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Birds of Note All Records For Mississippi Kite
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| Mississippi Kite | 1994 | Apr-Jun | Delaware | 1 flying over in Media 5/14 (Jim Lockyer) |
| Mississippi Kite | 1995 | Jul-Sep | Lancaster | 2, and possibly 3, were seen on 5/27 near Knauers (same location as the Swallow-tailed Kites above). One continued to be seen at or near this location until 6/6. One was an adult, one was an immature, and one was undetermined (m. obs.) Like the Swallow-tailed, this occurrence was unprecedented in PA in terms of numbers and length of stay. However, except for the sightings on 5/27, the Mississippi Kites proved far more elusive than the Swallow-tailed |
| Mississippi Kite | 1995 | Jul-Sep | Berks | 2, and possibly 3, were seen on 5/27 near Knauers (same location as the Swallow-tailed Kites above). One continued to be seen at or near this location until 6/6. One was an adult, one was an immature, and one was undetermined. (m. obs.) Like the Swallow-tailed, this occurrence was unprecedented in PA in terms of numbers and length of stay. However, except for the sightings on 5/27, the Mississippi Kites proved far more elusive than the Swallow-tailed |
| Mississippi Kite | 1996 | Jul-Sep | Chester | 1 on 6/9 at Church Farm School (no details)(Larry Lewis) |
| Mississippi Kite | 1997 | Jul-Sep | Mercer | 1 on 7/12 at Grove City (Randy Stringer) |
| Mississippi Kite | 1998 | Jul-Sep | Lackawanna | 1 on 6/19 near Mt. Cobb was a first county record (Bill Reid) |
| Mississippi Kite | 1999 | Apr-Jun | Montgomery | 1 on 5/13 at Gwynedd Preserve (August Mirabella) |
| Mississippi Kite | 1999 | Apr-Jun | Schuylkill | 1 on 5/29 at SGL 227 (Dave Kruel) |
| Mississippi Kite | 1999 | Apr-Jun | Berks | 1 on 5/11 at Hawk Mountain (Arlene Koch)( no details) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2000 | Apr-Jun | Bucks | 1 on 5/1-7 at Peace Valley Park was a 2nd county record (August Mirabella, Devich Farbotnik) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2000 | Apr-Jun | Berks | 1 subad. on 4/29 over District Twp.(Rudy Keller)(no desc) and 1 subad. and 1 juv. were seen together near Blue Marsh Lake 5/2 (Harold & Joan Silagy)(no desc) and 1 imm. on 5/6 at SGL (Kirk & Lois Moulton)(no desc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2000 | Apr-Jun | Delaware | 1 on 5/13 at Haverford College (Sheryl Johnson) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2000 | Jul-Sep | Berks | 1 on 7/5 at Leesport (no desc)(Jason Horn) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2000 | Apr-Jun | Lebanon | 1 on 5/30 at Mt. Wilson (Randy Miller) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2000 | Apr-Jun | Schuylkill | 1 on 5/3 at Rte 183 Hawk Watch (Ed Barrell)(no desc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2000 | Apr-Jun | York | 2 on 5/18 near Felton (Mike Sankovich) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2001 | Jul-Sep | Berks | 1 on 5/24 at Blue Marsh Lake (Katrina Knight); 1 imm. on 6/2 at Blue Marsh Lake (Harold & Joan Silagy) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2001 | Apr-Jun | Bucks | 2 on 4/26 in East Rockhill Twp. (Devich Farbotnic)(no desc); 1 on 5/28 at Nockamixon State Park (Devich Farbotnic); 1 on 5/30 at Nockamixon State Park (Bill Etter) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2001 | Apr-Jun | Lancaster | 1 on 5/2 at Middle Creek WMA (Deuane Hoffman); 2 on 5/27 at Breezyview Overlook near Columbia (Joseph Yoder); 1 found dead on 5/27 at Middle Creek WMA |
| Mississippi Kite | 2001 | Apr-Jun | Lebanon | 1 on 5/2 at Middle Creek WMA (same bird as above in Lancaster) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2001 | Apr-Jun | Northampton | 1 on 4/18, 4/20, 4/21, 4/26 & 5/20 at Williams Twp. (Arlene Koch, Steve Thorpe); 1 on 5/6 along RT.78 west of Easton (Arlene Koch); 1 on 5/7 at Monocacy Nature Center (Steve Thorpe) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2001 | Jul-Sep | Fulton | On 8/12, John Fedak located a probable immature near the PA Turnpike's Fulton/Bedford line. The bird was perched in a snag along the side of the road in heavy traffic. If accepted this would be a 2nd county record |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Apr-Jun | Lehigh | 1 flying over South Mountain near Emmaus on 4/15 (Jason Horn) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Jul | Northampton | 6 sightings in Williams Township between 4/19 & 6/19 (Arlene Koch, Michael Schall); 1 in Bethlehem 4/22 |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Jul | Dauphin | 1 reported at SGL 246 near Middletown 7/20 (P. Fox, B. Youtz) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Apr-Jun | Delaware | 3 sightings at the Rose Tree Park Hawk Watch from 4/16-18 |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Jul | Bucks | 1 seen flying over Haycock Township on 4/23 (Bill Etter); 1 at Peace Valley Park 6/2 (Ian Baldock); 1 or more observed flying from Northampton to Bucks on 4/12, 4/19, 5/30, 5/31, 6/19, & 6/21 (Arlene Koch) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Aug-Nov | Berks | 1 on 10/8 at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (Arlene Koch) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Aug-Nov | Bucks | 1 on 8/15 at Erwinna (Joe Majdan, no desc.