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Identify This Raptor- sorry no pic
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:02 pm
I just saw a couple of birds soaring above my house that appeared to be some type of raptor...they had narrow swept back wings, triangular tail and were a dark colored bird with what appeared to be a lighter head....
any idea what this was?...
any idea what this was?...
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Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:06 pm to Spankum
Mississippi Kite.
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:07 pm to Spankum
Small??
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:07 pm to Spankum
Triangular tail? Like a V?
Swallow-tailed Kite.
Swallow-tailed Kite.
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:08 pm to Spankum
Could've been Osprey, but without pics, impossible to know fo sho.
Did it look anything like this?
Did it look anything like this?
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:09 pm to Fishhead
Or this?
This post was edited on 5/20/12 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:12 pm to AlxTgr
smaller than a normal red-tailed hawk, but had long wings relative to its body size...tail was not v shaped, so I would say the swallow tail kite is not it...
my guess would be either the osprey or mississippi kite as alx suggested...
ETA: I do live on a lake here in MS, so that may add a clue....
my guess would be either the osprey or mississippi kite as alx suggested...
ETA: I do live on a lake here in MS, so that may add a clue....
This post was edited on 5/20/12 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:16 pm to Spankum
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:17 pm to Spankum
Do you live near the coast? Osprey is a coastal bird.
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:18 pm to Spankum
I'd say osprey
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:19 pm to Fishhead
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Do you live near the coast? Osprey is a coastal bird.
no, I live in Madison....
I think Alx has it correct....it looked a lot like the picture...assume that is a mississippi kite?.....
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:19 pm to Fishhead
We have plenty of ospreys and are not near the coast. They do fine on freshwater lakes.
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:21 pm to Spankum
Maybe this one?
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:23 pm to Spankum
My sister lives in Madison. I see kites every time I go there.
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:24 pm to AlxTgr
I've never seen them away from the coast, but I believe you.
That said, I don't like to venture too far from the coast...
That said, I don't like to venture too far from the coast...
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:37 pm to Spankum
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Identify This Raptor
Velociraptor or GTFO
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:46 pm to Spankum
Common Nighthawk
This post was edited on 5/20/12 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:48 pm to Spankum
I'd say Kit. Osprey are fairly large
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:52 pm to Boats n Hose
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Velociraptor or GTFO
I was hoping to see some prehistoric shite in here.
Posted on 5/20/12 at 5:52 pm to jodaddy
quote:Those appeared here this week. had to be 70 in sight at one time over my neighborhood Thursday evening.
Common Nighthawk
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