Hi all,

Just received a call from a gentleman who lives in Scioto County, who gave a picture-perfect description of a pair of Mississippi Kites. He observed apparent courtship display flights, followed by the male mounting the female. This was Saturday, and it sounds like they are still in the area. They were hanging out on the upper dead branches of an oak tree along Scioto Brush Creek along McDermott-Rushtown Road, exactly 1.9 miles west of its junction with State Route 104. This is on the eastern edge of the village of McDermott.

It seems a bit late in the game for this sort of behavior, but it's certainly possible the kites are nesting locally. The habitat is very similar to the Hocking River corridor in Hocking County, where kites were first discovered nesting in Ohio and continue to nest. If anyone is in that vicinity, it might be worth checking out.

Jim

Jim McCormac
Ohio Division of Wildlife
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