#Mississippi kite birds of prey delaware series

Tim Daniel of the Ohio Division of Wildlife is one of the Midwest's best wildlife photographers, and you'll see why when you view the following series of photos, taken yesterday. It is going to be a major kite party, from 9 am until noon, and many birders are planning on coming. Elizabeth has been fantastic about jumping through hoops to allow birders in to the gated Hide-A-Way-Hills community to see the birds this Saturday, too. It is entirely due to her work that we are able to finally document the actual nest of a kite in Ohio. I really want to thank the Hide-A-Way-Hills homeowner, Elizabeth vanBalen Delphia, for finding the birds and bringing them to light. Sorry for the short notice on this one, but circumstances just didn't Possible to turn in any names after that. To know if you would like to go by 5 pm tomorrow, as it won't be I'll send interested parties directions as well. Visit the kites, please e-mail me your name so that we can provide it to We will make sure that you are provided access. So, if you are able to make the trip between 9 am and noon, Hide-A-Way-Hills on occasion, but will be there this Saturday morning,Īugust 21st. See these birds, and the landowner has very graciously helped to work

We really want to help provide an opportunity for interested parties to The gate must have an authorized name for entry. Just wander in permission from a landowner is required and the guard at Located in Hide-A-Way-Hills, a private resort that is gated. The reason for not getting the word out earlier is that the kite nest is Hopefully we can look forward to seeing even more future expansion of

One has to wonder how many others might be out there, and Now we have this pair in northern HockingĬounty. The Brass Ring Golf Course pair in southern HockingĬounty came to light in 2007 (Ohio's first breeding record), and theįollowing year a pair was noted in nearby Athens County, although It appears that Mississippi Kites are colonizing the Hocking River I'll post some of these to my blog later tonight: Tim took an absolutely incredible series of photos of both the juvenileĪnd the adults, including a stunner of one of the adults eating a cicada Mississippi Kites normally have two eggs per clutch. And the other youngster is already out andįree-flying. Into something, you can pretty well be sure there is a kitelet in there But whenĪdult kites are flying to the nest with annual cicadas and stuffing them Youngster in the nest, although the nest is high enough off the groundĪnd concealed well enough that the contents can't be seen. We never could find the nest at theīrass Ring Golf Course in southern Hocking County even though the birdsĪs of right now, it appears that the adult kites are still feeding one The site due to a meeting, but Tim Daniel, photographer for the Ohioĭivision of Wildlife, was able to make the trip and Tim deserves majorĬongratulations for finding the actual nest - the first nest of a By now it wasĬlear that there was an active nest nearby. When possible, and called early yesterday morning to report that a newīird - heavily striped below - had appeared on the scene. Which showed two adults in the same tree. An alert homeowner had tipped me to theseīirds a few weeks back, then followed up later with some photos, one of Read on for a post that I made to the Ohio Birds Listserv today that briefly summarizes the situation:Įxciting news! An active nest of Mississippi Kites has been discovered Mississippi Kites are a very new addition to Ohio's breeding avifauna, having only been confirmed as nesters.