Hi All, After seeing Chris and Jessie's Yellow-throated Warbler in the hot afternoon, and joking about all the kites that must be flying over today, I plopped down in a lawn chair in my front yard (Northeast Ithaca) for a sky watch - Amazingly, among the 3 raptors I saw in about 20 minutes was a first-summer MISSISSIPPI KITE, which flew in from the east, then circled higher and higher and drifted off to the north towards Lansing.
The bird showed typical longish pointy wings and short triangular tail, but appeared pretty ratty-looking, with strong "wing windows" visible against the bright sun - definitely not an adult. The other birds I saw were an equally ratty-looking sub-adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK and a high-cruising TURKEY VULTURE. Birds are definitely moving! KEN ********************************************** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
