Another birder and I saw the kites mating today around 10:30. 

--- On Sat, 5/10/08, Margy Terpstra <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Margy Terpstra <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Pair of Mississippi Kites in Kirkwood 5/9/08
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008, 10:13 AM
> Quite possibly, I saw them a lot last year.  I guess
> we'd only know for sure 
> if they were banded.
> 
> Margy Terpstra
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "michael-john voss"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Pair of Mississippi Kites in Kirkwood 5/9/08
> 
> 
> > Last summer there were two (sometimes four) that were
> frequently visible 
> > over Manchester and Lockett Rd., not too far from the
> Lindgate pool. I 
> > wonder if it's the same two?
> > -mj voss
> > kirkwood
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Margy Terpstra
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Friday, May 9, 2008 10:20:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pair of Mississippi Kites in Kirkwood
> 5/9/08
> >
> > The pair of Mississippi Kites were observed again this
> afternoon by Dan 
> > and
> > myself, at 2:30 pm.  Same general area, lower in two
> trees, male on a dead
> > branch, female tucked into the larger cottonwood.
> >
> > Margy Terpstra
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Margy Terpstra"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:09 AM
> > Subject: Pair of Mississippi Kites in Kirkwood 5/9/08
> >
> >
> >    A birder who walks our neighborhood, Barbara
> Estill, told me about a
> > pair of Mississippi Kites she has been observing the
> last few days.  This
> > morning, she said the birds were active in a
> cottonwood tree north of a
> > small neighborhood pool called Lindgate Swim Club.
> Tina Weyman and I went
> > over to look for them and found them fairly easily. 
> If you pull into the
> > parking lot and look to the north, check the
> cottonwood that has some dead
> > branches.  One of the birds was out to the left of the
> tree on a dead
> > branch, the second bird Tina found with a bit more
> difficulty, partially
> > hidden by leaves and sitting on the far side of a
> branch in the right 
> > center
> > of the tree.  Bedraggled and wet, they were there.  We
> didn't see signs of 
> > a
> > nest yet.
> >
> > For birders looking for Mississippi Kites to add to
> your big day list, 
> > these
> > may be reproducible birds.
> >
> >
> http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Lindgate+Swim+Club,&near=Kirkwood,+MO&fb=1&cid=5113074757948533966&li=lmd&z=14&t=m
> >
> > Good birding!
> >
> > Margy Terpstra
> > Kirkwood, St. Louis County, MO
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