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2002 | Aug-Nov | Schuylkill | 1 on 10/8 at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary North Lookout (D. Barber) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2003 | Aug-Nov | Northampton | A juvenile 9/6 Little Gap (J. Foster & M. Schall) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2003 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | One was seen on the evening of 7/13 on the Susquehanna River near Marietta (Keath Leidich) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2003 | Mar-May | Chester | 1 on 5/20 at West Town (Tim Sterrett) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2003 | Aug-Nov | Lebanon | One 10/9 Second Mountain Hawk Watch (J. George) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2003 | Mar-May | Berks | 1 on 4/28 flying over Bern Twp. (Joan Silagy) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2003 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | An adult posed nicely for video documentation on 6/7 in New Britain Twp. a short distance from Peace Valley Park (Dave Zamos) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Mar-May | Berks | 2 seen at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 4/17 (Matt Wlasniewski, Dave Hughes) and 4/23 (Greg George); 1 adult near Boyertown 5/8 (Rudy Keller); 1 immature at Glen Morgan Lake 5/15 (Ken Lebo, et al) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Mar-May | Bucks | 1 flying into Durham Twp. 4/25 (Arlene Koch) (No Desc); 1 at West Rockhill Twp. 5/13 (Tim Bradley, Steve Smith) (No Desc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Mar-May | Chester | 1 on 4/30 in West Goshen (Nick Pulcinella) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | 1 on 5/15 and 5/18 at the Breezyview Overlook just south of Chiques Rock County Park (Meredith L.); 1 on 6/1 in East Drumore Twp. (Tom Amico) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Mar-May | Wyoming | 1 near West Nicholson (Bill Reid) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Mar-May | Northampton | 2 juveniles flying over Rasleytown Rd. on 4/25 (Michael Schall); 1 adult in Williams Twp. 4/25 (Arlene Koch) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Mar-May | Schuylkill | 2 seen at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 4/17 (Matt Wlasniewski, Dave Hughes) and 4/23 (Greg George); 1 adult near Boyertown 5/8 (Rudy Keller); 1 immature at Glen Morgan Lake 5/15 (Ken Lebo, et al) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one at Hawk Mt Sanctuary 9/29 (Arlene Koch, Greg George) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Jun-Jul | Indiana | an immature flew over Yellow Creek State Park 6/1 (Carol Guba, Margaret Higbee, Gloria Lamer, Scott Speedy). a first county record. |
| Mississippi Kite | 2004 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | 2 were first reported on the PA side 6/19 (Devich Farbotnik) and continued until at least 6/27 |
| Mississippi Kite | 2005 | Mar-May | Berks | one at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 4/21 (Matt Wlasniewski);No Desc; one at Blue Marsh Lake 5/1 (Joan Silagy) No Desc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2005 | Mar-May | Bucks | one at Buckingham Twp. 5/2 (Mike Homel); one on the PAMC 5/14 at Nockamixon State Park (Bill Etter); two soaring over Yardley 5/31 (Bob Mercer, Eileen Mercer) No Desc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2005 | Mar-May | Delaware | one flying over Haverford College heading east 4/23 (Sheryl Johnson) No Desc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2005 | Mar-May | Northampton | one in Williams Twp. 4/23 (Arlen Koch) No Desc; one at Green Pond 5/1 (Michael Schall) No Desc; one at Jacobsburg 5/14 (Michael Schall) No Desc; The latter two were 1st summer birds |
