[obol] Another WHITE-TAILED KITE in Washington County

[Dennis P. Vroman]

Jeff may have hit on something here.  As all of us, Kites have to eat. 
Flooding could have displaced or drowned out the vole and other rodent 
population.  If so, there wouldn't be much to lunch on for the Kites. 
What's going on with other vole foraging bird species in this particular 
area?

Dennis



> The area near the City of Tillamook where kites normally winter had
> unprecedented flooding early in the winter.  That could have resulted in
> them being missing there, and as you suggest, being in Washington County.
> Jeff.
>
>
> On 3/12/07 2:24 PM, "Norgren Family" <gnorgren at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>      I saw a White-tailed Kite perched
>> on a broken ash tree along the West Fork of
>> Dairy Creek at 8:30 this morning. It was
>> west of the jct of Van Dehey Lane and Hwy 47.
>> This is almost 30km west of where I saw one
>> 8 days ago in WEst Union. I don't know if
>> it's the same bird, but only one other person
>> reported seeing the one last week and it was
>> absent on all my subsequent visits.
>>      VanDehey Lane is a dead end road creating
>> an island of residential land in a vast expanse
>> of low-intensity agriculture and riparian zones.
>> I have lived here nearly 14 yrs and only drove
>> down it last week for the first time as it provides
>> good viewing access to a lot of country. Hwy 47
>> is NOT the place to park for raptor counts or
>> much of anything else. I suspect no other birder
>> has ventured down there before either.
>>       Not only is this one of only 3 or 4 Kites I
>> have seen in Washington County since 1980, but it
>> is the first time I've seen them here twice in
>> the same year. Perhaps this accounts in some small
>> part for the missing Kites in Tillamook and Yamhill
>> counties.     Lars Norgren
>>
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