I spent about two hours, from 3 to 5, this afternoon looking for and watching
the two Mississippi kites that have returned to the nesting site they used last
year in Arlington County.
I had brief opportunities to watch both birds fly and an extended opportunity
to watch one bird perched. The perched bird was on a snag in a large tree on
the southeast corner of 17th and Utah, best seen from the northwest corner. I
observed one or both of the kites flying at 17th, 18th, and 19th and Utah.
I got some good but distant photos of the perched bird, and some mediocre
photos of the flying birds.
I'll try again tomorrow.
Donald Sweig
Falls Church, Virginia
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