| Mississippi Kite | 2005 | Aug-Nov | Bedford | a probable sighting at the Allegheny Front Hawkwatch 9/14 (Kevin Georg), No Desc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2006 | Mar-May | Wyoming | one in flight over South Eaton 5/2 (Bill Reid). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2006 | Jun-Jul | Allegheny | One was seen very briefly in flight over Scott Twp. 6/8 (Dave Wilton) a first for the county (No Doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2006 | Jun-Jul | Pike | First seen flying at Pocono Environmental Education Center on 7/13 around the swamp hunting dragonflies at 1140 A.M. (Ethan Huner) seen again at 200 P.M.(Mike Brubaker) and the last sighting that evening was around 700 P.M. (Jeremy Phillips Shannon Queen) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2006 | Aug-Nov | Delaware | Oneon 9/10 at Rose Tree Park Hawk Watch 9/10 (Sheryl Johnson Chris Pugliese). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2006 | Mar-May | Westmoreland | one at Keystone S.P. during a PSO field trip 5/20 (Frank Haas, Barb Haas, et al.). (No Doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2006 | Mar-May | Bucks | one flying over Plumstead Twp. 5/21 (Babe Webster). (No Doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2007 | Aug-Nov | Lebanon | two passed Second Mountain Hawk Watch 9/8 (Randy Brenner, no doc.). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Chester | Sub-adult at Marsh Creek State Park near Eagle 6/7 (Larry Lewis) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2007 | Mar-May | Berks | one at SGL 110 Northkill Gap 4/29 (Kerry Grim) one independently seen by two birders a few miles apart on the Reading Prong in District Twp. and Henningsville 5/12 (Rudy Keller Peter Saenger) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2007 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one at Chickies Rock County Park 5/28 (Meredith Lombard Joseph Yoder) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2007 | Mar-May | Lehigh | one flying over Weisneberg Township 5/15 (Fritz Brock). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2007 | Jun-Jul | Fulton | 2 sub-adults at Big Cove Tannery 6/2 (Tom Johnson Dan Snell) and one relocated in the same area 6/3 (Tom Johnson). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2008 | Jun-Jul | Juniata | Observed on a float trip along the Juniata River (Aden Troyer, Mary Troyer, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2008 | Aug-Nov | Northampton | one at north banding station at Little Gap 9/2 (Jerry Lahr). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2008 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 9/7 (Matt Wlasniewski) was the seventh for that location, and one in Bern Township 10/6 (Joan Silagy) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Jun-Jul | Berks | A sub-adult was seen flying over SGL 106 on 6/10 (Tom Clauser, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | Two seen flying over the Susquehanna R. just south of Three Mile Island near the Lancaster county line on 7/4 (Dick Cleary, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Mar-May | Berks | one at Blue Marsh Lake 5/4 (Joan Silagy) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one at the "Rocks" on the Susquehanna River south of Columbia 5/29 (Devin Bosler), 2 or possibly 3 at Chickies Rock County Park 5/29 (Chuck Chalfant, Deuane Hoffman), one remaining at that location 5/30-6/1 (Dick Cleary, m. ob) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Mar-May | Mercer | one flying over Pennsy Swamp, SGL 284 (Dick Nugent, Melissa Little, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 8/15 (Laurie Goodrich, HMS, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Aug-Nov | Lehigh | one imm. at Bake Oven Knob 8/23, and one there 9/9 (fide Steve Ritt and Bob Hoopes, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2009 | Aug-Nov | Montgomery | one 9/18 at Lansdale (Ken Reiker, doc submitted). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2010 | Mar-May | Lebanon | one at Route 322 and Coon Creek Road 5/13 (Tim Becker, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2010 | Mar-May | Berks | one at Blue Marsh Lake 4/17 (Joan Silagy, no doc) and one at Hawk MountainSanctuary 5/8 (Laurie Goodrich, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2011 | Mar-May | Bucks | one well described at Giving Pond near Uhlerstown 5/24 (Paul Cooper, eBird, doc submitted), Chester |
