[TN-Bird] Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch:

Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch
Hamilton Co., TN.
near Chattanooga


Today, Saturday Sept. 20  we had our first ever MISSISSIPPI  KITE  fly over 
at 4:02 pm.  The bird was first noticed flying toward us from the NNW and 
flying in a SSE direction.  Our count compiler Billy Haley was the first to 
spot 
the bird and immediately called out falcon.  It was large enough to be a 
Peregrine and really looked like one but something wasn't just right about its 
wing 
beat, he said.  As he watched he began to think perhaps the hurricane could 
have blown in a shearwater.  When he looked up this species he knew the bill 
wasn't right for what we saw.  A few seconds later after consulting "HAWKS IN 
FLIGHT"  he read out loud the specifics on MISSISSIPPI KITE and we both felt he 
had made a correct identification.

The season totals are:              BW :  Mon 9/15   200
OS - 5                                              Tues 9/16  265
BE - 3  Adults                                    Wed 9/17     3
NH - 1                                               Thur  9/18  517
SS - 8                                                Fri   9/19    77
CH - 2                                                Sat  9/20    10
RS - 3
BW - 1115
AK - 8

U/A - 1
Missippi Kite - 1

1147 Total  YTD

Jimmy Wilkerson
Hixson, TN.






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