The Birding Lists Digest

Region: | Jump to : | View All Lists | FAQ

Date: 9/15/25 2:47 am From: Randall Bonjour <rbonjour.hellotree.com...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Mississippi Kites & friend
The post does not say it this is a juvinile or adult. I have had Mississippi Kite nest in an oak tree in my front yard in Pensacola...and have experienced good looks. The photo could be a juvinile. But if this is an adult...a bird feeding a juvinile...it looks like a Merlin. If bringing small mammals to feed, such would point to Merlin. MK is an insect capturing bird. If adult is grey, the indicator would seem to be MK. The silloette of these two birds is also different. The tail length is different. Consider this on your next observation. On Sat, Sep 13, 2025, 6:49 AM 'Jill Armentrout' via IA-BIRD < <ia-bird...> wrote: > The family of Kites are busy feeding baby at 2904 e 39th Ct right now. > Chris T & I think this is a Merlin. I saw the orangish chest? Can anyone > confirm? > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<1CC6D5B8-4FE5-40DD-9B70-DC6A7916B37A...> > . > > Sent from Jill’s iPhone. > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<1CC6D5B8-4FE5-40DD-9B70-DC6A7916B37A...> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CAF3hqj_7tORBrkQ4VVK7D7ro_ZK_W9YxFQ9Ayt18rqouAQagww...>

Join us on Facebook!