I did not take any pictures because I refused to miss any of the show by going in the house for a camera, and besides not being a photographer I would have been shooting clouds anyway. There were 20 or 30 of what I now believe to be Mississippi Kites diving for grasshoppers and cicadas in the open field behind the house, when they were not diving they would land momentarily in the trees in the back yard one would seem to be trying to steal food from another who landed just before. One of the larger ones was perched at the very top of a live oak tree throughout most of the show, when that one moved on, they all seemed to move farther away from the house. It was getting dark by then anyway so we came in and I tried to identify the birds on the internet, the pictures below look like the same birds to me and are Mississippi Kites. This rates as one of the best raptor shows I have ever seen and it was from my own patio, I love this Texas Hill Country.
Another Hill Country Surprise
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Another Hill Country Surprise
by Larwyn » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:03 pm
Lanza and i were entertained for a couple of hours this evening by a large group of birds that we do not normally see. The deer seemed to avoid them, as normally we have 15 or 20 deer in the open pasture behind the house, these birds seem to have taken their place tonight. The birds are not large enough (about a 3 foot wingspan) to be any real danger to deer, I guess they just spooked them into hiding out.
I did not take any pictures because I refused to miss any of the show by going in the house for a camera, and besides not being a photographer I would have been shooting clouds anyway. There were 20 or 30 of what I now believe to be Mississippi Kites diving for grasshoppers and cicadas in the open field behind the house, when they were not diving they would land momentarily in the trees in the back yard one would seem to be trying to steal food from another who landed just before. One of the larger ones was perched at the very top of a live oak tree throughout most of the show, when that one moved on, they all seemed to move farther away from the house. It was getting dark by then anyway so we came in and I tried to identify the birds on the internet, the pictures below look like the same birds to me and are Mississippi Kites. This rates as one of the best raptor shows I have ever seen and it was from my own patio, I love this Texas Hill Country.
I did not take any pictures because I refused to miss any of the show by going in the house for a camera, and besides not being a photographer I would have been shooting clouds anyway. There were 20 or 30 of what I now believe to be Mississippi Kites diving for grasshoppers and cicadas in the open field behind the house, when they were not diving they would land momentarily in the trees in the back yard one would seem to be trying to steal food from another who landed just before. One of the larger ones was perched at the very top of a live oak tree throughout most of the show, when that one moved on, they all seemed to move farther away from the house. It was getting dark by then anyway so we came in and I tried to identify the birds on the internet, the pictures below look like the same birds to me and are Mississippi Kites. This rates as one of the best raptor shows I have ever seen and it was from my own patio, I love this Texas Hill Country.
Larwyn
Keeper of the Most Out Of Control Shop (2005)
I feel bad for the man that cannot spell a word more than one way. Mark Twain
Keeper of the Most Out Of Control Shop (2005)
I feel bad for the man that cannot spell a word more than one way. Mark Twain
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