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MISSISSIPPI KITE - GREENVILLE, NC
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: MISSISSIPPI KITE - GREENVILLE, NC
- From: "Brad Carlson" <bradcarlson1@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 20:31:54 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Today while enjoying the cooler weather, and working in our yard, I caught a
glimpse out of the corner of my eye of some large birds low overhead. I
looked up and saw two low flying Turkey Vultures. Not a rare sight for me
in Greenville, but I don't usually see them so low and directly over my
yard. What really caught my eye was a third raptor soaring with them. It
was a first year MISSISSIPPI KITE over my house! I ran inside to get my
wife Pat and a pair of binoculars. She was able to get on the bird quickly.
I immediately went back inside to get my scope too. No sooner had I set
it up, and found the kite, when it broke away from the Turkey Vultures, and
made a fast departure to the North.
I have seen adult Mississippi Kites near the Tar River in Greenville a
couple of times in previous years in the Spring. I have never seen them
anywhere near my house, nor have I seen any of these dispersing first year
birds anywhere in NC. It was one of my better yard birds!
-Brad Carlson
Winterville, NC
BradCarlson1@hotmail.com
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