Posted by Felipe on June 28, 2003 at 17:53:39:
Hey Birders, today was a great day after all. I started when my friend called, and told me he had some owls in his backyard. He lives less than a blocck away. He had two Screech Owls. One was gray morph for sure but the other had gray in the body, but reddish in its head. After that I spotted a Swallow-tailed Kite soaring through my backyard. I also saw a pair of some kind of bird. Heres the details: The bird was like a great egrets size. It had an oval body. It had a tail. Didin't see the legs. All white. It flapped every two seconds. Then I went on my bike and saw about 8 Monk Parakeets, 2 Hill Mynas, Downy Woodpecker, Purple Martin, Chimney Swift and the usual.
Hey John: I'll give you some details of the mystery bird but I suggest that it would be much better if you see it on a tv. It has a white collar around its neck. Small grayinsh spots on its neck to middle body. Yellowish undertail. Small and thin beak. Gray crown. Also it had a black stripe through its eye. Like a Black-Whiskered Vireo. Bu its not that. Even Alex doesen't know what it is. It looks like a Variegated Flycatcher. It lacks all the black strips on its belly. Please someone help! Thankyou
Another bird me and Alex were trying to find out was a sparrow like bird. Heres the details: It has black-white black-white strips all over its body including the belly. It had a rufous color on its primary feather (small) It had a white stripe on the tip of its head. The tail is about 2 inches. It had two thick black stripes on the sides of its neck. I was spotted in NW of North Carolina in Maggie Valley. It was early spring. Still very cold there. It was close to the bushes and hoping around the grass and leaves. This is the most details I can give. Thankyou. Great Birding. I'm going to the Everglades on monday around the Royal Palm area and the Long Pine key trails. Great Birding!