| Mississippi Kite | 2011 | Mar-May | Chester | one at Downington 4/26 (Holly Merker, no doc), one perched in Malvern 5/21 (Nick Pulcinella, no doc), one perched at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/23 with at least two in flight at that location 5/27-31 (m.ob., no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2011 | Mar-May | Juniata | one perched along Texas Hollow Road 5/19 (Toby Petersheim, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2011 | Aug-Nov | Bucks | one over Tyler State Park 8/19 (Bob Shaffer, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2011 | Aug-Nov | Lebanon | one at Second Mountain 9/14 (Dave Schwenk, no doc) and one there 9/28 (Dave Schwenk, Morris Cox, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2011 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | a sub-adult near Easton 6/10 (Mike Lanzone, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2011 | Mar-May | Berks | one at Hawk Mountain 4/29 (Camile Concepcion, Bidur Khadka, fide Laurie Goodrich, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Armstrong | one near Crooked Creek County Park 5/3 (Betsy Fetterman, Carolyn Glendening, Margaret Higbee, Josie Valesek, no doc), first county record |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Berks | one at Hawk Mt. Sanctuary 4/16 (Matt Wlasniewski, et al. , no doc), one at Lake Ontelaunee 5/24 (Rudy Keller, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Bucks | one at New Hope 5/5 (Vincent Koczurik, eBird, no doc), one possible bird seen briefly from a moving car in Warrington Township 5/15 (August Mirabella, no doc), one possible bird high over Nockamixon Cliffs 5/31 (August Mirabella, Judy Mirabella, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | flew over a Newtown yard 6/12 (Bob Shaffer, no doc) while the observer was mowing the lawn. |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | one flying over Pennypack on the Delaware 5/22 (Frank Windfelder, doc submitted). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Aug-Nov | Bucks | one seen well at New Hope 9/1 (Bill Hoehne, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Chester | one at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/19 (Larry Lewis, et al., no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Dauphin | one in Susquehanna Township 3/26 (Ed Chubb, Randy Brenner, no doc), one north of Wildwood Lake 4/13 (Marc Faubel, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Erie | one flying over the Presque Isle Hawkwatch 5/24 (Jerry McWilliams, Roger Donn, doc submited) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one at Speedwell Forge 4/22 (Bruce Carl, Jim Fiorentino, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2012 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one over Henningsville 10/6 (Peter Saenger, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Jun-Jul | Chester | one at Bucktoe Creek Preserve during the evening shorebird watch 6/4 (Kelley Nunn, no doc), 3 heading south at Nottingham County Park 6/16 (Nick Pulcinella, no doc), and one mobbed by Eastern Kingbirds at Longwood Gardens 7/25 (Kelley Nunn, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Mar-May | Adams | an adult chasing a Red-tailed Hawk at Long Pine Run Reservoir 5/11 (Andrew Markel, Dan Snell, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Mar-May | Bucks | one at Oxford Valley Mall 5/22 (Gerry Dewaghe, Christine Dewaghe, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | one imm. near the Martins Creek Environmental Preserve 7/7 (Matt Sabatine, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Mar-May | Chester | two separate sightings at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/20 (Larry Lewis, Kelly Nunn, Hank Davis, Kathleen Pileggi, m.ob., doc submitted), and one there again 5/29 (Larry Lewis, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Mar-May | Delaware | one flying over Boothwyn 5/23 (Bruce Childs, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Mar-May | Northampton | one in Beersville 5/31 (Billy Weber, no doc) and one in Williams Township 5/25 (Arlene Koch, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2013 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | one at Mt. Airy 5/25 (Matt Sharp, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | adult just west of Bath 6/26 (Bill Etter, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Montgomery | an adult in a Hatfield yard 6/13 (Sandy White, August Mirabella, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Potter | heard at Cherry Springs S.P. 6/28 (Philip Downey, eBird) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Mar-May | Cumberland | one over a private residence in Lower Frankford Twp. 4/1 (Ron Freed, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Mar-May | Delaware | one over John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge 5/22 (Tim Andiric, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Mar-May | Lehigh | one at Trexler Nature Preserve 5/13 (Paul Heveran, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Mar-May | Lycoming | one at Rose Valley Lake 5/10 (Joe Yoder, Meredith Lombard, et al., doc submitted), first county record |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Mar-May | Montgomery | one at Norristown Farm Park 5/10 (W. Brian Henderson, no doc) and one at the Perkiomen Trail 5/10 (Stephen Kacir, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Sullivan | heard twice in Jun on Dutch Mountain (Rob Megraw). