Bay Photos by Donna

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Actually, I know where we were in Kansas, a small remote town called Russell, for an overnight stop.  We had a nice pull-thru away from others, and me with clear view of a few Chipping Sparrows flitting around from the trees to a puddle of water out my window.

Seemed to be a perfect time to stretch my legs!  😉

Alas, no bath-time shots, but I got a cool shot I love of one of the Chipping Sparrows perched on a chain-link fence.

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Chipping Sparrow with a caterpillar for dinner

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Thank goodness those Chipping Sparrows enticed me outside!  I heard an unfamiliar bird call and looked up to see the bird crossing the sky.

Welcome to my bird lifer list #241 Mississippi Kite!  🤗 🤗

(I’ve finally hit a snag with me using the classic editor for everything, it’s not allowing me to change my side bar count.  Bummer.  I’ll work on that.  🧐 )

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Mississippi Kite – Lifer #241

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What was even more awesome, the kite landed in a nearby tree, much to the chattering delight (or scolding!) from another Mississippi Kite already perched there.

I couldn’t get any clear shots of both in one frame nor could I see a nest; but there was some serious discussions going on.

Then just as quickly, the landing kite went into launch mode and was back in flight.

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Mississippi Kite

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Mississippi Kite (my favorite shot!)

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It flew to another tree further away.  Maybe where it was more quiet?  😉

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Mississippi Kite relocating to another tree

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I left them be and was headed back to our site to get our dinner going when I heard one of the kites back in the air and watched it land on a wire closer to me.  Awesome!

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Mississippi Kite

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“What’s with this lady? You’d think she’d never seen the likes of me before.”

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This small raptor is quite the beauty, isn’t it?!!

Hey, you may have noticed my blogging slowdown.  Hopefully, you’ve missed me!  😉  We’re back home in Maryland; and, oh boy, I’ve been busy with a long list of catching up to do.

I still have some summer travel photos to post, but I thought I’d share a few cool facts for those that followed along.

We journeyed 16 weeks through 16 states for about 12,000 miles (RV 7,000; car 5,000) from sea level to 10,947 feet and back.

AND I cannot forget….counting this kite, I added 21 new lifers to my bird list!  Woohoo!!   💃🤗😊

Thank you so very much for tagging along on our summer adventure seeing some of our beautiful country.  Your likes and comments have been absolutely wonderful and very much appreciated!  Thank you!

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