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Help ID this bird
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07/11/16 03:49 AM
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McKinneyLonghorn
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11716032
07/11/16 04:07 AM
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Joined: Oct 2007
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5Redman8
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Mississippi Kite is correct
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11716110
07/11/16 08:13 AM
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Joined: Apr 2009
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Luke57
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Yes it's a kite they won't leave my chickens alone
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11717196
07/11/16 08:18 PM
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fouzman
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Yes it's a kite they won't leave my chickens alone Sounds like you're not the only one. From the most recent Game Warden Field Notes Chicken Coop is Probable Cause A Houston County game warden received a call from a local vet clinic about a hawk type bird that had been brought in with an injury. The bird had been shot with a pellet gun. The warden identified the bird as a Mississippi kite. The bird had been found in a backyard in Crockett. The warden talked to the family that had found the bird and noticed a chicken coop in their neighbors backyard. Without any more info than just the bird being found, the warden did a knock and talk with the neighbor and got a confession to shooting the kite. While the Mississippi kite is not an endangered species, it is federally-protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Cases pending.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11735795
07/22/16 04:00 AM
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McKinneyLonghorn
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Not sure there are any chicken coops around, but there are lots of bird baths and more mourning, white wing and collared dove then you could shoot in 100 life times.
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11742980
07/26/16 04:31 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
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bogey♂
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They will dive at you so be careful.
you know, nothing wrong with seven men who met on the internet going for a swim together
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
#11747557
07/29/16 01:22 AM
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machinist
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We had a couple of pairs of Kites the roosted in some tall cottonwood around the neighborhood. I had a old Heddon Meadow Mouse that I took the hooks off of and when I would see them flying around I would throw the Mouse in the alley and go Kite fishing. Man those things can dive and they loved that Mouse until one of them broke my line and stole my Mouse. It was lots of fun though.
I fish on the edge and stay out of the middle
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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07/29/16 02:27 AM
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TxDanFishMan
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We have 5 Kites that hang out in our neighborhood in Keller and many more around town. They come back every summer and I've read they migrate to South America in the winter but who knows for sure. I enjoy watching them soar high on hot days and each morning and evening come hunt for locust while pearched from our tallest tree in the backyard. I only see them hunting insects and never other birds or animals.
Last edited by TxDanFishMan; 07/29/16 02:29 AM.
Slide right, coming in .... Fish On!
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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09/29/16 02:10 AM
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Pinkus
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I've got a few hanging around the house, they are after my chickens by day and then owls come after em at night. Got to where cant let em out anymore cause they keep disappearing, I WANT to shoot em cause I've seen em eyeballing the wife new weiner dog puppy to
Last edited by Pinkus; 09/29/16 02:13 AM.
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: Laker One]
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09/29/16 09:06 PM
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Joined: Jul 2010
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banker-always fishing
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Pumpkin Head
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Awesome! Plus #1.
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Help ID this bird
[Re: McKinneyLonghorn]
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10/03/16 09:33 PM
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HFF
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Yup, Kite's thin out our squirrels every year
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