While wistfully watching the sky, I spotted a sleek, pewter-colored flying object moving swiftly and directly like a military drone. No drone. Instead, it was a Mississippi kite on a mission, whether ...

Keep an eye peeled toward the sky to spot fleets of sleek, gray-bodied, falcon-like birds sailing through August skies. The wondrous birds will be Mississippi kites flying over neighborhoods and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AGFC) - This week's bird will be the Mississippi Kite. This is a graceful, medium-sized hawk with long wings and a squared tail that is common throughout central, southern, and ...

This is a great time of year to bird watch on the big river. I can take a short walk in downtown Cape to see one of my favorite birds -- the Mississippi kite. Some of you out there know kites only as ...

Lubbockites converged on Tech Terrace Park this weekend to catch a unique perspective on nature. Award winning raptor scholar and Texas Tech professor Clint Boal provided a talk about Mississippi Kite ...

The wind wasn’t quite strong enough, but the spirit was. At the inaugural meeting of the DUMBO Kite Flying Society, children as young as two had their first lesson in the aerodynamic activity, ...

What Does a Mississippi Kite Look Like? Spotting a Mississippi kite often requires looking up. You’re more likely to find this slim, medium-sized raptor in the air than perched in a tree. From beneath ...

For the past few weeks, the prospect of seeing two of Georgia’s — and the nation’s — most spectacularly flying bird species has been drawing birders, including me, to some old agricultural fields near ...