One of the Mississippi Kits put in an appearance between 4:00 and 4:30 pm yesterday afternoon, 06/28/08, south of Logan at the Brass Ring Gold Course. After starting the day well before dawn in Adams County at Copas and Beasley Fork Roads, where I heard one Whip-poor-will and one Chuck-will's Widow I made my way over to this area south of Logan, accessible off of Route 33 just west of the interchange with SR 328. I arrived there at about 9:00 am and stayed along Keller Road, the road that skirts the north side of the golf course, where the kites have been seen last year and this year. I stayed there along the road (mostly in the shade!) watching and scanning the sky for a kite until about 1:30 pm. No luck at all during this period. Several golfers asked me if I had seen the kites, and stated that they had seen them either this week or last week. There was a lot of golfing activity during this time period. That may have been why I did not see the birds. I left at least once to bird Keller Road back through the woods and to the open fields at the top of the hill beyond the woods. At 1:30 pm, I left and went to Clear Creek Metropark, for some different habitat. I returned to the golf course at about 3:00 pm and was greeted to close views of an adult Broad-winged Hawk, which was hunting near a small parking area along the fence at the edge of the woods and then flying around the area in the open at very close range. There was very little golfing activity when I arrived at 3:00 pm. I watched the skies and the area from the shade along the fence, but then decided to sit in my car and finish lunch. At about 4:00 pm, I got out of my car and walked east to a more open area, and there was a kite in the air above the near trees! This bird was not a full adult, but a sub-adult, because it had a black and white banded tail, seen in flight from below and above when the tail was fanned, but head and breast where like a full adult. According to information I have found, sub-adult helpers have been observed helping with incubation, feeding, and defending the nest. Does this mean that there may be three birds in this area? I found some information suggesting breeding in subadult plumage. I wonder if the young bird from last year returned. Aaron Boone's photos from last year show an adult bird feeding the young bird. Were both adult birds last year in full adult plumage? Perhaps there is small colony developing in this area!? I took some distant photos of the kite I saw in flight, and will down load and crop and share on the internet, when I have more time to do so. When one spends a lot of time in such an area, one sees and hears a lot of birds. Red-shouldered Hawk, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpecker, Rough-winged Swallow, Chimney Swifts, Barn Swallows, Brown Thrasher, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-throated Warbler, Eastern Bluebird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Wood Thrush (late afternoon), Summer Tanager, Eastern Kingbird, a family group of Common Crows, Indigo Bunting, Cedar Waxwing. In the woods along Keller Road, I heard Louisiana Waterthrush, Hooded Warbler, Ovenbirds (at least 3), and Scarlet Tanager. In the open grassy fields beyond the woods, I heard Grasshopper Sparrow, heard and saw Bobwhite calling from the top of a fence post, found House Sparrows, House Finch and Northern Mockingbird. Hopefully, all of these have already been added to this Atlas block. I stayed in the area so long, because this is a long way from home, ..............and then there is the gas! At about 4:45 pm I returned to Clear Creek Metropark, but arrived with the arrival of the fierce thunderstorms, so I did not bird very long. At Clear Creek, I had the following warblers: Cerulean Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Worm-eating Warbler, multiple (about 5) singing Black-throated Green Warblers along Hemlock Trail, Louisiana Waterthrush. I wish I could have spent more time at Clear Creek. The Worm-eating Warbler (WEWA) was a new bird for this year for me, so that was fun! I found the WEWA along Clear Creek Road between Hemlock and Fern Trails on the right side in the heavily wooded slope. It was beyond the second rail fence trail entry on the south side of the road towards Fern Trail. I heard Veery calling (not singing), at the Fern Trail trailhead, earlier in the afternoon, and another bird before the storms between Hemlock and Fern Trails along Clear Creek Road. Jay Jay G. 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