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Re: swallow-tailed kites
- To: Leah Campbell <faeriemaiden@hotmail.com>
- Subject: Re: swallow-tailed kites
- From: Joshua Stuart Rose <jsr6@duke.edu>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:09:04 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- In-reply-to: <F37lX6wqoPll4ZXmPjZ00009eac@hotmail.com>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Leah Campbell wrote:
>
> I was driving to my granny's house in Beaufort, SC this afternoon when I saw
> the kites! My mind was a million miles away when I spotted some hawk-like
> birds soaring above the tree tops. I did a double take when I realized these
> birds had white heads and magnificent swallow-like tails! One doesn't think
> of adding a lifebird while going 75 mph down the interstate. Passing cars
> must have thought I'd won the lottery (or lost my mind) by my gleeful
> expression.
Actually, I got my lifer Swallow-tail while whizzing down I-95 too, in
Florida in mid-March of 1998 I think. And I was whooping and hollering and
probably scaring my fellow motorists too...
Good birding,
Josh
Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)
jsr6@duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/