Selected fourth and fifth graders at Middletown Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky (part of the Jefferson County Public School System) participate in the Kentucky Department of Education sponsored Student Technology Leadership Education Program (STLP). STLP children gain valuable technology skills, develop leadership, and provide school and community service. William F. Miles Park at Eastwood Kentucky—adjacent to the new state-of-the-art Metropolitan Sewer District regional treatment plant—is a gorgeous new addition to the Louisville Metro Parks System. The park is unique in that it has largely been left in its natural, pristine state. The many lakes and varied habitats on the property provide wonderful environments for many species of plants and animals. As a community service, Middletown students researched some of the more than 100 bird species which have been sighted at the park by experts such as Barbara Woerner of the Beckham Bird Group. The students’ reports are posted for perusal by anyone who is interested in learning about these beautiful birds. It is our hope that William F. Miles Park will continue to be an ongoing and expanding project for Middletown Elementary School students.

Learn more about Miles Park

We are very grateful to the Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District for allowing our students to visit the park and add to their web page.

Linda E. Arnold, School Technology Coordinator, Middletown Elementary School.

Click links below to learn more about the birds of Miles Park / ESRELC. This is a work in progress—as new bird reports are finished, they will be added to this page.
American Crow	American Goldfinch	American Redstart	American Robin	American Tree Sparrow	Baltimore Oriole
Black-Capped Chickadee	Blue Grosbeak	Blue Jay	Brown Creeper	Brown-Headed Cowbird	Brown Thrasher
Canada Goose	Carolina Chickadee	Carolina Wren	Cedar Waxwing	Chipping Sparrow	Common Grackle
Common Redpoll	Common Yellowthroat	Coopers Hawk	Dark-Eyed Junco	Dickcissel	Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Blue Bird	Eastern Meadowlark	Eastern Towhee	Eurasian Collared Dove	European Starling	Evening Grosbeak
Field Sparrow	Fox Sparrow	Golden-Crowned Kinglet	Gray Catbird	Great Blue Heron	Green Heron
Hairy Woodpecker	Horned Lark	House Finch	House Sparrow	Indigo Bunting	Killdeer
Lincolns Sparrow	Loggerhead Shrike	Mallard	Mourning Dove	Northern Bobwhite	Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker	Northern Mockingbird	Orchard Oriole	Ovenbird	Pileated Woodpecker	Pine Siskin
Pine Warbler	Purple Finch	Red-Bellied Woodpecker	Red-Breasted Nuthatch	Red Crossbill	Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-Tailed Hawk	Red-Winged Blackbird	Rock Dove	Rose-Breasted Grosbeak	Ruby-Crowned Kinglet	Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird	Rusty Blackbird	Savannah Sparrow	Sharp-Shinned Hawk	Snow Bunting	Song Sparrow
Summer Tanager	Swamp Sparrow	Tufted Titmouse	Turkey Vulture	Vesper Sparrow	White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Crowned Sparrow	White-Throated Sparrow	White-Winged Crossbill	Wild Turkey (Eastern U.S.)	Wood Duck	Wood Thrush
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker	Yellow-Billed Cuckoo	Yellow-Rumped Warbler