2010 Birdathon Report

This years Birdathon began well with pleasant weather as Roger Reese, Chris Lange and I met dawn at Muscatatuck Nature Preserve near Seymore. We had a good morning with a nice list of birds, but by noon the weather turned very wet and we turned South to finish the day closer to home and dry clothes.

Between noon and 4 PM I added only three birds: a soggy Bald Eagle,
Cormorant, and a Scaup from the Falls of the Ohio. Then I too holed up with the rest of the birds.

When the rain let up in the evening I took the Butchertown Greenway path along Beargrass Creek near where I live in Louisville. There I added a Northern Oriole, Black Vulture, and Barn Swallow, and a Red-shouldered Hawk. Roger found a number of additional birds near his place adjacent to the Clark County State forest. Whippoorwill, Chimney Swift, Blue Grosbeak, Wild Turkey, and Pileated Woodpecker. So, despite the weather we found a respectable 69 species this year.

Thank you all for your support. Consider joining us next year.

David Coyte

Birdathon Chair