Rare Immature Mississippi Kite!
Rare immature Mississippi Kite! If you look at their range map, they’re not even supposed to be in my area!
Photo taken on August 14, 2022
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7
Bow Chicka Wow Wow
Mating Mississippi Kites. A rare visitor to the northeast.
Mississippi kite
These Kits showed up this spring 2020. They courted and mated this spring. I was hoping to find the nest. I have discovered we have two pair here now. I am still trying to locate the nest. Very difficult due to all the large trees in the neighborhood.
Mississippi Kite
I saw the first one a few days ago, but got pictures of 2 today. They are common in the summer but disappear in the fall.
2nd migrant of the year
This red eyed vireo was singing high up in the oak trees around my yard. The same day, I saw the first Mississippi kite of the year; pretty exciting! Kites are pretty common here in the summer.