[wisb] Re: Sighting in Monroe County
- From: "whitey" <whitey@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <whitey@xxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 21:03:13 -0500
Wow! Thanks for all the input - most suggested it was a Northern Harrier so
I checked out the internet (Cornell) but the wing configuration is wrong -
this bird had very thin wings (front to back) plus there was no gliding but
constant manuvering. I also looked at the Swallowtail Kite (which I thought
it was at first) but only the tips of the wings were black. If I could run
faster I could have gotten my binoculars in time to make a more accurate
description - drat old age!!!!! FYI - I was about 100 yards away at times.
Still looking for someone else that may have sighted it in the area.
Thanks,
Mike.
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From: "whitey" <whitey@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 8:36 AM
Subject: [wisb] Sighting in Monroe County
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> Good Morning Birders -
>
> Mike Austin - Cataract - Monroe County
>
> Part of the reason I joined your network was a sighting I had last week at
> my farm. I spotted a white bird, 3 to 3 1/2 foot wing span, black wing
> tips, with thin wings that was flying "swallow-like" over my winter wheat
> about 3 feet over the ground. It was darting and turning as if it were
> picking up insects. Unfortunately, it was through the field and on its
> way before I could grab my binoculars off the back porch.
>
> I have been through my bird books and the only bird I can come up with is
> the Black Legged Kittiwake but they are "fish feeders" so I question its
> presence even in migration.
>
> Did anyone else in the Monroe/Juneau/Jackson county spot this bird?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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