I had a kettle of 27 the other day and most were missing at least one
flight feather making me think they were not HY birds.
Gregg
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM EUGENE YOUNG <
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> I've had large number over Ark City during summers previously, 20-30,
> usually on calm late afternoons when birds are soaring in search of
> high-flying insects, ex. odonates. It could be weather related, but also
> insect emergence I suspect. Most of the injured bird reports are 2nd yr
> birds, though there were a few juveniles (seemed earlu) I saw on a post,
> or someone sent me and asked.
>
> Gene
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> Subject: Re: Kite kettles
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> I am not sure what is going on with the Mississippi kites. I saw a fairly
> large kettle over Winfield the other day. I know we had a big windstorm the
> other night that blew bird nests out of trees and maybe the kites lost
> their nests i'm not sure. It is certainly uncharacteristic of them to be
> kettles this size this early. There were quite a number of them sitting on
> power lines this morning. We do not expect that this time of year
> either.Max Thompson
> On Monday, June 22, 2026 at 07:33:37 AM CDT, mike rader <
> <mike_rader...> wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> I was leaving Pratt last Thursday and had over 50 between town and Iuka
> over a harvested wheat field. Seems early to me as well as there are not
> likely juveniles out yet like we see later in the summer.
>
> Mike Rader
> Pratt, KS
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> Yesterday, Becky and I were bicycling from home to Walton, and back. In
> between we saw a couple of Mississippi Kite groups soaring. They were both
> visible from the same spot. I estimated the combined groups were around
> 40-60 birds. I don’t ever remember seeing Kites in this large of groups,
> this time of year. Have other people had this experience? It seems
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