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help with possible identification
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: help with possible identification
- From: lawoffice10@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:34:37 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Dear Carolinabirders:
I would like to ask the experts for their opinion(s) on a possible
identification of a bird I observed about 4:30 p.m. Monday, 11 October,
flying across Highway 15-501 at the intersection of Highway 54 in Chapel
Hill. The bird was quite large, flew with its long neck and legs fully
extended, seemed to be a slow, strong flyer, and held its wings in a W
position. Unfortunately, it was silhouetted against the sky so no
contrasting colors cold be seen. Watching it, I was reminded of a stork,
crane or ibis. I wonder if anyone else saw this bird and got a better
look at it and what the probability would be that it might have been one
of these three species. Thanks a lot.
Lucretia Kinney
Chapel Hill, NC