The Mississippi Kite is an elegant gray raptor that catches large flying insects on the wing, consuming them in flight. It nests in urban parks and suburban neighborhoods in the southern Great Plains, where nesting pairs sometimes dive at people passing under nest trees. Flocks of hundreds migrate south through Texas and Central America in fall.
Best time to see a Mississippi Kite
The best time to see a Mississippi Kite is May–July, when about 68% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 21,302 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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