ictinia mississippiensis

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Ash Creek Park, Azel, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. Fort Worth Prairie within the Cross Timbers and Prairies Vegational Area. Open field adjacent to Ash Creek riparian at ca. 202 m (663 ft) elevation.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Sexes similar in appearance but female is larger. Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open Park setting at the edge of remnant gallery woods in a low area at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Adult. Sexes similar. Photographed from my back yard. Open manicured area with Post Oaks (Quercus stellata) at ca. 101 m (330 ft) elevation. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Juvenile. Sexes similar. West Monroe, Quachita Parish, Louisiana. Urban setting, an old abandoned golf course. Situated in the Black Bayou Watershed west of the Quachita River surrounded by remnant mixed pine/hardwood forest.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Subadult. Sexes similar. Wichita Falls, Lucy Park, Wichita County, Texas, USA. Manicured park in the floodplain of the Wichita River with small remnant riparian forest at ca. 283 m (928 ft) elevation.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Sexes similar. Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, near Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA. Mixed grass prairie with granitic uplifts. Elevation ca. 462 m (1,400 ft).

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) The smaller male is on the left and top. Just east of Thomas Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Riparian dominated by Cedar Elm of a small un-named tributary at ca. 78 m (256 ft) elevation.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Just east of Thomas Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Riparian dominated by Cedar Elm of a small un-named tributary at ca. 78 m (256 ft) elevation.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Juvenile. Overhead in a kettle of 14. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. A gray bird against a gray sky but you still have to try (lol). Urban, disturbed Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Adult, sexes similar. Overhead in a kettle of 14. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. A gray bird against a gray sky but you still have to try (lol). Urban, disturbed Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area.

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) juvenile. Sexes similar. We had at least four pair rear young in Brazos County this year. Observation was based on adult pairs with young in late spring. They have been here since spring and have just left in the last few weeks. It seems odd not...

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Photographed along the margins of the City of Bryans municipal lake in Astin Recreation Area, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Park-like setting with scattered post oaks; the municipal golf course is on the opposite side of the lake at 94 m (308 ft)...

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis). Photographed this subadult at Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. It is eating a Differential Grasshopper of which it has already stripped its wings. Open park with scattered pecan, hackberry and elm trees at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation...

It was something that I never seen before. I counted them, but lost the count at 150. It was a large gathering of the birds of prey. For about 20 minutes they were doing the ballet in the air. Does anyone have the explaination for this behaviour? I happened on October 16, 2007 in Chapada dos...