Re: Mississippi Kites, Pt. Lookout, MD, 5/17/98
Gary A. Griffith (brdnsum@dpnet.net)
Mon, 18 May 98 20:33:02 PDT
Tyler and Jane,
Nice call on the Mississippi Kites. I'll have to go spend some time searching up here tomorrow. Marcia Whitmyre and I had a single here in Cecil 5/11/96, so pretty close timing.
Wonder if Jim Stasz can shed some light on other sightings of same species during May in Maryland ?
Gary A. Griffith (BrdNSum@dpnet.net)
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> From: BELL@say.acnatsci.org
> Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 14:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
> To: md-smas-general@list.audubon.org, mdosprey@ari.NET,
> voice@capaccess.org,
> birder@www.lightind.com, jlstasz@aol.com
> Subject: Mississippi Kites, Pt. Lookout, MD, 5/17/98
>
> Jane Kostenko and I were birding at Pt. Lookout State
> Park, MD this morning, 5/17/98. At about 10:00 a.m.
> we were in the picnic area when we saw an adult
> MISSISSIPPI KITE fly overhead, toward the Potomac
> then out of sight to the south. Jack and Paula
> Sullivan from Alexandria, VA, were also present.
> Fellow birder Bob Boxwell arrived shortly after
> and while trying to relocate the bird, we found
> 3 more! These birds were also flying south over
> the point and to the south. We are unsure if there
> were 3 or 4 birds total but there were at least
> 3. Has anyone in Woodbridge lost any kites?!
>
> There is no question about the identification of
> these birds as Jane and I just saw several hundred
> of them in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas in April
> while attending the ABA convention there.
>
> Good Birding!
> Tyler Bell and Jane Kostenko
> bell@acnatsci.org & jkostenko@osprey.smcm.edu
> California, MD
> 301-862-4623
>