It’s kite flying time. Not paper kites held aloft with a string, but those high-flying birds called swallow-tailed kites and Mississippi kites sailing buoyantly on outstretched wings. Groups of two ...

May 13, 1978 was a big day for birders Frank Bader and Milton Rinehart. While poking around Green Lawn Cemetery on Columbus’s south side, they discovered Ohio’s first record of Mississippi kite. I’m ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — You can see them pretty much anywhere in South Florida, taking flight over our skies. Swallow-tailed kites and their very distinct silhouette have returned following their ...

They dart and dash through the sky, hovering in the air one second before plummeting from the cloud plumes the next. Swallow-tailed kites are arguably the most acrobatic and athletic of birds found in ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Late July and early August is usually a relatively slow time for birding in Alabama. For most birds, the breeding season has ended, and it's too soon for most migrants, such as ...

Swallow-tailed kites are a migratory bird species that can be seen in Florida for a portion of the year. Swallow-tailed kites make their nests in tall trees and are social birds, often congregating in ...

South Alabama’s swamps, wetlands and prairies are home to one of the most graceful fliers in the bird world. The swallow-tailed kite lurks in the tops of trees and soars over open fields. Like their ...

There’s something in the air in northeast Kansas — and it isn't the flu. The buzz around town is over a rare, migratory bird of prey that was spotted and photographed earlier this week in Topeka.

You’re not likely to mistake a swallowed-tail kite for any other bird on the wing. The medium-sized raptor with coloration similar to a sea gull, a dove-like face and a huge forked tail is distinct by ...

The aerial show was awesome – swooping, gliding, banking, rolling upside down and other airborne acrobatics. We were not watching a Blue Angels air show but instead a gathering of swallow-tailed kites ...

Sweat seeps through T-shirts. Fidgety spectators fiddle idly with their cameras and spotting scopes, then check their phones for the time. The star performers are late to the stage — grassy farm ...