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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnJos" data-source="post: 1280266" data-attributes="member: 58536">I tend to agree that what I saw is probably not a White-tailed Kite.  Just too far out of range for it but gave it consideration because (1) I could not find anything else in my guidebooks that fit the description and (2) I thought that maybe the hurricane winds may have pushed this one far astray.I can see from the photo you provided that the black spot near the wrist on the underwing coverts could blend in.  But other photos, in particular the one on the BNA website, do show it very pronounced and list it as a distinguishing fieldmark.  The black dots were very pronounced on the bird I saw, effectively overshadowing every other distinguishing characteristic during the brief time the bird was in view.I'm sure I'll never know for certain what bird I saw.  But I don't know of any other possibilities either.  I've seen enough ospreys to rule it out.  It could have been a gull but I haven't ever seen on fly over my backyard in the nine years I've been living there and I know of no gulls that show even a vaguely similar fieldmarks on the underwing coverts.  We get sharpies and coopers and red-tails regularly.  My property is just too far from type habitats that a gull or an osprey would frequent.Thanks for your thoughts Niels, I appreciate your input.</blockquote>