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Aug-Nov | Huntingdon | one at Stone Mountain 9/22 (David Kyler, Trudy Kyler, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Aug-Nov | Mifflin | one at Stone Mountain 9/22 (David Kyler, Trudy Kyler, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Mar-May | Chester | single subadults at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/16, 5/17, and 5/26 (Larry Lewis, et al., no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2014 | Jun-Jul | Luzerne | heard at Rickets Glenn State Park 6/15 (Timothy Kita) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 9/25 (Laurie Goodrich, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Aug-Nov | Montgomery | one adult at Fort Washington 9/13 (Steve Grunwald, no doc), one adult at Militia Hill 9/16 (Rich Conroy, Chris Dooley, Judd Friedman, doc submitted), one adult at West Norriton 9/21 (Kim Gruener, Anthony Uhrich, doc submitted), and one immature at Fort Wa |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one over Lloyd Roland Park 4/25 (Zachary Millen, doc submitted) and one over Peach Bottom 5/1 (Bob Schutsky, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Mar-May | Northampton | one subadult at the Koch Property 3/31 (Arlene Koch, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Mar-May | York | one over Arcona 4/29 (Deuane Hoffman, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Mar-May | Cumberland | one flying over Big Spring 4/13 (Vern Gauthier, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Mar-May | Delaware | one over Swarthmore 5/30 (David Eberly, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Mar-May | Erie | one at the Presque Isle Hawkwatch 5/25 (Jerry McWilliams, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Jun-Jul | Chester | one during the first week of June at the annual Bucktoe Creek Preserve watch (Larry Lewis, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2015 | Mar-May | Chester | up to 6 at Bucktoe Creek Preserve in May (Larry Lewis, et al., no doc), one at Longwood Gardens 5/20 (Larry Lewis, Laura Wagner, no doc), one at Nottingham County Park 5/30 (Scott Stoleson, et al., no doc), one at the Gordon Tract of West Chester Universi |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Mar-May | Bucks | one in Upper Makefield Twp. 5/31 (Mary Normandia, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Mar-May | Chester | single birds at the Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/20 and 5/27 (Larry Lewis, Kathleen Pileggi, no doc), one in Avondale 5/27 (Derek Stoner, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one flying over Pumping Station Road 5/7 (Ted Nichols II, Mike Epler, no doc), one at Upper Hopewell Nature Preserve 5/9 (Paul Brubaker, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Monroe | seen briefly at Long Pond 6/25 (Steven Fordyce, eBird) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | seen circling over Koch property 6/5 (Arlene Koch). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one in Longswamp Twp. 9/22 (Peggy Spence, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Aug-Nov | Bucks | one at Maple Knoll Farms, BuckinghamTwp. 8/23 (Richard Smith, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Aug-Nov | Delaware | one at the Rose Tree Park Hawk Watch 9/7 (Bill Roache, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | at Rohrestown 6/11 (Keith Leidich) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2016 | Jun-Jul | Delaware | seen feeding over Haverford 6/1 (Bill Roache) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Delaware | one at the Rose Tree Park hawkwatch 9/20 (ph. John Mercer, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Somerset | one at the Allegheny Front hawk watch 9/16 (Brian Wargo, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Aug-Nov | York | one at the Rocky Ridge County Park hawkwatch9/16 (Dick Cleary, Frank Blom, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Mar-May | Montgomery | one over Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve 5/19 (Matt Jewell, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Bedford | one at the Allegheny Front hawk watch 9/16 (Brian Wargo, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | two immatures reported soaring above an Akron home 6/4 (Bruce Carl). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Adams | adult in flight over SGL 249 on 6/14 (Andy Wilson, m.ob.