems the Grackles are not flocking yet...although they're quite common. Number of species: 49 Canada Goose 17 Mallard 19 Wild Turkey 7 Pied-billed Grebe 9 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 3 getting kind of late for these guys, at Hardy Slough Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 5 American Coot 100 numbers keep increasing, over half of these were at a flooded south portion of Wood Tract visible from SBU impoundment Killdeer 75 Least Sandpiper 3 Dunlin 18 Wilson's Snipe 9 all overhead, their calling is what caught my attention Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 11 Northern Flicker 15 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 35 Horned Lark 2 Tree Swallow 10 numbers are down Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Winter Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Eastern Bluebird 8 SWAINSON'S THRUSH 1 American Robin 3 European Starling 750 Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 Eastern Towhee 2 Field Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 10 White-throated Sparrow 15 White-crowned Sparrow 7 Northern Cardinal 15 Indigo Bunting 1 DICKCISSEL 1 female, skulking in the underbrush along Pond Creek Marsh road, quite unusual behavior from the summer Red-winged Blackbird 1500 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 100 Brown-headed Cowbird 1000 American Goldfinch 25 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: Phenomenal Saw-whet Owl recapture From: Mark Monroe <markmonroe1 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:14:44 -0400 Saw-whet owl banding has commenced again at Brainard's farm but it's been a very slow start, with only one bird captured on October 18 (although this was a personal early date). However, this year has yielded some very interesting recaptures. I just learned that last night one of the birds we banded on November 2, 2007 here in Louisville was recaptured in Lincoln, Massachusetts, just NE of Boston! That's a phenomenal amount of wandering in this bird's lifetime no matter how you look at it. Additionally, a bird originally banded in Bloomington, Indiana, only one day earlier than ours, was just recaptured in Delta Marsh, Manitoba, a week ago. The nomadic nature of this species is truly incredible and it seems the more we learn about their movements, the more questions we get. Mark Mark Monroe Louisville, KY Subject: David Sibley in Louisville From: csbesse AT bellsouth.net Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:31:29 +0000 The walk with David Sibley that Kelly Vowels just posted is a benefit/fundraiser for Bernheim Forest. Participation is limited to 30 people at a suggested minimum donation of $25 per person. For details or to sign up for the walk, call 502-955-8512. David Sibley will also be speaking and signing copies of his new book, The Sibley Guide to Trees, at Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, at 7 PM on Thursday, October 29th. -- Carol Besse Carmichael's Bookstores 1295 Bardstown Road & 2720 Frankfort Avenue Louisville, KY 502-896-6950 Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the Year 2009 Subject: BKY David Sibley From: <kmvowels AT windstream.net> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 5:48:28 -0500 There will be a tree walk with David Sibley at Bernheim on Friday October 30 at 9:00am for anyone who is interested. For more details go to the Bernheim webpage. Kelly Vowels kmvowels AT windstream.net Bullitt County, 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: hummer From: "Sid Easley" <sid.easley AT murraystate.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:56:45 -0500 I too had a hummer this morning at my feeder. I believe it is a young RT male. Melissa Easley Murray, Ky. Subject: Barren 25 October 2009 From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:36:29 -0700 (PDT) Tom Durbin and I checked Barren Reservoir this morning with highlights below. Common Loon DC Cormorant Franklin's Gull (3) Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull California Gull Forster's Tern Dunlin (15 at Dry Creek) I reviewed the photos from yesterday and was able to determine that the odd tern was a Common based on a shot showing the translucency of the flight feathers. Joanie and I are still hosting one hummer. 