In St. Mary's, and southern Calvert, we have significant numbers of cicadas. At our house, we hear them droning at all hours including the middle of the night. We were away on vacation until Sunday night�but have been vigilant for kites of either species since�and so far haven't seen any. We'll be spending several hours in the middle of the day to early afternoon at Historic St. Mary's City on Saturday. This was at the southern extent of Brood II in 1996. This is also in the vicinity of where it's possible that Mississippi Kites nested during the atlas (at least that's the rumor I heard). There's lots of open fields edged with large oaks so should have some cicadas and looks like good kite habitat. We'll certainly be on the lookout!
Tyler Bell
<jtylerbell...>
California, Maryland
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From: Marcia Watson <mww...>
To: world oceans <world.oceans7...>
Cc: <susiericc...>; mdbirding <mdbirding...>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Wednesday, May 29, 2013
I recall that there was an influx of Mississippi Kites at several locations in MD in conjunction with the cicada brood that emerged in 2004. �I'm sure many birders �remember being entertained at Sean McCandless's house in Cecil County by daily views of kites hawking cicadas from the air. �Even though the current cicada brood is not found in all parts of MD, it may be drawing kites to the region.
Marcia
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Marcia Watson
Bowie, MD
<mww...>
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:52 AM, world oceans <world.oceans7...> wrote:
Sue, This is excellent -- a real kite spring for you! By the way, in the process of observing kites on and off in the Southeast over the past year, I've encountered a number of reports which turned out to be N. Harriers or Am. Kestrels and possibly a Merlin, rather than Miss. Kites as reported. The kite is not always as easy to identify as the field guides would lead one to believe!
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>Nice work!
>James Gibson
>Silver Spring
>On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:01 AM, <susiericc...> wrote:
>Fort Smallwood Park
>>Pasadena, Maryland, USA
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>>Daily Raptor Counts: May 29, 2013
>>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
>>Black Vulture 1 49 550
>>Turkey Vulture 15 919 7304
>>Osprey 2 75 521
>>Bald Eagle 2 85 160
>>Northern Harrier 0 12 71
>>Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 75 845
>>Cooper's Hawk 2 31 271
>>Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
>>Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 257
>>Broad-winged Hawk 66 506 620
>>Red-tailed Hawk 0 43 246
>>Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
>>Golden Eagle 0 0 1
>>American Kestrel 0 2 273
>>Merlin 0 5 39
>>Peregrine Falcon 1 3 5
>>Unknown Accipiter 0 4 14
>>Unknown Buteo 0 2 8
>>Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
>>Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
>>Unknown Raptor 0 8 17
>>Mississippi Kite 1 16 16
>>Total: 90 1837 11219
>>Observation start time: 9:30 am
>>Observation end time: 3:00 pm� Daylight Savings time
>>Total observation time: 5.5 hours
>>Official Counter Sue Ricciardi
>>Observers: Mary Jane McMillan Weather:Partly cloudy; 75-87 degrees; poor to fair visibility with haze; winds mostly from the WSW, 6-10 mphRaptor Observations:A pretty good day for migrants this late in the season; another Mississippi Kite, unaged, at 11:45 am daylight time, flying directly north. We are retracting the first of the ten Mississippi Kites counted on May 21. This individual was observed at quite a distance, but photos were taken. One of them appeared in an ebird list and some questions were raised. The entire set of photos was then distributed to several experts and the consensus was that a few of the photos favored American Kestrel while others were inconclusive. Happily, with today's kite, the total for the season stands at 16, a record number. Non-raptor Observations:ebird list:� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14285612
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Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi (<susiericc...>)Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html
>>Site Description:Fort Smallwood Park is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay atthe mouth of the Patapsco River, 11 miles south of Baltimore, MD. Bestwinds are from the southwest. The Park is closed to visitors on Wednesdays.
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