[birdky] Correction... Schochoh, Logan Co. weekend list, help w/an eagle sighting

From: "Debby & Steve Tyson" <tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 18:55:58 -0500
The White-tailed Hawk reported here was a mistake.sorry!  It should have
been a Red-tailed.  I guess I was dreaming of south Texas!?
 

From: Debby & Steve Tyson [mailto:tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 8:05 PM
To: 'birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Schochoh, Logan Co. weekend list, help w/an eagle sighting

 

It was a great birding weekend.  We counted 31 species at home (list below),
not including an eagle spotted today.more about that later.  We spotted our
FOS DE Junco and White-throated Sparrow, both of which we only see here
during the fall migration.  

I watched a kettling flock of 11-12 Black Vultures yesterday afternoon, then
saw an unidentified accipiter pass overhead that appeared to be migrating.
Shortly after that I saw two more accipiters moving south too, though not in
as big a hurry.  One appeared to be further out (it looked much smaller).
Then, while I watched,  the smaller bird dove and harassed the larger one
and, when close together, the difference in size was really significant!  I
realized then that I was watching a Sharp-shinned and Cooper's together.
The Sharpy repeatedly harassed the Cooper's, before eventually splitting
off.  

The Harrier infestation continues over the harvested beans fields.  There
were often two in view at a time this weekend and often on the ground.

About the eagle.I was standing trying to ID some sparrows today when I
spotted what I first thought was a Turkey Vulture.  When I got it in
binocular view, I realized it was not a vulture and was obviously too large
and universally dark for the buteos that could be here.  I'm not experienced
with eagles and thought it could have been a juvenile Bald (though we're
miles from water here.).  It was soaring with occasional shallow, pumping,
wing beats and was a long way off, but I was seeing lighter in the wing
primaries underneath (similar to a Turkey Vulture) and when it wheeled, it
appeared to be lighter near the base of the tail on top.  Can anyone help?

American Crow

American Kestrel

American Robin

Black Vulture

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

Chipping Sparrow

Common Starling

Common Yellowthroat

Cooper's Hawk

Dark-eyed Junco

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird

Eastern Meadowlark

Great Horned Owl

House Finch

House Sparrow

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal

Northern Harrier

Northern Mockingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-winged Blackbird

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Song Sparrow

Turkey Vulture

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-crowned Sparrow

White-tailed Hawk

White-throated Sparrow

Stephen Tyson, Adairville (Schochoh), Logan Co., KY

 



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