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 ...

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 ...

Swallow-tailed kites are a migratory raptor species that are currently present in Florida for their breeding season. These birds are known for their acrobatic flying style and can be seen swooping and ...

A group of photography friends arrived by boat at daybreak recently to seek out hundreds of what are called the planet’s coolest bird. Somewhere along the St. Johns River, they found a roost of ...

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 ...

Swallow-tailed kites are soaring again above the fields of Allendale and surrounding area, where they gather in large numbers every summer from mid-July to mid-August. The big black and white birds ...

Last year it was a flamingo-palooza from Hurricane Idalia. Now a migrating swallow-tailed kite was picked up in Debby’s high winds and returned to North Florida. The bird, named Suwannee 22, was ...