Dave Czaplak just phoned to say that he saw a Mississippi Kite circling around near Carderock. He said the bird was mostly on the Virginia side of the river and even over Virginia itself (the state border on the non-tidal Potomac runs right on the Virginia shore). He thought that it might be heading downstream. He saw the bird around 11:30 am. Rob Hilton, stuck once more in the office May 26, 1999