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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jim M." data-source="post: 1280968" data-attributes="member: 60675">There are a pair of Mississippi Kites in New Hampshire at the moment.  They successfully nested there this year.  In Massachusetts, we get a few reports of Mississippi Kites and Swallow-tailed Kites (off the Cape and Islands) each year.  So southern kites are certainly a possibility.  However, White-tailed Kite seems to be the rarest of these.Over the years, I recall seeing brief glimpses of a number of kite-like birds that I could not identify.  Frustrating, but if birding was always easy it would not be as satisfying when we find a good bird.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />By the way, Sibley indicates White-tailed Kite usually adopts a dihedral (like a Turkey Vulture) flight posture.  Not sure if it soared at all to reveal a definite posture.Best,Jim</blockquote>