FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: Swallow-tailed Kite update

["Kistlers" <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx>]

mark, i don't have a map of the area but would love to see this bird if it
will wait until sunday. are there maps available locally, do i need a
permit, can you give me directions via delorme atlas ? any way to get me to
the site would be much appreciated.
steve kistler


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Monroe" <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:03 PM
Subject: [birdky] Swallow-tailed Kite update


> The Swallow-tailed Kite was present again today
> (Thursday, Aug 14) on the Sinclair unit of the Peabody
> Wildlife Management Unit in Muhlenberg County.  The
> bird was relatively easy to locate and details of its
> movements follow:
>
> Brainard Palmer-Ball and I first located the bird and
> 9:30 a.m. Central Time at the location previously
> described off of road S5.  The bird initially was seen
> cruising low from the north (from the S3 loop road) to
> the hill on the north side of S5 where it spent about
> 10 minutes catching cicadas and dragonflies from just
> above tree level.  The bird then circled up relatively
> high, fought with a juvenile osprey, and then streamed
> back to the north.  We then decided to drive around
> and relocated the bird near the water tower off of S2
> where it worked its way slowly south again.  Our best
> looks came when it passed relatively low over S1 just
> west of the eastern intersection (power plant side) of
> the S3 loop. After interacting with two juvenile
> ospreys this time, the bird continued to the south
> where it fed at tree level on the ridge line between
> S3 and S5 again for about 10 minutes.  The bird
> basically repeated its routine by circling up then and
> heading back to the north.  We left the bird feeding
> above the woodlot just northwest of the water tower
> around 11 am Central Time.
>
> Other birds of note at Sinclair included a flyover
> Upland Sandpiper, Mississippi Kite, Sedge Wrens at 4
> locations, many Bell's Vireos and Henslow's Sparrows,
> a Willow/Alder Flycatcher, Northern Harriers, and a
> Grasshopper Sparrow nest with small young.
>
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