Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite soaring high overhead on the lookout for food.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 8, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/11; 1/2000 sec.

This page is for the Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis). My first photographic evidence occurred on May 8, 2022 at the Colleyville Nature Center.

Mississippi Kite perched on a tree branch.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 15, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-125; f/11; 1/400 sec.
Mississippi Kite soaring overhead.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, May 15, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Mississippi Kite flying overhead.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, June 18, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/11; 1/2000 sec.
Mississippi Kite perched in a dead tree.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, June 18, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/11; 1/2000 sec.
Mississippi perched in a tree with green leaves behind it.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, June 18, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/11; 1/320 sec.
Mississippi Kite perched in a dead tree and back-lit from the sun.
Mississippi Kite, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 4, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-100; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Mississippi Kite eating a cicada while flying overhead.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, August 27, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Mississippi Kite perched in a tree.
Mississippi Kite, Colleyville Nature Center, Colleyville, TX, August 27, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/11; 1/500 sec.
Juvenile Mississippi Kite perched on a dead tree branch.
Mississippi Kite, Tishomingo NWR, Tishomingo, OK, September 13, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-200; f/10; 1/500 sec.