The Swallow-tailed Kite(s) have been a bit nip and tuck from any of the mentioned eBird locations.
The church parking on County Line/Creek Roads is the best location by far. Folks have had magnificent looks as the bird(s) flew directly overhead at treetop level. That said, the situation at the roadside locations at the other spots is very difficult. One would have to park on people's front lawns or be over extended onto the State Highway. Not a good idea either way. The one spot is on a shallow curve on a very busy highway with no shoulder room and guide rails on one side. This makes it dangerous for passing car and truck traffic - and there's plenty of both. Never force an oncoming vehicle to have to swerve into the oncoming lane under any circumstances. Bottom line: Go to church. There is ample room for many cars and no traffic safety or neighbor relations issues. It might be nice if folks would leave some canned goods food donation for their food pantry if available. (Haven't spoken with anyone affiliated with the church so I don't know if that would work as intended). And as the pattern has shown, your chances of a better than high and away view with photos will be pretty much guaranteed (as much as any birding guarantee applies). Good Luck to y'all and to the two Kites. Let's hope they like New York hospitality. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore, The Greene County New York (if so inclined, please share to your local listserves as appropriate) -- Richard Guthrie -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
