[wisb] ID help - distant sighting / and Trempealeau Co
- From: john romano <cajunbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:25:24 -0700 (PDT)
No suggestions for the ID, only to relate an antidote on nesting Mississippi
Kites in the Rockford Ill area. We were doing a BBS route in Buffalo Co on
this tuesday and birding at Trempealeau WLR and region on Tuesday and Weds. We
ran into 2 bicycle riders biking from Rockford to Rochester Mn and they said
there were nesting Mississippi Kites in an aborortum in Rockford Ill area this
year.
So Mississippi Kites could be nearby. I believe that Quentin Y saw one last
spring down in Green or Rock Co.
OH - birds in Trempealeau area include :
Bells Vireo
Alder Flycatcher - both in Tamarack Bog area
Bobolink
Dicksissell - Pine Creek Ridge road to the east of Tamarack Bog
at Trempealeau WLR - by bicycle - great way to get around there
Trumpeter Swan - Delta Point (long jaunt but a short one by bike)
Comorants
Black Terns
Forester's Tern
White Pelican's - 65
Great Egrets - lots
Green Heron
Common Moorhen - by observation deck
Clay-colored Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow - lots
Henslow's Sparrow - 9
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Lower diversion Dike on east edge of preserve ( not
far
on a bicycle -
otherwise a long hike)
John Romano
Madison Wi
--- On Thu, 6/25/09, Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] ID help - distant sighting
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 8:58 PM
Okay, I'm stumped. I was waiting for the bus after work on the UW-Madison
campus today. Looking up at the clouds, I noticed a very far up bird soaring
that I initially took for a gull - long, narrow wings, short tail, no wing
flapping, etc. But something bugged me, so I got out my trusty mini-binoculars
and tried to find it, which took some time (8x22s don't have much of a field of
view.) I finally did get it in view - not a gull, more like a raptor. In the
few seconds I had a clear look, the thing that really jumped out at me was the
large black patches on the TRAILING edge of the wings (my very first thought
was that it was a Roughlegged Hawk, to give you an idea of the size of the
patches, but the placement was completely wrong - definitely not "wrist
marks".) Stupidly, at that point I decided to switch from my polarized
sunglasses to my regular ones, and of course I couldn't relocate the bird after
that. This bird was WAY up - at least
a couple thousand feet.
As soon as I got home, I looked through every field guide I own, including the
Ligouri book "Hawks from every angle." The only thing I've found that comes
remotely close to what I remember seeing is an immature Mississippi Kite that
is still retaining dark secondaries. But those pictures usually show the dark
patch as rectangular - "my" bird had almost half-oval patches. Unfortunately,
I just don't remember any other specific plumage details, although I believe
the leading edge of the wings was dark and the body/tail light-colored.
Anybody have any other suggestions?
Peter Fissel
Madison, Dane Co.
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