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26-Aug-2017 Donald E. Casavecchia

Mississippi Kite (Male)

Warrenton, Virginia

Observed two different individuals (presume these two) on 22 and 25 August flying high over the housing area across Dumfries Road (Terranova). Today, the pair landed
in a dead Black Cherry Tree (hit by lightning in 2015). They preened for nearly an hour. I got several good shots.
See 'previous' two images for a closeup of the female and a view of the pair together.
Best viewed in 'original' size.

Nikon D800 ,AF-S Nikkor ED 500mm 1:4 D with TC-14E II 1.4x
1/640s f/5.6 at 1050mm iso500
DX Image at 300 dpi Cropped 4x6" Landscape Size Reduced for Internet Viewing full exif


other sizes: small medium large original auto
Hank Vander Velde27-Aug-2017 13:15
Super back-view pose well captured.
Pierre Martin27-Aug-2017 11:14
such a great catch!
Claude Gagnon27-Aug-2017 02:24
Wow, fantastic find and a beautiful catch :)) V
fotabug27-Aug-2017 01:56
Wonderful! I have never seen one!
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