A Lost Mississippi Kite

Kind of rare for New Hampsha. Locals say this pair have been around at least four years running though....

Exciting find and very nice shots. In flight one very cool.

Those are wonderful photos of a neat raptor. When I lived in Texas some years ago, during spring migration large groups of MS Kites would set down rather late in the day, hours after other hawks called it a day, and leave early in the morning, much earlier than thermal-dependent migrant raptors.

Super job,

Great shots.

Greg_8 wrote in post #17584877
Exciting find and very nice shots. In flight one very cool.

Exciting find indeed ! Thanks for checking in. I have never seen one of these beauties in the wild. Never imagined those beautiful red wing windows either !

coopert wrote in post #17584986
Those are wonderful photos of a neat raptor. When I lived in Texas some years ago, during spring migration large groups of MS Kites would set down rather late in the day, hours after other hawks called it a day, and leave early in the morning, much earlier than thermal-dependent migrant raptors.

Lucky you ! For now I can only dream of the day I get to see a string of these kites....

Pondrader wrote in post #17584987
Super job,

Thanks Jeff, I appreciate that. I'm headed back for another go this afternoon. Their nest can't be too far away.

Peter2516 wrote in post #17585116
Great shots.

Thanks Peter... all relevant I suppose. I just saw Ari Hazeghi's work with these beauties. Had I seen them before I might not have posted !

Wow what a gorgeous bird! You did a wonderful job of capturing him or her. If there is a pair there will soon be more.

butterfly2937 wrote in post #17585922
Wow what a gorgeous bird! You did a wonderful job of capturing him or her. If there is a pair there will soon be more.

Thanks for that..... hope I'm lucky enough to be on deck when the new guy hits the block !
Here is a link to one little guys maiden voyage. Have fun out there !

https://video.search.y​ahoo.com …s-001&hspart=mozilla&tt=​b

Very nicely done, Congrats to you!

Oldjackssparrows wrote in post #17586175
Very nicely done, Congrats to you!

Thanks Mahn !

Very nice shots

Lovely captures, great looking bird.

soonerjh wrote in post #17603972
Very nice shots

Thanks John...... First time I've seen one of these guys in the wild.

Lester Wareham wrote in post #17604986
Lovely captures, great looking bird.

Ain't he handsome Lester ? Thanks for your comments.