Re: [cayugabirds-l] Arctic kite sighting?
Before we are inundated with possible sightings, let's just clarify that Arctic Kite is, as far as I am aware, an entirely fictitious name, and any so-called expert in raptors using this term is unlikely to be such. The only thing I can think of that would come close to fitting this name is Rough-legged Hawk, which is hardly an unusual bird around here in the winter in any case, and is neither the size of an eagle nor a kestrel. I suggest we consider more existent species as explanations for our raptor sightings. ;-) Jay On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Sandy sandra.w...@gmail.com wrote: I was driving down rte 79 westward near 1341 e state street just now at about 8:45 am and saw a falcon-shaped bird, about the size of a kestrel it smaller with snow-white under belly and under wings. Could not see top side as it was dive- bombing around in the evergreens behind the houses on the odd side of the street. It was not flying in a direction but hunting. Tail was long and retracted for diving. Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Arctic kite sighting?
I was driving down rte 79 westward near 1341 e state street just now at about 8:45 am and saw a falcon-shaped bird, about the size of a kestrel it smaller with snow-white under belly and under wings. Could not see top side as it was dive- bombing around in the evergreens behind the houses on the odd side of the street. It was not flying in a direction but hunting. Tail was long and retracted for diving. Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Arctic kite sighting?
Thanks so much, for this Jay (and Kevin). We had a huge event at the Lab yesterday and many families (over 200 people at once), and I usually have time to double check things but didn't, so posted the call as per typical practice at the front desk for unusual things. In the past, such calls have proved fruitful, sorry this one didn't. -holly On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: Before we are inundated with possible sightings, let's just clarify that Arctic Kite is, as far as I am aware, an entirely fictitious name, and any so-called expert in raptors using this term is unlikely to be such. The only thing I can think of that would come close to fitting this name is Rough-legged Hawk, which is hardly an unusual bird around here in the winter in any case, and is neither the size of an eagle nor a kestrel. I suggest we consider more existent species as explanations for our raptor sightings. ;-) Jay On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Sandy sandra.w...@gmail.com wrote: I was driving down rte 79 westward near 1341 e state street just now at about 8:45 am and saw a falcon-shaped bird, about the size of a kestrel it smaller with snow-white under belly and under wings. Could not see top side as it was dive- bombing around in the evergreens behind the houses on the odd side of the street. It was not flying in a direction but hunting. Tail was long and retracted for diving. Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --