H7N9 confirmed in Mississippi broiler flock
AVMA News
MARCH 27, 2025
The H7N9 avian influenza strain that infected a flock of roughly 46,000 chickens in Mississippi has not been seen in U.S. poultry since 2017.
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Duck Migration On The Upper Mississippi River
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2011
One of them is a waterfowl usage survey over the upper Mississippi conducted by plane…or as I like to call it: Duckmaggedon! Our job is to fly above the Mississippi River at a about 120 feet going about 100 mph and count and ID ducks. Although, technically the above photo would be Cootpacalypse.
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17-Year Cicadas and a Mississippi Kite in Staten Island
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2013
Back in 1979 New York State birders were pleased with the first record of Mississippi Kites in the state when two visited Staten Island and spent nearly two weeks fattening up on the periodical cicadas that emerged in great numbers that year. Trips cicadas Mississippi Kite Staten Island' Yes, I know, this is a horrid photograph.
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Wild Mississippi
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
In the newest mini-series, Wild Mississippi, viewers will get to see how the Mississippi river can both nurture and destroy. The show covers an entire year along the Mississippi, and shows the many challenges that the wildlife in the area deal with. Truly an interesting show, be sure to tune in, and enjoy the sneak peeks below.
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Spotlight: Laurens Wildlife Rescue
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2015
Starting this week, my guest bloggers are going to tell theirs – which will be really fun, because not only are they great rehabbers, but they live all over the country and take in all different types of birds (like the Mississippi Kite , left).
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Suburban Roadrunners of Southern Missouri
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2014
From its core range in the southwest US and northern Mexico, it has staged a pretty dramatic range expansion in the last couple decades, spreading nearly as far east as the Mississippi River. This plus Mississippi Kite, another recent arrival from the southwest, put me up two on this one.
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Kite Running
10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2012
But the default kite for this part of the country, as well as parts of the southern plains as well, is the Mississippi Kite , Ictinia mississippiensis , unparallelled aerial acrobat and merciless devourer of katydids. This is a bird that does not mess around.
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A Nashville Warbler Bathing in the Pond During Migration
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
Their are two separate subspecies of the Nashville Warbler , one occurs east of the Mississippi River ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ruficapilla ) and the other, pictured here, formerly called the Calaveras Warbler ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi ) in northwestern United States and adjacent Canada. Click on photos for full sized images.
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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
There are two Painted Bunting populations, one that breeds along the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida and one that breeds in the interior United States and northern Mexico from southeastern New Mexico to western Mississippi. You can see the two disjunct populations mapped in this animated occurrence model from eBird.
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Woolly Bears And Winter
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
My daughter and I were exploring our yard the other day, which presented the perfect opportunity to introduce her to one of the coolest, cuddliest caterpillars of all… The wonderful Woolly Bear Caterpillar ( Pyrrharctia isabella ) is a common sight once October rolls around in temperate regions of the United States east of the Mississippi.
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250 Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2013)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2013
Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Mississippi Kite , though 17-year cicadas came a close second. The bird I was happiest to see this weekend was Eastern Kingbird , a flycatcher that screams summer to me (awesome photo above by Carlos Sanchez ). How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
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203 Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Protected Birds
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2012
” He faces up to seven-and-a-half years in prison and fines totaling more than $500,000.
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SE Arizona 10 day birding blitz!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 27, 2019
The new Lifers are the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Short-tailed Hawk, Mississippi Kites, Juniper Titmouse and Painted Buntings! There is believed to be a very small breeding population of Mississippi Kites that occupy a small area that borders Pima and Cochise Counties.
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Spoonbills are ibises with big flat bills
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
falcinellus ) in Mississippi © David J. In addition to the spoonbills, which occur on every continent except Antarctica, this group contains the sacred ibises , the noisy East African Hadada Ibis , and the weird and wonderful Waldrapp. White-faced and Glossy ibises ( Plegadis chihi and P.
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Visiting Bird Service: Avian “Pet Therapy” Cheers Seniors
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2016
As reported by the fine folks at The Dodo , after Hurricane Katrina forced Katrina “Kasia” Perkowska to evacuate, she started bringing her pet Wood Duck , Scooter, to her mother-in-law’s nursing home in Mississippi.
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Snow-fronted Geese
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2015
Apparent Barnacle X Cackling Geese have even been documented in the U.S.
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Why Do I Keep a Neighborhood Bird List?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
And it’s true, I know that the Pied-billed Grebes show up around the same time the Mississippi Kites leave, because I make a note of both and it sticks in my memory. As we kept paddling, I continued, “It helps me remember when birds come and when they leave. Otherwise I would never remember.”
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The Gas Station Bird
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2021
In Mississippi you can own an ocelot, but not a wolverine. For instance, you can own a lion in Alabama, but not in California. You can own a gorilla in Indiana, but not a bear in Michigan. You can own a yak in Kentucky, but not a cheetah in Maine.
Good news for the Wood Stork
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2014
Since listing, sound science, work towards habitat protection, acquisition and restoration and regulatory reforms its range has expanded north and west, and now includes portions of North Carolina and Mississippi, with significant nesting in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
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Birding the Battlefields
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2012
Vicksburg National Military Park, MS – The capture of the city of Vicksburg in 1863 gave the Union army unfettered control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in half. Scotts Bluff birders found nine species, including Townsend’s Solitaire , Black-billed Magpie , Prairie Falcon , and count week Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.
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The Swallow-tailed Kites in Florida Are Now Heading South…
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2013
Similar observation have been made in Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where up to 47,000 migrating Mississippi Kites are counted every season as they fly south. Birders and raptor observers in south Florida and the Florida Keys report only small number of Swallow-tailed Kites during migration time.
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Rev. Bachman’s Lost Warbler
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
The species disappeared from the record for several decades afterwards due to the war and all, but it popped up again in the mid-1880′s where it was reported to occur in decent numbers across much of the southeast all the way west to the Mississippi bottomlands of southeast Missouri’s bootheel. Mississippi in 1949.
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There’s a Bewick’s Wren in Our Garden
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2012
Today, the species has all but disappeared east of the Mississippi River and has declined in western parts of its range, most likely caused by the expansion of the House Wren which destroys and removes their eggs from nest sites 1. A century ago, the Bewick’s Wren was beloved as the “house wren” of the Appalachians and the Midwest.
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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
A few states still have no checklists at all: Nebraska , Minnesota , Iowa , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , and Alabama. The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).
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A Different Kind of Spring
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2012
When mid-April rolls around, Mississippi Kites swarm through the area in jaw-dropping numbers, and unlike the other migrant raptors, tend to move in a single mass… when one bird flies northeast, the entire flock does, instead of breaking off piecemeal one at a time.
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204 Birds at the Bell
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2018
This is the Mississippi Kite, which used to live all up and down the Mississippi, even way up to the source at Itasca. Anybody out there know why the Mississippi Kite has abandoned most of the Mississippi? The Mississippi Kite. The Mississippi Kite. But not any more. Here are a bunch of the blue birds.
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The Mottled Duck – A Birder’s Duck
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
You find them in the south from Florida to Texas and down into Mexico, occasionally as far north as the Carolinas in the east and up the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois. It is one of several species in the Mallard -complex of ducks, along with American Black Duck , Mexican Duck , and quite a few others.
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218 What Will Be Number 300 In Queens? Guess Correctly And Win The Warbler Guide!
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2013
I have missed two Swallow-tailed Kites and a Mississippi Kite in the last couple of years (All were single-observer birds that did not stick around.). There are two shorebirds that occur at least annually in Queens that I have not yet checked off my Queens list and shorebird season is pretty much here. Could a kite show up in Queens?