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: Sloughs: Shorebird Unit, Pond Creek Marsh 10/25 From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:15:19 -0500 Location: Sloughs WMA - Pond Creek Marsh, Shorebird Unit, Hardy Slough Observation date: 10/25/09 Swaths of corn have been harvested north of Wood Tract, but no water is yet being pumped. Water continues into Wood Tract south. One large mixed flock of Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings and Brown- headed cowbirds. The Tree Swallows were about 50 feet up over Muddy Slough and the Shorebird Unit. I never saw them down near the water as is typical. First Indigo Buntings at the Sloughs in quite a while. The Canada Geese continue their presence, but are never seen on the ground or swimming in the water. I see them overhead and apparently they are putting down at the north end of Pond Creek Marsh out of sight. Number of species: 48 Greater White-fronted Goose 8 Canada Goose 25 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 35 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot 72 Killdeer 45 Least Sandpiper 4 Dunlin 25 Mourning Dove 4 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker 7 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 20 Horned Lark 5 Tree Swallow 50 Carolina Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Carolina Wren 2 Winter Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 5 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 200 Cedar Waxwing 25 Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 Eastern Towhee 2 Field Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 15 White-throated Sparrow 23 White-crowned Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 11 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 300 Common Grackle 100 Brown-headed Cowbird 200 American Goldfinch 35 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: Sat. Oct 24 From: "Roseanna Denton" <roseanna AT newwavecomm.net> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:37:22 -0400 Casey Creek, Adair county Killdeer ~50 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Dunlin 18 Plum Point and up Greenriver (With the lake elevation at 667.7 it's possible to walk upriver for approx. 1 mile- with mudflat all the way.) Great Egret 2 Killdeer 100+ Semipalmated Plover 1 Dunlin 47 Least Sandpiper 5 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Barn Swallow at least 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow at least 1 Tree Swallow ~30 Lake Cumberland SRP out from Lure Lodge, Russell County Horned Grebe 3 Common Loon 2 Common Tern 1 (could see dark carpal bar) Sterna species 4 Kendall Rec. Area (a few minutes along stream) Black Vultures at least 190 Nashville Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Birding smiles . . . . . ~Roseanna Denton Science Hill, Pulaski County Subject: Re: RT hummingbird From: Jackie Elmore <jackiebelmore AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:20:05 -0500 Sunday 10-25-2009 Yesterday I thought I was down to one hummer, but this morning there are at least two at my feeders. Jackie B. Elmore Lincoln Co. KY _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 Subject: R-T Hummingbird From: linda craiger <lindacraiger AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:26:03 +0000 It was 38 degrees, with a light frost this morning.... and the ruby throated, juvenile, male hummingbird showed up at the feeder at 8am.... looking a lot fatter this morning. Linda Craiger / Glasgow _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009 Subject: Re: RT Hummingbird From: Jackie Elmore <jackiebelmore AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:29:13 -0500 Saturday 10-24-09 At least one RT hummer still at the feeders this morning. Jackie B. Elmore Lincoln Co. KY _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009 Subject: Barren Tern 24 October 2009 From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:09:42 -0700 (PDT) Joanie and I met Tom Durbin and Ben and Mary Yandell at the state park beach today and the previously reported gull species plus avocets and Dunlin were present as reported by Tom and Ben. Also present was a mostly alternate-plumaged tern which they had observed showing anomalous features. The bird had a mostly red bill and a dark cap which extended to near the gape, but showed contrastingly darker mid primaries as would be expected with Forster's and Common and appeared to be too long legged for Arctic. The outer rects appeared to have been lost. I don't think this bird is an Arctic Tern but the possibility was mentioned and I post this to give anyone interested a chance to view the bird tomorrow if still present. Joanie and I still have at least one hummer coming to our feeders at the house. David Roemer Bowling Green, 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: peru birding trip From: lkmc9 AT aim.com Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:49:01 -0400 I am currently organizing a birding trip to Peru in October 2010. This will be a 16 or 17 day trip visiting coastal areas around Lima, Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge, Manu Wildlife Center, Abra Malaga, and Machu Picchu. Approximate cost for this trip, not including roundtrip airfare to Lima, is $3,500.00 with 4 participants, $3,150.00 with 6 participants, and $2,850.00 with 8 participants. Trip cost includes all lodging, meals, transportation, and guide services while in Peru. There are 5 spots available at this time. Anyone interested in joining us may contact me by phone (859) 586-7520 or e-mail for more detailed information. Lee McNeely Burlington, Ky = Subject: 5 Am. Avocets at Barren St. Pk. beach From: "Ben Yandell" <by AT insightbb.