Our Beautiful Mississippi Kites
We think that these are the same birds
that were here last year.
This year we've all taken an interest in them.
They are pretty amazing.
We got to see one of the babies!
Popped his head up and just watched us from the safety of his mother's wings.
The daddy and mamma bird take turns
hunting and sitting in the nest.
They are a very small bird of prey.
A wing span of only 3 feet!
They eat insects such as cicadas ,grasshoppers and such.
(Wish we had one of those long lenses for my camera
but, the scope worked pretty well for this shot.)
Awesome. I've never seen one of those.
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