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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_184496_24188190.1177794076537 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi again, Arthur Cleveland Bent's Life Histories, publshed originally in 1937,refers only to White-tailed Kite as the N.American species, so I wonder at what point it was referred to as Black-shouldered? I recall that older european field guides referred to White-tailed, so at some point it looks as if there was a complete name switch between the two - all very confusing! Richard On 4/28/07, Eric L. Mills <e.mills@dal.ca> wrote: > > Dear Ulli, Clarence et al., > > White-tailed Kite is the current name of the former Black-shouldered Kite > in North America. > Older field-guides list the species by the latter name. > > White-tailed Kites are mainly southwestern, but there is a small > population in Florida, and > there are some overshoot records from the northeastern USA in spring and > summer. > > Having said all that, the last Kite that I followed up on turned out to be > a male Northern > Harrier. So some caution is advisable. > > Eric > > > On 28 Apr 2007 at 9:09, Ulli Hoeger wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > The reported sighting of a possible Black shouldered Kite raised a few > questions. > > > > The Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) appears to be a resident of > Australia. Close relatives > > are the Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) of North Africa/Southern > Europe and the White- > > tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) found in Central America. All three appear > to be very similar in their > > appearance and the first two were once even considered subspecies. > > > > Given the similarities in appearance I would be interested in details of > the description which led to > > the name tag for the bird and excluded other possibilities (simply for > the fact that I am the > > seasonal editor of the section in question for NSBirds). > > > > All three Elanus species would are very unlikely sightings in NS, but > the Australian Black- > > shouldered would be the least expected one. Not sure how common those > kites are as pets or in > > wildlife collections so that there is the possibility of an escaped > individual. The White-tailed Kite > > would be at least a resident of this continent. > > > > Sure and interesting report and I hope for further news on it. After > all, birds have wings and some > > know how to use them efficiently. > > > > Cheers > > > > Ulli > > > > > > > > Clarence Stevens <birder_ca@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi All, I just hung up the phone from Adrienne Maynard who gave a > perfect > > description of a Black shouldered Kite that was at her place in > Williamswood on > > Wednesday. Unfortunately the bird has not been seen again. However > if it does > > resurface there she promises to report immediately. I am passing > this report > > along in hopes that it might be rediscovered somewhere else, perhaps > further > > along the coast. I would expect that Tom Kavanaugh's place in Canso > or the > > nearby Chapel Gully Park would be on the list of good places to > check. - Cheers > > & Good Luck, Clarence > > > > > > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk > email the boot with the > > All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > > > > > > > > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > > Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos. > > -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_184496_24188190.1177794076537 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hi again,</div> <div> </div> <div>Arthur Cleveland Bent's Life Histories, publshed originally in 1937,refers only to White-tailed Kite as the N.American species, so I wonder at what point it was referred to as Black-shouldered? I recall that older european field guides referred to White-tailed, so at some point it looks as if there was a complete name switch between the two - all very confusing! </div> <div> </div> <div>Richard<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric L. Mills</b> <e.mills@dal.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Dear Ulli, Clarence et al.,<br><br>White-tailed Kite is the current name of the former Black-shouldered Kite in North America. <br>Older field-guides list the species by the latter name.<br><br>White-tailed Kites are mainly southwestern, but there is a small population in Florida, and<br>there are some overshoot records from the northeastern USA in spring and summer. <br><br>Having said all that, the last Kite that I followed up on turned out to be a male Northern<br>Harrier. So some caution is advisable.<br><br>Eric<br><br><br>On 28 Apr 2007 at 9:09, Ulli Hoeger wrote:<br><br>><br> > Hello,<br>><br>> The reported sighting of a possible Black shouldered Kite raised a few questions.<br>><br>> The Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) appears to be a resident of Australia. Close relatives <br>> are the Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) of North Africa/Southern Europe and the White-<br>> tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) found in Central America. All three appear to be very similar in their<br>> appearance and the first two were once even considered subspecies. <br>><br>> Given the similarities in appearance I would be interested in details of the description which led to<br>> the name tag for the bird and excluded other possibilities (simply for the fact that I am the<br> > seasonal editor of the section in question for NSBirds).<br>><br>> All three Elanus species would are very unlikely sightings in NS, but the Australian Black-<br>> shouldered would be the least expected one. Not sure how common those kites are as pets or in <br>> wildlife collections so that there is the possibility of an escaped individual. The White-tailed Kite<br>> would be at least a resident of this continent.<br>><br>> Sure and interesting report and I hope for further news on it. After all, birds have wings and some <br>> know how to use them efficiently.<br>><br>> Cheers<br>><br>> Ulli<br>><br>><br>><br>> Clarence Stevens <birder_ca@yahoo.com> wrote:<br>> Hi All, I just hung up the phone from Adrienne Maynard who gave a perfect <br>> description of a Black shouldered Kite that was at her place in Williamswood on<br>> Wednesday. Unfortunately the bird has not been seen again. However if it does<br>> resurface there she promises to report immediately. I am passing this report <br>> along in hopes that it might be rediscovered somewhere else, perhaps further<br>> along the coast. I would expect that Tom Kavanaugh's place in Canso or the<br>> nearby Chapel Gully Park would be on the list of good places to check. - Cheers <br>> & Good Luck, Clarence<br>><br>><br>> Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the<br>> All-new Yahoo! Mail at <a href="http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca"> http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca</a><br>><br>><br>><br>> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?<br>> Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"> <br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr.Richard Stern, <br>70 Exhibition St.<br>Kentville, NS<br>B4N 4K9<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams<br>B0P 1T0<br><br><a href="mailto:rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca"> rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca</a><br>rbstern@xcountry.tv
sternrichard@gmail.com<br>################### ------=_Part_184496_24188190.1177794076537--
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