In a message dated 9/9/2006 6:02:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

saw a  MISSISSIPPI KITE in Darnestown, Montgomery County MD today at 3:30 pm. 
at the  intersection of Springfield Road and Seneca Road (MD Rte 112).  It 
was  flying southwest, then banked and circled once, then flew in a leisurely  
figure 8, then appeared to go for an insect (dragonfly? a number were in the  
air at the time), before heading north.  I watched it for approximately 3  
minutes.  First one I have ever seen in the county.  - Don Simonson,  Darnestown md



Hi all,
 I just got home and picked up a phone message from the machine  stating that 
the caller had seen an adult MISSISSIPPI KITE at the Cabin John  Regional 
Park off Westlake Blvd., from near the powerline cut behind the  ballfields area, 
at approx. 7:30 this morning. The observer (James Swanson)  indicated that he 
thought the bird was perhaps perched on one of the power poles  and that he 
spooked it into flight when he walked into the power line  area.
 
He said also that he only watched it briefly before it flew off heading  
south. He said it was OK for me to give his phone number out here but that he  
might not be around to answer calls tomorrow, and he might go back in the early  
AM to look for it again. 

His number for those interested in trying to chase this county rarity,  is 
301-928-9171. 
 
Good luck!

Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD
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