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Re: Swallow-Tailed Kite on Hatteras Island
- To: YOUNT <yount@netmcr.com>
- Subject: Re: Swallow-Tailed Kite on Hatteras Island
- From: John Peachey <ppaw@sccoast.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 04:21:09 -0500
- Cc: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- In-Reply-To: <3C002D5D.4E25CB4C@netmcr.com>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi Ken,
Are you sure? I would suggest you consider FRIGATEBIRD rather than
Swallow-tailed Kite which should be long gone by November. Of course an
injured or sick swallow-tailed is a possibility.
Jack
At 05:29 PM 11/24/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Just returned from a week's surf fishing trip to Hatteras. Got to see
>the Tropical Kingbird at Pea Island. The other birding highlight of the
>week was a Swallow-Tailed Kite that was working it's way up the beach
>about half way between Avon and Salvo Thursday afternoon around 2:00
>P.M. This may not be that unusual a sighting, but in my 15 years or so
>of fishing at Hatteras, it was a first for me!
>Ken Yount
>Wentworth, N.C.
>
>
Jack Peachey
Conway, SC