Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 12:20:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Frederick Fallon <fwfallon@user2.mnsinc.com> To: mdosprey@ARI.Net Subject: Re: Mississippi Kites, Pt. Lookout, MD, 5/17/98 You may be interested in this possibly related observation - on May 2, Jane Fallon and I closely observed a MIKI at Aquasco, in s. PG Co. - this apparently a sub-adult male. Fred Fallon Bowie MD fwfallon@mnsinc.com On Mon, 18 May 1998, Norm Saunders wrote: > 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 > =============== Norm Saunders Colesville, MD osprey@ari.net