Readers often email me this time of year, sometimes with accompanying photos, to find out the identity of a sleek, grayish, hawklike bird. What they are usually seeing is a Mississippi kite, and ...

Sleek, graceful, pearly-gray 15-inch-long falcon-like birds with three-foot wingspans, black tails and red eyes — Mississippi kites, as the name suggests, typically inhabit southern climes. In 2007, ...

A Mississippi kite nest was found with one chick, and at least three adults were seen in the same area in Newmarket on July 23.This sighting was included in the New Hampshire Audubon's rare bird alert ...

With the annual Pilot Mountain Hawk Watch only a week away, my birding focus is shifting to raptors. For three weeks in September, local birders scan the skies at the mountain for migrating hawks, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A homeowner in Midlothian was in for a surprise when they found out the “baby owl” they spotted in their backyard was actually a species of bird that didn’t belong in Virginia.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AGFC) - This week's bird will be the Mississippi Kite. This is a graceful, medium-sized hawk with long wings and a squared tail that is common throughout central, southern, and ...

The Mississippi Kite has been spotted nesting in a Parkville neighborhood. The bird of prey has been expanding its habitat in recent years. "It's a neat thing," said Larry Rizzo, a natural history ...

MANKATO — On a balmy late August day, Jim Amundson, of Lake Crystal, was settling into his daily routine of counting raptors passing through the Minnesota River Valley at Land of Memories Park in ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Late July and early August is usually a relatively slow time for birding in Alabama. For most birds, the breeding season has ended, and it's too soon for most migrants, such as ...

WHO: Taquito the baby bird. WHAT: A lost Mississippi kite hatchling is wrapped in a flour tortilla and saved. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: We here at Texas Monthly are smitten with animals. Our regular ...

Here's who to email or call to report a sighting. Sightings have been reported in these Mississippi counties. Information about sightings helps biologists monitor, protect nesting neighborhoods.

Readers often email me this time of year, sometimes with accompanying photos, to find out the identity of a sleek, grayish, hawklike bird. What they are usually seeing is a Mississippi kite, and ...