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Re: Kite update

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Gail Mackiernan

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:03:39 -0400

Thanks Sean --

We can't go up until tomorrow due to scheduling conflicts so if anyone sees
the kites today please post to Osprey?

Thanks a heap,
Gail and Barry
Colesville, MD

on 06/08/2004 8:44 PM, sean mccandless at  wrote:

> Hi Gail and everyone. Believe it or not as perfect as the weather was,
> the wind kept changing direction and was often coming out of the East.
> Not the preferred direction. Anyway, when I arrived home around 3:45,
> I pulled up a chair and with in about 15 or 20 minutes I had a adult male
> Mississippi Kite circle to the South east of us. I am told that the
> Swallow-tailed Kite
> was seen this morning briefly. Around 5 pm we were treated to an
> sub-adult Mississippi Kite swooping and diving acrobatically so low
> that at one point the Kite was below eye level.
> It came in and circled what seemed like 25 or 30 feet above us.
> I could see the red eye with my binoculars with no problem.
> I see these Kites almost every day and am never tired of seeing them.
> It is always so nice enjoying these birds with a great group of birders.
> Thanks for coming!
> Happy Birding.
> Sean McCandless
>
>