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After a tip from a friend about a Mississippi Kite here in Wisconsin, I decided to check it out. I arrived early and found this male bird perched in a dead tree in the area it might be found. I watched it for awhile as it repeatedly went for large flying insects and dragonflies or it perched. It preened a lot and when it was not preening it just remained perched looking for something to eat. Once I saw it fly and could see why it got the name “kite”. The bird was trying to get something on the side of a leafed out deciduous tree and it was flying like a kite would look, both top of the wings facing me, make like small radius’s in a figure-eight. Pretty cool to see! Obviously a life bird. Sorry, I can not share this location. The early morning started out cloudy but soon gave way to some sunshine. Images were taken on August 16, 2019.
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The Mississippi Kite is found perched in a tree after looking sometime for it…
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The Mississippi leaves the perch and does some flying around in the area, always looking for things to eat…
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Always searching for food…
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Must have excellent vision as it went for an insect about 500 feet away from the perch at the bottom of tree…
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Cruising low in search of things to eat…
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Close by overhead…
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Returning to the perch, it flies over me…
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After some time the Mississippi Kite returns to the area…soaring low, always looking for something to eat…
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Searching…
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Searching…
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Off a ways in search of…
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A pass over me…
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Soaring around the area…
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Here the bird appears to be onto something that I could not see.