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17-Year Cicadas and a Mississippi Kite in Staten Island

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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

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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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Avian influenza H5N2 in the Mississippi and Pacific Flyways

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This is the first finding in the Mississippi flyway. The USDA … … has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Pope County, Minnesota.

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Mississippi Hunter Describes Harrowing BLACK PANTHER & BIGFOOT ENCOUNTERS

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Birds at the Bell

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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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Fall Hawk Migration Hotspots

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Mississippi Kite. Super Hot-spot: Hawk Ridge, Duluth, MN – Mississippi Flyway. Super Hot-spot: Hawk Ridge, Duluth, MN – Mississippi Flyway. The STK families will be departing the panhandle of Florida, with flights possibly hugging the Gulf coastline. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Super Hot-spot: Corpus Christi, TX – Central Flyway.

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SE Arizona 10 day birding blitz!

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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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