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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 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 Bucks 1 on 5/1-7 at Peace Valley Park was a 2nd county record (August Mirabella, Devich Farbotnik)
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 Aug-Nov Northampton one at north banding station at Little Gap 9/2 (Jerry Lahr).
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 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 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 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 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 Juniata one perched along Texas Hollow Road 5/19 (Toby Petersheim, 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 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 Northampton seen circling over Koch property 6/5 (Arlene Koch).
Mississippi Kite 2016 Jun-Jul Monroe seen briefly at Long Pond 6/25 (Steven Fordyce, eBird)
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 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 Jun-Jul Lancaster two immatures reported soaring above an Akron home 6/4 (Bruce Carl).
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 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 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 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.