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:37:24 +0000 Tom Durbin said they dropped in a few minutes ago. Also around still: Cal. gull, Franklin's, lesser black-backed, osprey, bald eagle. Ben Yandell Louisville ================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: Cedar Waxwings From: <rlarvin AT windstream.net> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 9:57:00 -0500 Greetings, The sun finally came out yesterday evening, and so did the birds. A couple of dogwood trees in the back yard came alive with Cedar Waxwings feeding on the berries (I hadn't seen any of these birds for a few years), along with 4 Eastern Bluebirds, and some warblers (couldn't identify which species. Looking up into a Pin Oak tree I saw many more of the Waxwings. They were feeding on small acorns. The Autumn glow of the sun on the changing leaves as well as the colorful markings on the feathered feeders was a welcome ending to a rainy day. By the way, did anyone else see the bird that was inside the studios of the CBS early show a couple of days ago. They said it was a finch. Someone caught it and released it outside. I don't remember ever seeing one of these personally, but the bird appeared to be a Golden-Crowned Kinglet. Ralph Arvin 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: R - T Hummingbird From: linda craiger <lindacraiger AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:48:40 +0000 Still have 1 ruby-throated hummingbird at the fedder this morning (10/24). Linda Craiger / Glasgow _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 Subject: new arrival From: Marilee Thompson <mwthomp AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:40:10 -0700 (PDT) We had a Hermit Thrush this evening in our bird bath. Flushed up a turkey on our walk this afternoon. Marilee ThompsonThruston Subject: BKY-Borwn Headed Cowbird From: ppkdrn AT aim.com Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:00:50 -0400 I could use some suggestions about a bird at my feeders. Killing it is not an option! I have had a male brown headed cowbird dominating a feeder for about 2 weeks now. It is the only cowbird that is here in my yard. It does not appear to be sick, but it lands in my platform feeder, lays down and just stays there. It does eat, but it will stay in the feeder for hours if I don't chase it out. It is very aggressive towards the other birds that try to land there to eat. I watched it chase off 2 blue jays and a male RB woodpecker yesterday so the little guys don't have a chance. The chickadees have not even been able to sneak a seed out like normal. 2 days ago, this same bird was just laying in the grass under the birdbath. It flew off when I approached it, so it can fly. How do I get this guy to share? And aren't the cowbirds supposed to be gone now? I won't kill it but I can't have it hogging a feeder either. Paula Geihs Nelson county Those with faith need no explanation. For those without faith no explanation is possible. Subject: sparrows/starlings for a falconer From: "Robert Peak" <blubrds AT bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:51:52 -0500 The following message was sent to another bird listserv, and since it evidently involves a Kentucky falconer, I volunteered to forward the message to the Bird-KY: Didn't hear from anyone, so will try one more time - a falconer and wildlife enthusiast from Louisville KY contacted me and was looking for someone actively trapping sparrows or starlings. He is new to the area and would like to find a source of live birds, which he uses to train and feed a falcon he flies. If you can help, please send me an email. Thanks! Bet from CT You can reach Bet at: ebluebird"at"charter.net Thanks, Bob Peak Henderson, KY Subject: Spindletop Farm From: "Gail and Joe Swanson" <gailandjoe AT windstream.net> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:02:11 -0400 My plan was to get up early and find sparrows. It was pouring rain when I arrived (8:30) so I drove around a lot. Highlights were a hybred goose (Greater White=fronted X Canada) and a rather large, loose flock of American Pipits. Total 12 species, 1 hybred: Red-tailed Hawk 200 - 300 Starlings 5 Meadowlarks 200 Grackles Kildeer - a bunch 20 - 30 Mourning Dove 50+/- Robins 90 Canada Goose Hybred goose mentioned above 5 Mallards 10 +/- Savannah Sparrows 3 or 4 Vesper Sparrows 50+/- American Pipits Joe Swanson Lexington Subject: Sloughs: SBU, PCM, & Gentle Pond From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:41:38 -0500 Location: Sloughs WMA - Shorebird Unit/Pond Creek Marsh/Gentle Pond Observation