Nonprofit launches Eastern Kentucky birding ‘hotspots’ to encourage bird documentation

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: September 23, 2026

Words: 395

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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A land conservation nonprofit in Kentucky is using grant funding to add signs near birding “hotspots” in Eastern Kentucky that people can use to document birds through an app supported by an ornithology lab at Cornell University.

The Kentucky Natural Lands Trust is using part of a $10,000 grant from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to place six signs at various Eastern Kentucky trailheads and spots as a part of the “

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