On Monday, April 8, 2013 8:56:08 PM UTC-4, Philip Brody wrote:
> At about 2pm today over the main impoundment Hughes Hollow, a sub adult Mississippi Kite soaring and circling high in the sky. There were lots of other birds including a Redhead, Ring-necked ducks, Widgeons, Blue-winged Teals also and number of Great Egrets, Great Blues, a fishing Kingfisher, Tree Swallows, Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Wood-ducks, a yellow Palm Warbler, a Yellow-rump The most interesting, however, was the Mississippi and particularly that it was a sub adult. I'm attaching a number of views of the kite to help ascertain the year.
Looks like an Osprey to me. All classic Osprey flight poses, shows a bit of a necklace, hooked bill, tail pattern of an Osprey not a MIKI, rounded tail not squared like MIKI...
Osprey.
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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