On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:18:00 AM UTC-4, Lucy Uncu wrote:
> we saw a bird yesterday which we were unsure of. �We got a picture but it isn't very good. �What I noticed was a dark tail and also what appeared to be a fork although this is not clear in the photo. �It is either an accipiter (probably Cooper's since it was quite large) or a kite but I haven't seen many kites. so ?? any suggestions? �It was at Swain's Lock
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> Lucy, Your first photo best shows the shape of the bird, even if only in silhouette. Judging by the wing shape (long and tapered, wide at the wrist) and its width at the wrist, the long squared tail, and the smallish head, I would say this is a Northern Harrier, in migration. They can get up pretty high when flying in migration, and not hunting.
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> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:57 PM, jim green <jkgbir......> wrote:
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> �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.
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> work in moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!
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> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Warblerick <ricksus......> wrote:
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> On Monday, April 8, 2013 8:56:08 PM UTC-4, Philip Brody wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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...
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