Forwarded message below from a young lady from Binghamton. Rather
bad news for the kites this year.
Andy Mason
Hi,
My mom and I took a trip to see the Mississippi Kites in Root, Ny
last Tuesday.
We had many lengthy, good looks at the Kites (1 at a time as there was always
one on the nest). I have attached a few pictures of them
flying. We also took
an unexpected trip up yesterday after my mom's work was
cancelled. We immediately
knew something was wrong when we saw both kites at the same time far
away from the
nest. We met a local man who told us that he had found the kite
nestling on the ground
dead, he believes killed by crows. We did not get as good looks
yesterday but for the
first time saw them perched together (far away-behind branches-no
good pictures). We did
have them both flying for about one hour at a time however.
Happy Birding,
Courtney
Andrew Mason
1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY 12093
(607) 652-2162
andyma...@earthling.net
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