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Date: 5/11/25 4:51 am From: beb (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Kite show at Winnabow is beginning
No kites there yesterday. Overcast and windy. On Tue, May 6, 2025, 10:39 PM Wayne Hoffman < <carolinabirds_at_duke.edu_beb...> wrote: > The last few years Mississippi Kites and Swallow-tailed Kites have > gathered in May over an area of farm fields at the village of Winnabow, in > Brunswick County, with Laughing Gulls, to feed on flying J > DuckDuckGo did not detect any trackers. More > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://duckduckgo.com/-l1toKrBW3dpAA0wzbAg8oyG2h2uNbiDdGXyZUnBKXCI5VZnGQWnZQUvWkJmKRqQEMHRBstovVz8gBHpjAZVWmBdA1a5VbCTWFw8LxNeqyPshbot0WNphv0WZ1pO3RPoj5qB8c58jH_cHFEAdV_U9pGsL13-3VkOQWQHgos9ya97uwlmnNXU0B-hqkaOClE5e_1CmHvA6yk-QF__;!!OToaGQ!r9lPSmT3g2e7_jT-y2wG5T0oULxoCBAMKIV5XUYiVs6LbZ-uvV5vJj_U1HT-LWw-sNw0BLjc859nxA$ > > Report Spam > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://duckduckgo.com/-l1toKrBW3dpAA0wzbAg8oyG2h2uNbiDdGXyZUnBKXCI5VZnGQWnZQUvWkJmKRqQEMHRBstovVz8gBHpjAZVWmBdA1a5VbCTWFw8LxNeqyPshbot0WNphv0WZ1pO3RPoj5qB8c58jH_cHFEAdV_U9pGsL13-3VkOQWQHgos9ya97uwlmnNXU0B-hqkaOClE5e_1CmHvA6yk-QF__;!!OToaGQ!r9lPSmT3g2e7_jT-y2wG5T0oULxoCBAMKIV5XUYiVs6LbZ-uvV5vJj_U1HT-LWw-sNw0BLjc859nxA$ > > The last few years Mississippi Kites and Swallow-tailed Kites have > gathered in May over an area of farm fields at the village of Winnabow, in > Brunswick County, with Laughing Gulls, to feed on flying Japanese Beetles. > In previous years I have seen numbers as high as 125 Mississippi Kites and > 25+ Swallow-tailed Kites in the air together. The gulls hawk insects > closer to the ground with the kites generally staying above them. > > I checked it out at about 11:15 this morning, and found 25-30 Mississippi > and 4 Swallow-tailed kites, along with 200+ Laughing Gulls. In previous > years the peak activity tended to be in mid-May. > > The location is off Hwy 17 on Governors Road, in the first mile or so. > Lat.Long is around 34.15N, -78.08W. > > Wayne Ho ffman > Wilmington >

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