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Forster’s Tern finds homes near Kentucky’s lakes

The Forster’s Tern migrates through Kentucky and has been seen as early as March 7 and as late as June 10 in the spring. It has even been seen on June 25 and June 29 in the summer with a late autumn date of Dec. 20.

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Laughing Gull and its funny call

Anyone who has spent time on eastern coastal beaches and heard what sounded like a good old belly laugh, which was obviously not being emitted by a human, has heard the call of the Laughing Gull.

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Golden-crowned Kinglet is Kentucky’s tiniest winter guest

Our smallest bird except for the hummingbird is only 4 inches long with a 7-inch wingspan and weighs 0.2 ounces and is a fairly common migrant but somewhat uncommon winter resident to Kentucky. The Golden-crowned Kinglet breeds in dense coniferous forests across and throughout the southern provinces of Canada, New England, the Appalachian Mountains, and the western Rocky Mountains on up to southern Alaska.

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Eared Grebe goes through several changes

The Eared Grebe is a 13-inch long bird with a 16-inch wingspan and weighs 11 ounces and is a rare spring, autumn, and winter migrant in Kentucky. The earliest it has been seen in autumn is Aug. 27 and the latest in the spring is June 4.

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White Ibis helps renew its surroundings

The White Ibis is an extremely rare summer visitor with only fourteen sightings from central to western Kentucky in July, August and September.

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The handsome Brewer’s Blackbird

The Brewer’s Blackbird is considered to be the most handsome of all the blackbirds. My photograph shows the violet-purple near the head and the yellow eye of this male Brewer’s Blackbird. It is a rare transient and extremely rare winter visitor in Kentucky. However, it has been seen in Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, and Mercer County, south to Wayne County, and then toward western Kentucky in Fulton County.

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Shy Black-bellied Plover is first to flee the shoreline

The accompanying photograph is of a non-breeding adult, so the black belly feathers will not appear until the spring molt. This 11-and-a-half-inch bird with a 29-inch wingspan weighs 8 ounces and is a migrant in Kentucky. It is considered rare to uncommon in spring and autumn. In spring it has been seen from April 11 to June 19, while in autumn from July 22 to Nov. 29.

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Sandhill Crane migrates through in early, late winter

The Sandhill Crane is 41-to-46 inches with a wingspan of 73-to-77 inches wide and weighs 7.3-10.6 pounds. They are usually seen migrating south in long V-shaped flocks from around Thanksgiving until around the first of January and then back north again in early February until early March.

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Semipalmated Plover stops by on its way to a way to the coast

The Semipalmated Plover is an uncommon to fairly common migrant through Kentucky, but is very rare in the summer.

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On the brink of extinction, Willet still stops in Kentucky

This 15-inch bird with a 26-inch wingspan weighs 8 ounces, walks elegantly along coastal beaches in the winter months and stands tall with a stiff gait. It is a large proportioned shorebird with a long and thick bill. The accompanying photograph of a Willet shows the bird in non-breeding plumage and its flashy black and white wings are never noticeable until the bird breaks into flight.

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