[leasbirds] Re: Two unidentified
- From: WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 17:47:17 -0700
Definitely not Mississippi Kite--I've got dozens on the block right now, and I
know the juveniles almost by name. But "crash into and out of trees" very much
describes his action.
Any thoughts on the swifty-thingy? Perhaps they were swallows--though I'd have
seen white bellies if tree swallows. Not barn swallows--also resident on the
block.
Thanks,
Bill
On Sunday, August 31, 2014 7:37 PM, Cameron Carver <c.o.carver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I had Broad-winged Hawk on multiple occasions crash into and out of trees in
Tech Terrace when I lived there. Though the description does not quite
eliminate young Mississippi Kite which are numerous this year.
Cameron Carver
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On Aug 31, 2014, at 19:26, WILLIAM WENTHE <wwenthe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi All,
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>The doves flushed out of the neighbor's locust tree yesterday (Sat 8/30)
>evening about 7:30 as a smallish raptor swooped in and alighted on an inner
>branch. I assumed Mississippi Kite, but soon realized it was something else.
>I just happened to have my binoculars on the table beside me, and got a good
>look at a perching buteo that I am pretty sure was either a young Broad-winged
>Hawk or young Swainson's Hawk. It just seemed about the size of a Broadwing,
>and had that rounder look to it; though Swainson's would be more likely, I
>guess, for the region. It was light, and most noticeable were the very
>spade-like (as in ace of spades) brown marks on the chest. Feathers on the
>back slightly scalloped on the edges in a buff color. Legs seemed longish,
>which feels to me more like Swainson's; but who can tell at the angle I had.
>It flew away through the trees, so I never got a look at underwing. A
>curiosity.
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>Also: is there any kind of swift around here besides chimney swifts? There
>were swifts the other night at dusk; all I could see even with binocs were
>silhouettes. They seemed very like a swift--but not the long narrow wings and
>cigar shape of chimney swifts. I'd welcome your thoughts.
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>Bill Wenthe
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