Hi Phil:
I hate to burst your bubble but I am 100% in agreement with Rick Sussman
on IDing your photos as an Osprey. Ospreys are not seen daily at Hughes
Hollow but they are frequent hunters for fish when the impoundments are at
their current or slightly lower water levels.
jim Green
Gaithersburg, MD
work in moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Warblerick <ricksussman1955...>wrote:
> On Monday, April 8, 2013 8:56:08 PM UTC-4, Philip Brody wrote:
> > At about 2pm today over the main impoundment Hughes Hollow, a sub adult
> Mississippi Kite soaring and circling high in the sky. There were lots of
> other birds including a Redhead, Ring-necked ducks, Widgeons, Blue-winged
> Teals also and number of Great Egrets, Great Blues, a fishing Kingfisher,
> Tree Swallows, Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wood-ducks, a yellow
> Palm Warbler, a Yellow-rump The most interesting, however, was the
> Mississippi and particularly that it was a sub adult. I'm attaching a
> number of views of the kite to help ascertain the year.
>
> Looks like an Osprey to me. All classic Osprey flight poses, shows a bit
> of a necklace, hooked bill, tail pattern of an Osprey not a MIKI, rounded
> tail not squared like MIKI...
>
> Osprey.
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
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