date: 10/23/09 Notes: I got a late start due to the rains. Tried to get some birding done after the rain this morning. Nice windy day. But the wind seemed to keep the birds out of sight with all the leaves flying around. The bean field in Wood Tract has now been harvested and water is being pumped in again. The corn field across 268 is still standing. I hope they get it out soon, so water can again be pumped in there. Huge mixed flock of Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings, & Brown-headed Cowbirds working over the dead sunflowers adjacent to Gentle Pond. Number of species: 38 Canada Goose 23 Mallard 14 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 5 Northern Harrier 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 30 Killdeer 40 Dunlin 17 Barred Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 11 American Crow 30 Horned Lark 3 Tree Swallow 40 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 Carolina Chickadee 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Carolina Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 5 American Robin 1 European Starling 500 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Field Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 7 White-throated Sparrow 10 White-crowned Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 5 Red-winged Blackbird 3000 Common Grackle 500 Brown-headed Cowbird 1500 American Goldfinch 10 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: Recent Rarity Photographs From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:33:59 -0700 (PDT) Gary Ritchison has created pages with photos of some of the nice birds which have appeared in the past couple of weeks. A link to the KOS photo page is below. http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/photos.htm 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: Barren State Park 22 October 2009 From: David Roemer <dlroemer AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:57:11 -0700 (PDT) The same gulls were present at the beach area yesterday including the California and Lesser Black-backed. A Red-breasted Nuthatch talked to me from the edge of the woods. 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: RPT: a little late 10/17-18,22-Louisville; Virginia Rail and others From: michael autin <napkinarmstrong AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:03:38 -0400 I spent a fair amount of last Saturday birding around Southcentral Louisville and saw a pretty good group of birds. The first location I stopped at was somewhere I had never been before, and area of fenced brush just South of the Papa John's Cardinal Stadium parking lot. I turned down Dakota Lane, where I and a friend proceeded from one spot on the road to witness a good number of birds before cops finally told us to leave a little over an hour later. Now mind you I spent most of the time in a car "blind" only leaving for fifteen minutes to look over the fence to get a better view of the action which was fifteen feet from the car. The Virginia Rail was kicked up from a location that is not really open to the public but hopefully I will be able to figure if it ever will at some later date. Anyway the list: Dakota Lane, South of the stadium parking lot 9:45-11:00am Red-sh. Hawk-1 imm. Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bl. Wood. Yellow-bl. Sapsucker- young male repeatedly landing confusedly on telephone poles out in an otherwise open landscape No. Flicker Eastern Phoebe-2 Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Wren Ruby-cr. Kinglet Golden-cr. Kinglet Hermit Thrush-1 first one I've really seen this season Am. Robin Gray Catbird-1 No. Mockingbird Euro. Star. Am. Pipit-flyover Nashville W.-1 Yellow-rp. W.-3 Black-thr. Green W.-1 imm. Palm W.-8 or more East. Towhee-1 Chipping Sp.-1 Field Sp.-2 Savannah Sp.-1 Song Sp. Swamp Sp.-6 White-thr. Sp.-3 White-cr. Sp.-2 imm. No. Cardinal Eastern Meadowlark-1 Brown-hd. Cowbird- seen up the road behind Budget rent-a-car House Finch Amer. Goldfinch- a lot of birds for what amounts to an abandoned lot! Private Property off National Turnpike-11:15-12:15pm Mallard Green-wg. Teal-1 fem. Turkey Vulture Virginia Rail-1 flushed and then refound sitting frozen did not flush again just glad to know it was there Killdeer Mo. Dove Blue Jay No. Mockingbird Palm W.-2 Song Sp. Swamp Sp.-6 or so low number grassy lot on National Turnpike- huge and wet but wind kept birds down-12:20-1:20pm Mo. Dove Blue Jay Am. Robin No. Mockingbird Palm W.-1 Com. Yellowthroat-1 Song Sp. Swamp Sp.-8 maybe No. cardinal Bobolink-1 flushed twice Am. Goldfinch- wheeling around in large flocks Wetlands and abandoned lots around Zibb Lane and Minors lane Heights 1:20-5:30pm Canada Goose-60 or more with young Mallard Green-wg. Teal-1 fem. Pied-bl. Grebe-1 Gr. Blue Heron-1 Great Egret-1 T. V. Red-tl. Hawk-3 American Kestrel-2-3 American Coot-2 Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs-1 Mo. Dove Chimney Swift-1 Belted King.