A Migrant with South America in His Bones

Mississippi Kites hold sway with new and veteran bird watchers alike

We were searching for beauty just beyond our reach. We scanned the top of a tall Black Walnut tree with magnified vision trying to catch a glimpse of a warbler. I found the little gray bundle of energy in my binoculars at about the same time our volunteer bird walk leader started describing what he was seeing. “Gray back and wings, two wide faint wing b…