After a week without success, this morning I finally spotted one of the pairs of Mississippi kites confirmed to be nesting right now on the NH Seacoast!!!!! We got 2 hrs of gorgeous flyovers, lots of successful prey captures, and vocalizations galore. I am on cloud nine!!!!!!! 🌿🪶
So beautiful!!
I’m obsessed!
YES!!! That’s awesome! I’m so glad your patience was rewarded !
Thank you!!!! Hard work pays off 💪🏼
Perfect lighting, great shots!
Thank you!
Nesting?!! In NH!?! Wow!
I feel like they first started showing up in Newmarket or Exeter or something like that. I remember going to see them about 20 years ago, but I haven’t been back to look since then.
Yes! If I recall correctly, it was Newmarket first ~2004. So odd to see them here but I love it!
Which town are they in now? I assume they must be leaving soon.
There are confirmed nests in Durham and Dover. The Durham youngster is def close to fledging, and I believe the Dover one is as well. So I believe so!
Love Mississippi kites! They glide so gracefully.
Sorry for all the harsh crops, but look at these beauties! In addition to our kites we got so many other raptors: osprey, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, and broad-winged hawk! 🪶🌿
Hawk migration time is awesome! Or maybe these are all regulars. It’s excellent either way
Regulars, but it’s gonna get even more hawk-y here soon and I’m stoked!
What a beaut!
Beautiful! They look like mirror-images they way they're posted. Great catches!
A happy accident! Thank you ☺️
We have hundreds of kites flying over our village in Oxfordshire, UK, each day.
That sounds awesome!
30 years of conservation effort paid off. naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2020/07/21/a...
Enjoy your cloud 9 and keep sharing!
You know I will!!! 😉
Great picture! We have three in our neighborhood in Dallas right now. Yesterday they were all at the top of a single tree, drying off after a rainstorm.
How incredible! They’re such gorgeous birds
