[TN-Bird] Swallow-tailed kite; Montgomery Cty

From: Daniel Moss <dmoss5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN Bird Listserve <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:48:31 -0400 (EDT)
16 Aug 2010
Montgomery Cty, TN
Fort Campbell

Yesterday around 4:45 in the afternoon I observed a Swallow-tailed kite soaring 
near my office building when I was walking after work. Unfortunately I did not 
get a great look as I did not have my binocs on me, but the kite silhouette was 
distinctive and the black and white contrast on the underwing was clear. The 
forked tail appeared to be fairly short. A co-worker informed me this morning 
that she observed the bird yesterday morning less than a 1/4 mile from the spot 
where I saw it. Another co-worker, Dawn York, and I went out this morning to 
look for it, but it was not seen. A large bottomland Walnut tree plantation 
with thick river cane winding along a creek lies below our office. 

This is the first Swallow-tailed kite and the third kite species documented on 
Ft Campbell (others were Mississippi & White-tailed).

Daniel Moss
Clarksville, TN
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[TN-Bird] Swallow-tailed kite; Montgomery Cty

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