I checked to see if the Swallow-tailed Kites were still in the upper
Sequatchie Valley this morning (Aug 25, 2016). None were located where they
had usually perched (Lowe's Gap Rd. and Upper East Valley Rd. since August
4), but at 7:05 AM CDT there were two Swallow-tailed Kites perched in a dead
tree along Melvin Cross Rd. about 200 yards from Upper East Valley Rd in
Bledsoe County. They were not there when I drove back at 7:25 AM, nor were
any birds at the original location about three miles northeast a few minutes
later.
Ed LeGrand
Cumberland Co. , TN