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Jun-Jul | Chester | Kite Watch at Bucktoe Creek Preserve recorded singles 6/1 and 6/2 (Larry Lewis, m.ob.) adding to their total of 6 this year |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Mar-May | Delaware | one at Big Bend Farms 5/23 (Al Guarente, no doc), one over a yard in Wallingford 5/27 (Rob Fergus, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Mar-May | Erie | one at Presque Isle SP 4/22 (Sam Stull, no doc), one over the Presque Isle Hawk Watch 5/17 (Joao Taveres, Jerry McWilliams, Don Snyder, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Mar-May | Lebanon | one at Ft. Indiantown Gap 5/31 (Ian Gardner, Larry Bernhardt, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017 | Mar-May | Chester | three at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/18 andone 5/20 (Larry Lewis, et al., no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2017-2018 | Dec-Feb | Northampton | subadult at Koch residence 2/28 (Arlene Koch). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2018 | Aug-Nov | York | one over Rocky Ridge County Park 9/18 (Randy Phillips, Phil Keener, no doc submitted). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2018 | Jun-Jul | Chester | one in Downingtown 6/7 (John Daniel). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2018 | Aug-Nov | Chester | one at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 9/2 (Larry Lewis, George Tallman, no doc submitted), and one over East Fallowfield Park 9/3 (Joe Sebastiani, doc submitted) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2018 | Mar-May | Chester | singles 5/18 and 5/22 at Bucktoe Creek Preserve (Larry Lewis, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2018 | Mar-May | Delaware | one at Taylor Memorial Arboretum 5/15 (Rob Fergus, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2018 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | a pair soaring over a yard near Wissahickon Valley Park 5/21 (Kevin Berkoff, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Mar-May | Bucks | one photographed at Churchville Park 5/27 (Tim McFadden, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Mar-May | Chester | seen on 6 days at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/19-29 with 3 there 5/20 (Larry Lewis, et al., no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Aug-Nov | Allegheny | one over an Upper St. Clair yard 8/25 (Shannon Thompson, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Aug-Nov | Wyoming | one above Mehoopany Creek near Forkston 9/7 (David Trently, David LaVerne, doc submitted). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one photographed at Chickie's Rock County Park 5/20 (Meredith Lombard, no doc), 2 in Nottingham 5/21 (Sabrena Boekell, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Mar-May | Montgomery | 2 at Fort Washington SP 5/19 (Steve Grunwald, no doc), one there 5/19 (Jason Horn, no doc), one in Cheltenham Twp. 5/27 (Paul Driver, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | one flew over Philadelphia 5/21 (George Armistead, no doc), one at Pennypack on the Delaware 5/22 (Patrick McGill, no doc), one at Sedgley Woods 5/24 (Mathew Halley, no doc). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Lycoming | flew over tennis courts in Montoursville 6/28 (Bobby Brown, David Brown). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Mar-May | Delaware | one photographed at Haverford Reserve 5/22 (Liam Hart, no doc) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | an adult in a Doylestown Twp. yard was being mobbed 6/19 (Karin Isett) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2019 | Jun-Jul | Franklin | observed with prey on a utility pole on Letterkenny Road near army depot 7/12 (Andy Markel), but not re-located |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Chester | flew south overhead 6/1 and a young bird high over home in Downington 6/5 (Zach Baer, eBird, ph.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Cumberland | adult seen circling at Big Spring 6/6 (Doris Brookens, Steve Brookens, Vern Gauthier) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | one at Jacobsburg SP 6/1 (Adam Matlock, eBird, ph) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Berks | one at Hawk Mountain 5/17 (Laurie Goodrich, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Volunteers and Staff), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Bucks | one in Bridgeton Twp. 5/17 (Frank Sencher, Jr., Peter Kwiatek), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Chester | one near Malvern 5/10 (Zach Millen), one in Unionville 5/15 (Ellen Nunn, m.ob.), no doc, several at Bucktoe Creek Preserve starting 5/19 with a