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saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... #3946419 07/26/23 03:11 PM 07/26/23 03:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,631 sellers, montgomery county P paulfish4570 OP 12 point
paulfish4570 OP 12 point P Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,631 sellers, montgomery county	i didn't know swallowtail raptors existed, and i'm a bird guy. beautiful, gracefull hawks with four-foot wingspans. they were wheeling over u.s. 331 in crenshaw county between highland home and luverne. kind of rare in alabama. they winter in south and central america, but breed in coastal plains of the gulf states in the summer. they like tall trees near swamps, which crenshaw county has in abundance. paulfish4570 Joshua 1:9

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946430 07/26/23 03:40 PM 07/26/23 03:40 PM
Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 2,996 Alabama OlTimer 10 point
OlTimer 10 point Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 2,996 Alabama	I have been seeing them in Butler County. Saw 3 Monday.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946439 07/26/23 03:53 PM 07/26/23 03:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,498 B blade 12 point
blade 12 point B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,498	We've always had them around over here, not in large numbers but enough that we see them regularly. Awesome bird.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946440 07/26/23 03:54 PM 07/26/23 03:54 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,279 Ozark , Alabama B BradB 10 point
BradB 10 point B Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,279 Ozark , Alabama	Occasionally see them over my pasture. Very cool birds.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946464 07/26/23 04:08 PM 07/26/23 04:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,456 Right behind you Mbrock Fancy
Mbrock Fancy Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,456 Right behind you	I’ve seen a handful in north AL but it’s rare. Saw them when I lived in south MS often.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946468 07/26/23 04:11 PM 07/26/23 04:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 6,890 F L A T Tree Dweller 14 point
Tree Dweller 14 point T Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 6,890 F L A	Common around here. Yes, they are cool.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946473 07/26/23 04:15 PM 07/26/23 04:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 11,491 Northwest Bama R Ridge Life Booner
Ridge Life Booner R Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 11,491 Northwest Bama	It’s a no fly zone around here

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946478 07/26/23 04:24 PM 07/26/23 04:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 5,101 Opp Alabama bward85 12 point
bward85 12 point Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 5,101 Opp Alabama	Been seeing 4-5 pretty often around my house. Wife and I watched them for several minutes this past Sunday afternoon.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946615 07/26/23 07:56 PM 07/26/23 07:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,941 colbert county cartervj Freak of Nature
cartervj Freak of Nature Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,941 colbert county	I saw some a few years ago. Cool birds “Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946646 07/26/23 08:39 PM 07/26/23 08:39 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 9,017 bessemer, al H hunterturf 14 point
hunterturf 14 point H Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 9,017 bessemer, al	saw one today in jefferson co patrolling some big pastures that were being mowed. Give me bout 15 more minutes, I was dreamin about beavers.......... Si Robertson

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946669 07/26/23 09:09 PM 07/26/23 09:09 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 37,666 Boxes Cove 2Dogs Freak of Nature
2Dogs Freak of Nature Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 37,666 Boxes Cove	Saw one up here a couple years ago near Mud Creek. Beautiful bird and very rare this far North. "Why do you ask"? Always vote the slowest path to socialism.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946679 07/26/23 09:19 PM 07/26/23 09:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,156 Alabama O oldbowhunter 6 point
oldbowhunter 6 point O Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,156 Alabama	They are moving into our area. I saw 8 of them eating insects when I was bush hogging last fall. Pretty cool after watching them in South Texas for years. Kinda like white wing doves. Got about 500 white wings in my dove field now eating sunflowers

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946761 07/27/23 12:15 AM 07/27/23 12:15 AM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 4,780 GA UncleHuck 10 point
UncleHuck 10 point Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 4,780 GA	Mom and my wife love watching the songbirds at the feeders. I love watching the raptors who feed on the songbirds and smaller critters

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946771 07/27/23 06:06 AM 07/27/23 06:06 AM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 9,439 Tallassee G G/H 14 point
G/H 14 point G Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 9,439 Tallassee	I see them while bush hogging. It’s neat to watch them dive bomb on a grasshopper

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946774 07/27/23 06:10 AM 07/27/23 06:10 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,497 Centreville weatherby 10 point
weatherby 10 point Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,497 Centreville	I thought this thread was going to be about 2 of the Kardashian sisters. If Caitlyn Jenner can keep his wiener and be considered a woman, I can keep my guns and be considered disarmed!

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: G/H] #3946780 07/27/23 06:30 AM 07/27/23 06:30 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 37,666 Boxes Cove 2Dogs Freak of Nature
2Dogs Freak of Nature Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 37,666 Boxes Cove	Originally Posted by G/H I see them while bush hogging. It’s neat to watch them dive bomb on a grasshopper I understand they love a fresh cut hay field, that's where I saw the one I saw . "Why do you ask"? Always vote the slowest path to socialism.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946812 07/27/23 07:40 AM 07/27/23 07:40 AM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,114 FL S SC53 6 point
SC53 6 point S Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,114 FL	See them a lot down here in FL. I’ve seen as many as 7 at one time during mating season.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946826 07/27/23 08:18 AM 07/27/23 08:18 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,498 B blade 12 point
blade 12 point B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,498	I see them mostly on the river and only remember seeing them in the summer.

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: paulfish4570] #3946846 07/27/23 08:53 AM 07/27/23 08:53 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,176 cantonment florida G Geronimo 8 point
Geronimo 8 point G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,176 cantonment florida	They are all over the place here in NW Florida. I saw around 20 circling above the Grocery Advantage in Cantonment a few years back. "I'm just an old chunk of coal but I'm gonna be a diamond some day."

Re: saw two rare swallowtail kites this morning ... [Re: 2Dogs] #3946886 07/27/23 09:40 AM 07/27/23 09:40 AM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,028 Russell, Lee county Strictlybow 6 point
Strictlybow 6 point Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 1,028 Russell, Lee county	Originally Posted by 2Dogs Originally Posted by G/H I see them while bush hogging. It’s neat to watch them dive bomb on a grasshopper I understand they love a fresh cut hay field, that's where I saw the one I saw . Had 5 of them chasing bugs while I was bushogging last weekend in hurtsboro. Never seen that many at once.

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