-2 chasing each other Red-bl. Wood. No. Flicker Blue Jay Tree Swallow-1 Sedge Wren-poss. only seen in flight no call given but quick impression seemed right Marsh Wren-2 Ruby-cr. Kinglet-1 East. Bluebird-2 Am. Robin Cedar Waxwing-9 Yellow-rp. W. Palm W.-4 Com. Yellowthroat-1 Vesper Sp.-1 Savannah Sp.-1 Song Sp. Lincoln's Sp.-1 Swamp Sp.-30+ White-cr. Sp.-2 No. Cardinal Red-wg. Blackbird-5 Eastern Meadowlark-1 House Finch Am. Goldfinch Cedar Grove Park, Shepherdsville, 10/18- Since I had to work, I met Barbara Woerner out post-Beckham Bird club trip to see what we could find... not a lot. additions that were not seen on field trip? Black Vulture-2 Solitary Sandpiper-1 across from Zappos parking lot and then we spent from 4:00-6:00pm? at Zibb Lane off Minors Lane South in Louisville, highlights: Wilson's Snipe- 2 flew over at dusk looking for them all day they finally found us, first I've seen in Louisville this Fall, anyone else experienced a paucity of these guys? pro. Sedge Wren-1 same place as day before but with call note that seem to be definitive but I don't hear them often enough to be sure Marsh Wren-2 Gray Catbird-1 Nashville W.-1 Palm W.-6 Com. Yellowthroat-1 Lincoln's Sparrow-1 possibly the longest, best study save for having to shield my eyes with one hand while steadying binos with other Today, Thursday 10/22 I went to the nature center this morning and again in the afternoon with limited results but not bad. Cooper's Hawk-1 visiting the blind upon seeing all the activity Hairy Wood.-1 heard in evening Eastern Phoebe-1 morning Winter Wren- 1 heard in fading light both kinglets Gray Catbird-1 young bird in fading light Cedar Waxwing- group of 25 or so biggest I've seen recently Tennessee W.- 1 first I've seen for awhile for some reason usually abundant at this time of year Nashville W.-1 Black-thr. Green W.-1 imm. East. Towhee Chipping Sp.- believe I heard some in fading light Field Sp.-3 Red-wg. Blackbird-1 flyover on 10/21 I witnessed a dead Hermit Thrush on the side walk of a Mexican taqueria off Preston Highway in front of Big Lots and the Unique Thrift store. side notes; The reason I posted every bird I saw on Saturday was more because of what I didn't see, like chickadee or House Sparrow. Secondly, I have experienced this once and my friend has had it happen to her several times now; upon entering the bird blind with a host of school children, a nature center employee asked us to leave. Today this did not happen, and I think I was able to help out with a few questions that the guide had but near as I can tell every time I go there, a group if not several groups of children come to the blind. This leads me to wonder what can be done in the future to find a solution that will prevent people who support the center from getting ousted from a relaxing morning's viewing. If anyone wants to give feedback on this subject, please post offlist as this may not be an appropriate thread for birdky. Thank you. Good Birding, Michael Autin Louisville, KY _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 Subject: Red River Gorge & Salato From: "D.R. Dubbeld" <techtress AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:02:49 -0400 I went to the gorge the 21 & 22 to see the fall colors and test out my new camera (I don't own binoculars) and saw the following: Turkeys Crows Blue Jays Hairy Woodpeckers 2 (1 female) Piliated Woodpeckers 2 (1 female) Carolina Chickadees Rufus Sided Towhee 1 (female) Dark Eyed Junco 1 (female) White Crowned Sparrow 1 Carolina Wren 2 (pair) Vultures (could not ID TV or Black) Field Sparrow 2 Also finally got to stop at Salato and saw: House Sparrows European Starlings Common Grackles 3 Blue Jays American Goldfinches Northern Cardinals Red Wing Blackbirds (neat looking immature males) Song Sparrow 3 Yellow Rump Warbler 3 Carolina Chickadees Tufted Titmouse Canada Geese Mallards -- Diana R. Dubbeld Louisville Jefferson Co, KY techtress AT gmail.com ================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: (no subject) From: DAWester2 AT aol.com Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:48:53 EDT This weeks new arrivals in Jessamine County on Jessamine Creek Gorge brown creeper male and female rose breasted grosbeaks Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker Blue gray gnat catcher Black and White Warbler Doris Westerman Jessamine County Subject: wood ducks/osage orange From: Judy Arnold <judy_arnold AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:27:05 -0700 (PDT) This morning in our intermittent pond, which has osage orange, sycamores and other trees growing in it, there is a pair of wood ducks. The female is doing her best to break open an osage orange fruit which is in the water, we suppose to get at the seeds. The male is floating around nearby. Just like a man, goofing off while his wife gets the meal ready!  :-) Judy ArnoldShelby Co. Subject: BKY-Re: Empty feeders From: ppkdrn AT aim.com Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:02:34 -0400 Every time I go inside my bank, I see a cart there to help feed the hungry folks of Nelson County and soon, there will be angel trees all over the place. I think it is a great idea to help out those who truly need it. Seems to me there should be a way to do the same thing for our feathered friends. Who would we have to contact to start a bird seed drive at the parks? I rarely go to any of them and if I do go someplace like it is usually Berheim since that is close to me. I know that I wouldn't have any trouble taking a bag of seed/sunflower seeds with me whenever I did go somewhere. I'm willing to bet that regualr users of the state parks alos wouldn't mind. Paula Geihs Nelson county Those with faith need no explanation. For those without faith no explanation is possible. Subject: Re: (birdky) Empty bird feeders From: "Mike Tobbe" <mtobbe AT peapod.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:48:23 -0500 I forwarded this to my state House representative with comments. Nothing loud. Nothing accusatory. Just emphasizing that I use the state park system and that I would happily pay targeted fees to maintain it. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/whoswho/email.htm Mike Tobbe Little Mount Spencer County _____ From: birdky-bounce AT freelists.org [mailto:birdky-bounce AT freelists.org] On Behalf Of Millie Farmer Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:15 AM To: ston4100 AT bellsouth.net Cc: birdky AT freelists.org Subject: [birdky] Re: (birdky) Empty bird feeders We were at Natural Bridge SP earlier this week for lunch and I noticed that the feeders were empty. Wish now that I had asked why. I just assumed they had not been filled that morning because of staff reduction. Millie Farmer St. Matthews, KY ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Stone Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:50 Subject: [birdky] (birdky) Empty bird feeders To: birdky AT freelists.org > Empty bird feeders make me sad. I just returned from a 3 day > stay at Jenny Wiley State Park in Prestonsburg. Every morning I > looked out at 4 large empty bird feeders. I asked the Park > Ranger why they were empty and he responded that they had no > seed and no money in the budget to buy any. Is this true at > other State Parks as well? > > Bill Stone > Louisville > Jefferson County, Ky. Subject: FW: University of Kentucky - Red River Gorge Ecological Impact Survey From: "Vorisek, Shawchyi (FW)" <Shawchyi.Vorisek AT ky.gov> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:03:55 -0400 If anyone frequents the Gorge... Shawchyi Vorisek Avian Biologist Nongame Branch KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources #1 Sportsman's Lane Frankfort, KY 40601 (502)564-7109 Ext. 4474 shawchyi.vorisek AT ky.gov www.fw.ky.gov Did you know... Department of Fish and Wildlife receives NO state tax dollars and manages wildlife for all citizens? Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachment, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender, by e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message. Hello, We are the Natural Resource Conservation and Management Senior Capstone class of 2009 at the University of Kentucky. We are conducting research on mitigating the environmental impacts from recreational activities (such as hiking and camping) within the Red River Gorge. As part of this research, we have developed a survey in which we hope to gain information about the uses within this area. As a class, we believe your organization has pertinent information and opinions to share. If you are willing, we would appreciate if you could send this survey link out to your group members. It would be highly beneficial to our work in preserving the ecological integrity and future uses of the Gorge. Here is the link for the survey: Red River Gorge Survey Thank you for your consideration and help! Sincerely, NRC Capstone Class of 2009 - -- Tim Guilfoile 3078 Elmwood Dr. Edgewood, KY 41017 (859) 426-1978 tim.guilfoile AT sierraclub.org Subject: Re: (birdky) Empty bird feeders From: Millie Farmer <kymillie AT insightbb.