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Birds of Kentucky: Hooded Merganser

2022-02-12 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen
A male hooded merganser, spotted paired up with a female in a pond along I-64. All About Birds says that hooded mergansers are year-round residents in Kentucky, and "in fall through spring, head to unfrozen lakes and look for them mixed in flocks with other small divers like Bufflehead and Ruddy Ducks."
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Bids sought for removal of buildings

2022-02-12 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by W. M. Feese, Jr
Egypt Christian Church is seeking bids for the removal of buildings on property recently acquired by the Church. Click "Read more" for details.
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Memories of Harry Beard, accomplished skier

2022-02-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Doug Beard
Doug writes, "As we are in the Winter Olympics, my father was a high caliber skier!"

The text by the photo reads:
Harry Beard is pictured wearing the ski jacket he purchased in Europe in the late 1940s. The jacket features patches showing the various placed he skied, including Lillehammer, Norway, the site of the 1994 Winter Olympics. At the top left is a copy of the award Beard received for placing 2nd in a downhill race in Lillehammer in 1951.
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