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Swallow-tailed kites.
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Swallow-tailed kites.
- From: jhyman@email.unc.edu (jhyman)
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:22:58 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Carolinabirders,
On Sunday (4/29/01) Barbara Ballentine, Brad Lamphere and I visited
the Holly Shelter Gamelands near Hampstead, NC. We had good looks at
Bachman's Sparrow and Red-cockaded woodpecker. The highlight of the
trip, however, was 2 swallow-tailed kites we found on Highway 210,
between I-40 and the Northeast Cape Fear River. The first kite was
foraging low over a field. As it flew away from the river (towards
40) it met up with a second bird, and together they eventually soared
up out of view with a group of black and turkey vultures.
Jeremy Hyman
jhyman@email.unc.edu
Dept. of Biology
UNC Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280