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:15:24 -0400 We were at Natural Bridge SP earlier this week for lunch and I noticed that the feeders were empty. Wish now that I had asked why. I just assumed they had not been filled that morning because of staff reduction. Millie Farmer St. Matthews, KY ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Stone Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:50 Subject: [birdky] (birdky) Empty bird feeders To: birdky AT freelists.org > Empty bird feeders make me sad. I just returned from a 3 day > stay at Jenny Wiley State Park in Prestonsburg. Every morning I > looked out at 4 large empty bird feeders. I asked the Park > Ranger why they were empty and he responded that they had no > seed and no money in the budget to buy any. Is this true at > other State Parks as well? > > Bill Stone > Louisville > Jefferson County, Ky. Subject: (birdky) Empty bird feeders From: "Bill Stone" <ston4100 AT bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:49:27 -0400 Empty bird feeders make me sad. I just returned from a 3 day stay at Jenny Wiley State Park in Prestonsburg. Every morning I looked out at 4 large empty bird feeders. I asked the Park Ranger why they were empty and he responded that they had no seed and no money in the budget to buy any. Is this true at other State Parks as well? Bill Stone Louisville Jefferson County, Ky. Subject: Sloughs: Jenny Hole/Highland Creek, Grassy Pond, & Shorebird Unit From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT insightbb.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:21:20 -0500 Location: Sloughs WMA - Jenny Hole/Highland Creek Unit Observation date: 10/21/09 Number of species: 37 Wood Duck 8 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 15 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 15 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO 2 Blue Jay X American Crow X Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 9 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 American Robin 1 European Starling X Yellow-rumped Warbler 25 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER 1 Eastern Towhee 3 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 20 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird 6 American Goldfinch 7 Location: Sloughs WMA - Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Observation date: 10/21/09 Number of species: 17 Killdeer 3 Mourning Dove 4 CHIMNEY SWIFT 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 American Crow X Horned Lark 20 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 American Robin 2 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 3 White-crowned Sparrow 7 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird X American Goldfinch 3 Location: Sloughs WMA - Shorebird Unit Observation date: 10/21/09 Number of species: 28 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 34 3 separate flocks overhead. Photos. Canada Goose 5 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Bald Eagle 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 35 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 10 Least Sandpiper 7 DUNLIN 7 Photos LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 2 Photos Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Blue Jay X American Crow X Tree Swallow 30 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 40 Eastern Bluebird 5 American Robin 2 European Starling X Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 15 White-throated Sparrow 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co. Subject: RT hummer From: "Sid Easley" <sid.easley AT murraystate.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:06:00 -0500 Still one here at my feeder late this afternoon. Folks should keep their feeders filled and keep watch if they are interested in these amazing little critters. Melissa Easley Murray, Ky. Subject: Re: hummingbirds From: Jackie Elmore <jackiebelmore AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:10:25 -0500 Wednesday 10-21-2009 There were 2 or 3 RT hummers this morning fighting over the feeders. Jackie B. Elmore Lincoln Co., KY _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ Subject: California Gull From: "Thomas A Hulsey (Student)" <thomas.hulsey487 AT wku.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:10:18 -0500 Dave Roemer wanted me to report that the California Gull is still present at Barren River Lake and is located at the State Park Beach. Aaron Hulsey ================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: paddling with pelicans From: HapC1 AT aol.com Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:08:48 EDT Location: Land Between the Lakes Observation date: 10/20/09 We paddled Honker Bay this afternoon. It was a fine day to be out there with all the pelicans loafing around the lake. Blue Jays were flying over in migration and Tree swallows were on the move south. American Wigeon 1 Mallard 1 Ruddy Duck 2 Wild Turkey 6 American White Pelican 1400 Double-crested Cormorant 200 Great Blue Heron 8 Turkey Vulture 5 Bald Eagle 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 15 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 3 Ring-billed Gull 35 Herring Gull 4 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 22 American Crow 14 Tree Swallow 150 Tufted Titmouse 4 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Hap and Melissa Murray, KY