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.
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