Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 05:17:36 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: marty cribb Subject: mississippi kite sighting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everyone, On my way back from Leonardtown on 5/15 at 11:05 I = observed an adult MISSISSIPPI KITE being mobbed by several AMERICAN = CROWS near the intersection of Md Rt 5 & Md Rt 235 in the town of Ridge, = Md.. The MIKI was in a small kettle of TURKEY VULTURES & BLACK VULTURES. = The BLVU & TUVU appeared to be migrants as they continued north = following the ridge line however I lost sight of the MIKI as it dropped = into the trees on the edge of an agricultural field to get away from the = crows. Good Birding, Marty Cribb, Point Lookout, St Marys Co, Md ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================