Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
Date of this Version
12-1983
Citation
Lingle, Haugh, Morris, Padelford & Padelford, "A Mississippi Kite in Hall County, Nebraska," from Nebraska Bird Review (December 1983) 51(4).
Abstract
The Mississippi Kite (lctinia mississippiensis) is considered extremely rare in Nebraska, with only 8 spring records and 2 fall records (Johnsgard, P.A., 1980, A revised list of the birds of Nebraska and adjacent Plains States, Occasional papers of the N.O.U., No.6, Lincoln, Nebraska, 114 pp.). On 10 July 1983, at 12:30 CDT, we sighted an adult Mississippi Kite circling above a flooded native hay meadow on Shoemaker Island, Hall Co. (Sec. 1, T9N R11W). The bird was identified by its frosted head and secondaries, pearly gray back and underside, and black retrices. It is believed this Kite was attracted to the area because of the recent flooding of the Platte River. This represents the first record in Hall Co., and the first summer record in Nebraska.
Comments
Copyright 1983, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. Used by permission.