Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:25:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Lynn & Hal Subject: Mississippi Kite - new atlas bird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saturday, June 21 around 9 am, we located a Mississippi Kite circling = over the trees north of the Blackwater River, southwest of the town of = Church Creek in Dorchester County. We watched it for about 10 minutes = from Harrisville Road, as it caught a rising thermal and then soared in = our direction. As it neared, we could make out the white head and some = white in the secondaries. Because we didn't get a good enough look to = tell whether it had tail bands or not, we're not 100% sure it was an = adult, but it was most likely an adult due to the amount of white in the = secondaries. It disappeared over another section of the forest, last = seen heading in a generally westerly direction. We'll be returning to the area frequently to see if we can upgrade this = record from Possible breeding to Probable (or even better!!!). Cheers, Lynn & Hal Arnold, MD =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================