high of six 5/29 (Larry Lewis, m.ob.), doc submitted |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Delaware | one flew over Wallingford (Damon Orsetti) and later over Haverford College 5/29 (Kristen Johnson, Sheryl Johnson), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Indiana | one in Indiana 5/13-16 (Dominic Pumford, James Pumford, Joseph Pumford), second county record, doc submitted |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one flew over Lancaster 4/30 (Derek Stoner), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Lehigh | one over South Mountain 5/24 (Jason Horn), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Mar-May | Schuylkill | one at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 5/12 (David Barber), doc submitted. |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Philadelphia | took about 10 minutes to fly the 12 mile stretch between John Heniz NWR and Awbury Arboretum 6/7 (Debbie Beer, Bill Reaume, ph.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Schuylkill | unverified report near Rauschs 6/7 (Ian Nauroth, Laura Hershel). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Berks | seen along the Kittatinny Ridge, including immature just over the treetops at SGL 106, Pine Swamp Road 6/14 (Matt Wlasniewski), an unaged bird was seen flying over Kernsville Dam 7/3 (Kerry Grim), and an adult, probably a female, made a leisurely, effortl |
| Mississippi Kite | 2020 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | seen briefly over Southampton yard 6/10 (Chris Mortensen) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | one seen at the Middle Creek WMA 6/2 (Barb Hunsberger, m.ob.) and near Wrightsville 6/15 (Sabrena Boekell) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Montgomery | photographed at Green Lane Park 6/9 and in Douglass Twp. 6/11 (Paul Heveran, ph.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Jun-Jul | York | one photographed over Delta 6/5 (Alex Hafner, Matt Hafner). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | compiler's thought four different birds seen in county in vicinity of Nockamixon SP in June (Paul Heveran) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Jun-Jul | Chester | one at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 6/6 (Larry Lewis), high of 6 near Paoli feeding on cicadas (Lou Jacobs) and one 6/12 and 2 on 6/13 further south near residence (Andrea Martin, ph.), and 7/4 (Ian Stewart) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Mar-May | Bucks | one at Nockamixon SP 5/27 (Jason Horn), no doc and 5/31 (Eric Zawatski), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Mar-May | Chester | two 5/22 and singles 5/25-26 at Bucktoe Creek Preserve (Larry Lewis, m.ob.), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Mar-May | Cumberland | one in Mechanicsburg 5/31 (Ian Gardner), no doc. |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one south of New Holland 5/22 (Zach Millen), no doc. |
| Mississippi Kite | 2021 | Mar-May | Montgomery | recorded over Franconia Twp. 5/6 and 5/14 (Scott Godshall). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | an adult sailed past Nockamixon SP 6/7 (Paul Heveran, doc.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Jun-Jul | Lancaster | seen in flight near Leola 6/3 (Zach Millen) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Jun-Jul | Monroe | spotted in Saylorsburg area, first seen by vendor at weekend flea market on 2 successive days, 6/25-26, consequently relocated 7/21 (Jon Mularczyk) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Jun-Jul | Northampton | one in flight 6/1 (Bill Etter, eBird). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Mar-May | Bucks | one in Solebury Twp. 5/19 (Devich Farbotnik), flyovers at Silver Lake Park 5/21 (Mark Gallagher), Richland Twp. 5/23 (Cody Peters) and at Nockamixon SP 5/31 (Paul Heveran) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Mar-May | Chester | one at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/17 (Larry Lewis), 5 there 5/29 (Larry Lewis), one at the Schuylkill R. Trail 5/20 (Ann Williams), single birds in flight at ChesLen Preserve, Okehocking Preserve and at private residence near Downingtown (observers not list |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Mar-May | Franklin | one at Creekside Nature Trail Menno Haven 5/19-20 (Ron George, Tracy George-Snyder, Kyle Rambo) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Mar-May | Montgomery | one over Wyndmoor 5/17 (James Funk) and one over Lorimer Park 5/18 (Linda Widdop, et al.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | at least 11 eBird reports of up to 2 birds over the Northwest section of Philadelphia, most from in and near Wissahickon Valley Park 5/17 (m.ob.), one over South Philadelphia 5/18 (Gabriel Galson). