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More on Swallow-tailed Kites
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:55 am
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:55 am
Thanks to TigerDeacon, I started reporting my sightings. I got an email this morning with the results. I lack the ability to save and post the map. Here is the link with the results showing sightings across the South.
Kite Sightings
Kite Sightings
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Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:57 am to AlxTgr
Holy crap. Jacksonville is swallowed up with sightings
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Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:59 am to AlxTgr
There are a pair nesting off of Kenilworth in BR.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 9:08 am to AlxTgr
Posted on 1/26/12 at 6:26 pm to AlxTgr
I think i may have some flying around by my house in Metairie. I can't really tell but its some bird of prey and its smaller than a hawk. It looks close to that color.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 6:36 pm to Got_Dat_Purp
If you see one, you'll know. You will rarely see them flap their wings, and there's a reason they're called a swallow-tail.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:03 pm to spens
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If you see one, you'll know.
I see them when I'm crossing the Atchafalaya Basin.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:33 pm to Got_Dat_Purp
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I think i may have some flying around by my house in Metairie. I can't really tell but its some bird of prey and its smaller than a hawk. It looks close to that color.
I was visiting a friend in Metaire a few years ago and he was ate up with Mississippi Kites.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:36 pm to FrenchJoe
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I was visiting a friend in Metaire a few years ago and he was ate up with Mississippi Kites.
A Mississippi Kite and a Swallow-Tail Kite are two different species.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:42 pm to brhunt
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There are a pair nesting off of Kenilworth in BR.
That would be strange. They normally don't arrive back in Louisiana until the 2nd week in March, & will stay through late September before heading back to South America. Would be interested in hearing more about the nesting pair in BR.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:53 pm to cajuntigertowm
Damn, that is a cool looking bird...I would really like to see one... 
Posted on 1/26/12 at 9:06 pm to AlxTgr
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sightings across the South.
Here's the sighting across Louisiana, Year:2011, totaling 238 from March thur Sept. As reported on ebird.org (Affiliate: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Audubon)
Posted on 1/26/12 at 9:38 pm to cajuntigertowm
I reported all mine on that other site.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 9:57 pm to AlxTgr
The ones you reported, did you see them in LA?
Posted on 1/26/12 at 10:06 pm to cajuntigertowm
Yes, every one. Can't recall all of them. Some on I-49 South of Natchitoches. Some near Boyce. One on the other side of the Red River coming back from St. Maurice.
Posted on 1/26/12 at 10:57 pm to AlxTgr
Before they cleared land behind our house had a few nesting....cool birds
Posted on 1/27/12 at 8:02 am to cajuntigertowm
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A Mississippi Kite and a Swallow-Tail Kite are two different species
Yeah, I know. Just seemed that the OBer I was quoting was not quit sure of ID of the birds in Metarie.
I'm a half vast birder. Hope to make it to Ft.Morgan, Al for spring migration.
Posted on 1/27/12 at 9:00 am to AlxTgr
saw two last year between Deridder and Merryville
Posted on 1/27/12 at 9:04 am to LoneStarTiger
There were a lot of sightings that way last year. I saw one in the middle of town,and tigerfoot saw one in that area too.
Posted on 1/27/12 at 9:06 am to AlxTgr
the Sabine and Neches rivers hold quite a few, from what I've been told. Have seen them near the Trinity river too.
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