[TN-Bird] Re: Swallow-tailed Kite photos; Bledsoe Co 7/23/2011
- From: "Michael & Rebecca Todd" <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:32:48 -0500
Sorry, meant to include a link to the overall gallery if you prefer to access
the photos that way:
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/summerfall_2011 ,just be sure the photos are at the
‘original’ size.
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
From: Michael & Rebecca Todd
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:59 AM
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Swallow-tailed Kite photos; Bledsoe Co 7/23/2011
7/23/2011
Granny Ruth’s Garden cemetery; Bledsoe Co
I finally broke my east TN jinx when it comes to chasing state birds. I was
relieved at about 10:00 o’clock (central) when Clyde Blum called to tell me the
bird was currently being seen and I was only about 20 minutes away. It was
distant when I first arrived, but over the course of the next couple of hours
put on an amazing show for us, with different birders arriving from time to
time to enjoy the bird. It would sometimes disappear for 15-20 minutes at a
time, to suddenly reappear, sometime directly overhead. In the field I was
thinking the bird was probably an adult, but after looking at my photos and
seeing the very fresh and even state of the flight feathers and some very light
buffy streaks to the head and chest think it is a young bird.
This bird is feeding very well in this area, constantly munching on insects on
the wing. Hopefully it will hang around a few more days anyway. After enjoying
this bird I accompanied some of the others to some additional locations in the
Sequatchie Valley for Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Dickcissel. Very enjoyable,
if a little hot, day to spend with some old friends and to meet some new ones.
This is my first 3 new bird year in TN since Katrina, with the Swallow-tailed
on top of the Spotted Towhee that Mark found, and Jeff’s influx of Neotropic
Cormorants. Maybe I can find one of my own at some point!
I have posted several(10) photos of the Swallow-tailed Kite, as well as one of
a female Scissor-tail at the nest in my summer/fall 2011 gallery. The first new
photo is here:
http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/136648553/original The exact location is
mapped on each photo, just click the ‘view map’ tab beside the location under
any of the photos.
Good Birding!!
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd
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