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2022 | Aug-Nov | Bucks | one over Delaware River in Upper Makefield Twp. 8/23 (ph. Judith Greger, doc submitted). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Bucks | one photographed flying over Quakertown 5/13 (Cody Peters), doc submitted, one in Newtown Twp. 5/15 (Barbara S, Will Stollsteimer), doc submitted, one photographed in Doylestown Twp. 5/29 (Eric Zawatski), doc submitted |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Chester | one over Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens 4/26 (Kevin Fryberger), doc submitted, another over the same location 5/16 (Kevin Fryberger), doc submitted, two at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/21 (Larry Lewis), doc submitted, one near Downingtown 5/22 (Zach Baer), doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Delaware | one at Ridley Creek State Park 5/12 (Kiehl Smith), doc submitted, one at Hildacy Preserve 5/18 (Debbie Beer, et al.), doc submitted, one observed from Okehocking 5/22 (Ross Gallardy, Jeff Kenny, et al.), doc submitted |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Lancaster | one near Danville 5/14 (Keath Leidich), no doc |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Lebanon | one near Jonestown 5/10 (Andrew Markle), doc submitted: one in Annville 5/14 (m.ob.), doc submitted |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Monroe | one at Shawnee 5/25 (Jon Mularczyk) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Montgomery | one in Penn Valley 5/16 (Jessica Coss), doc submitted |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | one at the Southwest Philadelphia Water Treatment Plant 5/14 (Ed Edge), doc submitted, one at Wissahickon Valley Park 5/14 (Victoria Sindlinger), doc submitted, two over Aubury Arboretum 5/14 (Bill Reaume), doc submitted, 4 in Germantown 5/12 (Liam Hart), |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Monroe | at least one seen 6/2 at River's Edge Family Bike Park (John Mularczyk, doc.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Jun-Jul | Susquehanna | a county first, one was seen circling overhead and remained long enough to be photographed 6/17 (Brian Henderson). |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Aug-Nov | Delaware | one at Wallingford 8/17 (Rob Fergus) DOC and one at Garnet Valley 8/22 (Ethan Kang), DOC |
| Mississippi Kite | 2023 | Aug-Nov | Northampton | one flying into Northampton airspace from Lehigh at Catasauqua 8/26 (Jeff Vinosky), DOC. |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Adams | one at Gettysburg 4/14 (Tony Arnold) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Chester | numerous reports 5/21-28 with a high of six at Bucktoe Creek Preserve 5/23 (m.ob.) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Jun-Jul | Bucks | described drifting north over Quakertown 6/16 (Cody Peters) one was reported just east of Nockamixon SP 6/24 (Jane Barker-Hunt), and a first-summer bird was photographed nicely over Owls Nest Park on the same day (Carolina Fraser, Scott Fraser, doc submit |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Crawford | one in the Cambridge Springs area 5/23 (Kendall Zook) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Delaware | single birds in Glen Mills 5/22 (Ian Teaell), Middletown 5/25 (Al Guarente), and Chadds Ford Marsh 5/25 (Christian Scheibe, Ethan Kang) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Erie | one at the Presque Isle Hawk Watch 5/21 (Jerry McWilliams, Ruth Swaney, Bernie O'Connor) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Franklin | one near Waynecastle 4/22 (Andrew Markel) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Lancaster | singles in flight at Conestoga R Park 4/20 (Carl Groff, Meredith Lombard, m.ob.), Leola 5/14 (Josh Schulz), and Reamstown 5/22 (Ervin Martin) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Lawrence | one flying over private property in Washington Twp 5/22 (Daniel Hinnebusch), first county record |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Lehigh | one at Scenic View Trail near Alburtis 5/20 (Jeff Vinosky, eBird) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Luzerne | one at Plymouth Flats 5/18 (Jonathan DeBalko, eBird) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Mercer | one reported 5/25 in Mercer (Mike Lee) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Northampton | one at Mt Bethel Fens 5/19 (Michael Schall, Corinne Campbell Schall) |
| Mississippi Kite | 2024 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | one in Germantown 5/20 (Liam Hart, eBird). |