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What is the State Bird of Florida?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2015
This common bird is also the state bird for Arkansas, Texas (another avian hot spot), Tennessee, and Mississippi, so Florida even misses points for originality. Florida went with the Northern Mockingbird , found in all lower 48 states. Okay, it’s true, Northern Mockingbirds are fascinating birds.
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600 Bird Species in Costa Rica by August, 2015. Which Birds Are Missing?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2015
With regular birding in the right places, the most likely additions will be White-tailed Hawk, Pearl Kite, Mississippi Kite, Bicolored Hawk, and Black Hawk-Eagle (should have had that one already!). A kettle of Mississippi Kites from last year. I hope I see them again soon.
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Yard List Birding in Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2020
Some of the sweet species there can include flyby Great Green Macaws among other parrot and parakeet species, toucans, various woodpeckers, flocks of migrating Mississippi Kites and other species.
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264 Wildlife Rehabilitator Slang
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2014
Some abbreviations roll off your tongue and are thus quite helpful – Mourning Doves are MODOs, Peregrine Falcons are PEFAs, Mississippi Kites are MIKIs. So if you’re really busy, instead of slamming down the phone and growling, “This is the fourth fledgling Mourning Dove this week,” you can simply say, “Incoming modo.”.
The Kite Run
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2016
Swallow-tailed Kites, and their equally graceful but less ostentatious cousins from Mississippi, have been found in at least a half-dozen fields in North Carolina in the last couple weeks, including a field not more than an hour from my home. There was a pair of Mississippi Kites hanging around as well.
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Neversink Spirits: Neversink Spirits Gin
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2020
As the only breeding hummingbird east of the Mississippi River in the North America, could they have helped pollinate the apple trees of Neversink Spirits? Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are important pollinators (depicted here by John James Audubon).
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The Razorbill Invasion of Florida
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2012
Although birds have been seen around the entire coast of the state, there are no reports west of Pensacola yet and may never happen due to the turbidity caused by the Mississippi River. Perhaps more due to being underbirded, there have been no reports of Razorbills from Cuba or the Bahamas (both would be first national records).
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244 Best & Worst States for Animal Protection
Critter News
JANUARY 3, 2011
New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way. BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.
Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of April 2011)
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2011
My own best bird was Caspian Tern , right on time along Lake Ontario.
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Birds of Prey of the East & Birds of Prey of the West: Review of Two Field Guides
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Like most regional bird guides, the Mississippi River is the line of demarcation. Birds of Prey of the East covers species that reside or migrate east of the Mississippi River and east of Manitoba and the west shore of Hudson Bay in Canada, and eastward across the Arctic islands to Greenland. Structure & Organization.
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Rehabber Slang Part 2, etc.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
For obvious reasons, Titmice (either Tufted or Black-crested ) are the subject of great hilarity (thank God we don’t live where there are Great T**s ).
Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of May 2012?
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2012
If you’re lucky, you’ll see some serene kites like the Mississippi Kites Nate encountered !) Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend ! Keep your eyes to the skies for fabulous raptors. (If
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Car Birding with the Literary Set: Or, How to Succeed, though Failing
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2013
We corrected course, and after many more Rough-legs and a few more eagles we found ourselves by the shores of the noble Flathead Lake, the largest natural body of fresh water west of the Mississippi. A cruise by the shore revealed some Canada Geese , Common Goldeneye , and Bufflehead.
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Humane Society Ranks States in First-Time Report
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
Ohio, Mississippi, North Dakota, Idaho and South Dakota are at the bottom. It's their first annual "humane state" report. California and New Jersey came out on top.
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My eBird 10th Anniversary
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2019
My profile page identifies the states that I have not eBirded, including Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan, Mississippi, and Vermont. I don’t think I have added any new species, but I did add Alaska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to the group state list. Ten years seems like a good time to look forward as well.
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Miami Mega Mall vs. Everglades National Park
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2018
It has been my privilege to bird in the ‘Glades – the largest US wilderness east of the Mississippi River. While there’s nothing inherently noteworthy about another super complex, this one will sit in uncomfortable proximity to the Everglades National Park.
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