Larry Gara and I checked out the area of the Swallow-tailed Kite sighting posted to eBird by Justin Valentine and relayed to the list by Steve Landes. The bird was seen yesterday near the intersection of New Vienna Road and Connell Road in Highland county. The report was accompanied by a photo that clearly depicted a Swallow-tailed Kite. We birded the entire length of New Vienna Road and back, plus several miles of Connell Road with no luck. Both Larry and I have seen STKI before. Larry saw the 1997 Lawrenceburg bird that hung around the TriState for a while. I have seen STKI in the Everglades and the Lower Pascagoula River in Mississippi. None of these habitats match the open farmland of the reported location. I would be very surprised if the bird were seen again in this area. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]