GBBC, Birds, Barbara, and Adair Garden Club! 2011-02-20 - 2339 Campbellsville RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. "Every major media in Adair County" is supporting the four day Great Backyard Bird Count, including the influential "It's Just for a Smile News." The newspaper's lead story is on the GBBC, the Adair County Garden Club and its leader Barbara Armitage, and the effort the community is putting behind the world's largest scientific study. Although IJFASN has perhaps the biggest in-county circulation, copies of the free paper were going fast when this one was picked on Saturday at one of its outlets. Today, Sunday, February 20, 2011, is the Third Day of the Count, and Columbia/Adair County started the Day in the No. 1 spot in the Nation. Through today, tomorrow, and until the end of the tabulations, ColumbiaMagazine.com will have continuous updates, photos, and news of the GBBC in Columbia/Adair County, and from our 7-county service area. To submit your checklists in the Great Backyard Bird Count CLICK HERE For Columbia/Adair County, enter "Columbia, Kentucky" in the check boxes. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Black Vultures increasingly seen in Adair 2011-02-20 - Over Bull Run RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Rodney Thompson. Both Jon Halsey and Billy Joe Fudge have observed an increase in black vultures, with an increasing black to turkey vulture ratio. This black vulture sequence was photographed by Rodney Thompson and posted on October 19, 2009, with this information:Birds of KY: Black vulture flight over Bull Run, Adair Co., KY2009-10-19 - Bull Run RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Rodney Thompson. Rodney Thompson caught this sequence of a black vulture flight over the Bull Run Creek area of Adair County. While the birds are not such a pretty sight as they do their clean-up work on the ground, they are majestic in flight. To submit your checklists in the Great Backyard Bird Count CLICK HERE For Columbia/Adair County, enter "Columbia, Kentucky" in the check boxes. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Turkey vultures, splendid soarers 2011-02-19 - 1535 Bull Run RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage. "These two Turkey Vultures," writes Barbara Armitage, "feel a bit like I do 'coming and going at the same time.' " The birds, so spellbinding in flight, seem to be on a decline this year, with their less likeable cousins, Black Vulures, becoming predominate in some areas - a fact noted by Billy Joe Fudge, lamented by Jon Halsey. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Red-Shouldered Hawk 2011-02-19 - Photo by George Rice. "Oh for a morsel of food" is the caption George Rice gave this photo. He writes, "Caught this beautiful hawk in the Happy Hollow area of Holmes Bend road. I would have called it a sparrow hawk, but that might not be the proper name so if you use the picture you may name him. Picture taken 8amCT, February 19, 2011, by George Rice Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: American Goldfinch and Nyjer Sock feeder 2011-02-19 - 1535 Bull Run RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage. "Nyjer, sometimes called Thistle," writes, Barbara Armitage, "is the favorite food of Goldfinches - it's also often called black gold because of its price. My favorite method for feeding Goldfinches is to use a "Nyjer Sock" and this little devil is helping himself to a big meal thanks to the hole he's made in the sock. I'd better get out there with a needle and thread to darn the sock before he spills as much as he eats. Thankfully Goldfinches enjoy ground feeding so I'm sure that his buddies will come and help clean up the mess. At 12:30pmCT Saturday, February 19, 2011, Adair Countians have counted 970 Goldfinches - more than any other species." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Exciting Blue Raider Baseball season underway 2011-02-19 - 820 Hanley LN., Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. Lindsey Wilson College. Lindsey Wilson College junior Derek Cape of Columbia, KY delivers the ball in the second inning of the first game of Friday afternoon's doubleheader against College of the Ozarks from Point Lookout, MO, at Egnew Park. Cape allowed two runs on six hits and struck out six batters over six innings en route to picking up his second win of the season in as many decisions. LWC won the seven-inning game 3-2 and then in the second game swept the doubleheader with a 6-0 shutout to improve to 4-1 on the season. LWC and College of the Ozarks play another doubleheader at 11amCT on Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Egnew Park, 820 Hanley LN, Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Barred Owl in The Holler 2011-02-19 - The Holler, Old Clearsprings RD, Ozark, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. Not everyone is lucky enough to see a Barred Owl, like this beautiful bird which came to The Holler and was lucky enough to have this handsome portrait made, but Wayne and Barbara Armitage have a pair which have just taken up residence at The Farm at Tucker's Station, Bull Run RD, Columbia, KY. The owls were heard this morning and identified even before Wayne spotted them. The call is easily learned. It sounds like "Who cooks for you?" Bird voices are more easy to identify these days. iBird, a program Barbara Armitage has for her iPad, is one good one; she also recommends the website, All About Birds. Shamarie Claiborne photographed the barred owl above, in the latter part of March, 2009. It's part of the CMs Birds of Kentucky archives. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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