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Mississippi Kites
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07/06/22 01:32 AM
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safarigene
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635167
07/06/22 01:52 AM
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SRPI89
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One of those things took a chunk out of my scalp about 18 years ago. I was taking summer Spanish at south plains college (because I couldn’t pass Spanish 2301 at TTU). I was walking into the building when one clipped me good. I made a run for the door and barely made it before round 2. When we got in class the teacher told us to avoid the south entrance, as there were some “aggressive birds”. The blood pouring from my scalp confirmed that!
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635168
07/06/22 01:58 AM
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Michael W.
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Cool looking birds. Have never seen one around here though.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635177
07/06/22 02:11 AM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 5,164
flintknapper
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I enjoy seeing any of the less common birds but especially the Raptors.
Where I live (Deep East Texas, Pineywoods) we have Sharp Shinned Hawks migrate through each winter. Those are fun to watch in the woods as they hunt squirrels and small birds.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635190
07/06/22 02:32 AM
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Joined: Aug 2010
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stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
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Obie Juan Kenobi
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635231
07/06/22 04:06 AM
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Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 23,177
Bee'z
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The Beedazzler
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Great shots guys. STx do you see many harris hawks in your area?
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635241
07/06/22 05:01 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
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Blanco
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I caught a few having lunch a couple of years ago.
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635362
07/06/22 02:48 PM
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Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 957
goosebuster
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We have a ton of MS Kites in the summer in my neighborhood. Seems their numbers grow every year too, which is really cool.
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635377
07/06/22 03:13 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
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skeeter22
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Great photos, folks. I’ve been seeing them every day for the last couple of months. Beautiful birds.
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: flintknapper]
#8635546
07/06/22 08:36 PM
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bucksnbass357
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I enjoy seeing any of the less common birds but especially the Raptors.
Where I live (Deep East Texas, Pineywoods) we have Sharp Shinned Hawks migrate through each winter. Those are fun to watch in the woods as they hunt squirrels and small birds. I need some of those hawks in my neighborhood to clean up a bunch of these squirrels We do have quite a few Kites here
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635558
07/06/22 08:53 PM
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chalet
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There is a healthy population that come back to my neighborhood every year. They def get aggressive during nesting season. I've seen them dive bomb my daughter, old people walking down the street, dogs etc. Very cool birds to watch.
Shoot. Eat. Repeat.
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635607
07/06/22 09:58 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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My grandmother had a pair nest in a large mesquite tree in her front yard just north of Sweetwater for several years….
Was fun watching them…
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Mississippi Kites
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#8635620
07/06/22 10:16 PM
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Jroutdoors
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635688
07/06/22 11:28 PM
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batman
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We have several patrolling near me for grasshoppers, wish about 10,000 more would show up!
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635699
07/06/22 11:40 PM
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Stub
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8635762
07/07/22 01:22 AM
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TCM3
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we have several Kites that show up around here every summer.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: SRPI89]
#8637110
07/08/22 09:13 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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One of those things took a chunk out of my scalp about 18 years ago. I was taking summer Spanish at south plains college (because I couldn’t pass Spanish 2301 at TTU). I was walking into the building when one clipped me good. I made a run for the door and barely made it before round 2. When we got in class the teacher told us to avoid the south entrance, as there were some “aggressive birds”. The blood pouring from my scalp confirmed that! There's a sign up at the park on 19th west of TTU campus warning of a nesting pair that has been bombing walkers/joggers. Some things never change!
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Re: Mississippi Kites
[Re: safarigene]
#8638255
07/10/22 09:19 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 69,198
NORML as can be
^^Cut the Cord^^
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