Date: 7/4/25 11:40 am From: Wayne Hoffman (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Kite concentration
This morning, about 9:45 I found a feeding concentration of kites along Rte 210 at the intersection of Brinson Rd. in NW Pender County. This is about 2 miles SE of Moores Creek National Battlefield.
At the peak I had about 15 Swallow-tailed Kites and 8 Mississippi Kites overhead together. They were catching small, compact flying insects - small enough that I could not see them when clutched in the kites' feet. (when kites eat dragonflies, for example, they are easy to see in the feet).
