Mississippi Kites are pretty.

[Perplexed]

Most of you guys seeing the kites must be in the western part of the state.

 

[OKCHunter]

Most of you guys seeing the kites must be in the western part of the state.

I’m in Edmond and have had 2 or 3 soaring around the house for a month or so. I’ve got a bird feeder and have wondered if they are hunting over the feeder. I’ve seen them go through the yard at fence high level a few times. I haven’t found any evidence such as feathers in the yard but I’ve heard that kites eat small birds.

 

[jakeman]

Chickens are too big for these smaller type hawks. Eat mostly cicadas. We have about 10 or so nesting. Cool to watch them fly into trees for the bugs or catch them in mid flight with their feet.

lol, you might tell that to my neighbor. Kites wiped out his entire flock including a bunch of guineas and ducks.

 

[jakeman]

I’m in Edmond and have had 2 or 3 soaring around the house for a month or so. I’ve got a bird feeder and have wondered if they are hunting over the feeder. I’ve seen them go through the yard at fence high level a few times. I haven’t found any evidence such as feathers in the yard but I’ve heard that kites eat small birds.

I keep several feeders full of different kinds of seed for different kinds of birds. Several times I’ve been out working in the yard and will hear a loud thump and then look up and see a shower of feathers floating to the ground. I know it’s the kites, I’d have noticed a hawk that close. They are very efficient killers.

Had one doing aerobatics over head this afternoon. I watched him for a half hour. I don’t know if he was drunk or just goofing off, but he’d straighten up and fly right for a little bit then go back to doing the aerobatics. Pretty neat to watch. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one do that before.

 

[THAT Gurl]

I've got two sets out here at my place. One set on the east side and one set on the west side.....not a crow in sight.

Really?? I have all three -- chickens, kites and crows. But I also love next to Overholser, too ... So maybe there's just enough room for everybody out here?

 

[THAT Gurl]

Most of you guys seeing the kites must be in the western part of the state.

Nope. Bethany area. And they (the kites) have been here for years. Longer than I've had my chickens. The only time I worried about the kites is when I had my rabbits in a colony set-up. They would sit on the line pole in the back and you could see the gears turning but the pen was just not long enough for them to get in and get back out with a half-grown, or even a baby, rabbit. You could literally see their frustration. Lol

 

[Perplexed]

Ok, western half of Oklahoma

 

[bigred1]

Really?? I have all three -- chickens, kites and crows. But I also love next to Overholser, too ... So maybe there's just enough room for everybody out here?

I saw one lonely crow come swooping to the ground the other day. He was escorted out of the area quickly. By the way, I use to do a little loving around Lake Overhosler too....back when boys liked girls and vice versa.

 

[HoLeChit]

I have a handful that roost in my neighborhood. They were practicing aerobatics in the yard and swooping kinda close to the dogs. They don’t anymore, and Clyde just wishes a MF would. He snatched the squirrel midair the other day as it was jumping from the top of the fence to a tree, 7 feet in the air. He doesn’t realize it, but he can totally jump my 6ft privacy fence.

 

[THAT Gurl]

I saw one lonely crow come swooping to the ground the other day. He was escorted out of the area quickly. By the way, I use to do a little loving around Lake Overhosler too....back when boy liked girls and vice versa.

Oh man ... Autocorrect sometimes makes my life seem VERY interesting ... Lol