Fwd: [TEXBIRDS] FWD: Swallow-tailed Kites and Mississippi
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Sun, 05 Jul 1998 12:08:26 -0400
Mid-Atlantic Coasters ..
FYI. This is a cross-post from Texbirds and is related to Paul O'Brien's
"heads up" message of a week or so ago about the Florida fires.
Phil
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>From: Patty Beasley <pbeasley@ELECTROTEX.COM>
>Subject: [TEXBIRDS] FWD: Swallow-tailed Kites and Mississippi Kites and
> Florida
> Range Fires
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>Comments: cc: "Economidy, John W." <economidy@worldnet.att.net>
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>Fellow Birders and Hawkers:
>
>I have received permission from John Economidy to forward the following
>email to our groups. This issue is of paramount importance and the kites
>need to be carefully monitored. John and I both would very much appreciate
>anyone having any information or input on this matter sending John and I
>personal emails with your observations and contributions, for tracking
>purposes and inclusion in the national databases. Anything you think the
>group(s) may be interested in hearing should be posted to the newsgroups;
>I'll be monitoring them and picking up those observations as well and
>forwarding them to John.
>
>John's right on about this.
>
>Cheers,
>Patty Beasley
>EMail: pbeasley@electrotex.com
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>Subject: Swallow-tailed Kites and Mississippi Kites and Florida Range Fires
>Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 09:22:04 -0500
>
> I have compared the location of the forest fires in Florida with an
>advance copy of the raptor section of the Florida Breeding Bird survey. It
>is safe to say that these fires have destroyed significant present habitat
>in Florida for both Swallow-tailed and Mississippi
>Kites.
>
>I would suggest that we should be looking now for early dispersion if not
>early migration of these kites. As all of us know, both kites tend to
>coalesce into premigration groups. STKs disperse widely in migration. I
>would suggest to each of you that you and our raptor enthusiast friends
>should be looking now for early travel of the kites.
>
>I think it will be very interesting to see what happens next spring when
>these kites come back and find their former Florida habitat gone.
>
>Will it provoke wider spring dispersal? Will genes take over and send the
>kites to their native Minnesota for nesting?
>
>Let me know what you observe or think. This is going to be interesting.
>
>/s/
>JOHN ECONOMIDY
>Email: economidy@worldnet.att.net
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