Mississippi Kite-super close-ups

The top pic shows that the beak of a Mississippi Kite does seem to take a beating. The middle pic was just because I love their brown eyes. ...

Ever wonder what birds do with the other foot when they stand on only one?

This Mississippi Kite I photographed in La Junta today is perching on one foot and the other is held up to it's body in the top pic. T...

Mississippi Kite: up very close

I drove to eastern Colorado yesterday and found a lot of Mississippi Kites including about 20 in the town of La Junta where I photographed t...

Mississippi Kite: here's looking at you

This is another specialty species I was looking for when I traveled to the lower Arkansas Valley area last week. I found this kite in La Ju...