🪁 Meet our sky-surfing Bird of the week, the Mississippi Kite: A pearly gray raptor with vibrant red eyes and wings built for hovering mid-air on effortless wingbeats. 🦗 Nicknames for the Mississippi Kite include the “hovering kite” and “Locust Eater.” And speaking of Locusts, their diet is dominated by flying insects — which makes them especially vulnerable to pesticides. 🌳🏠 Highly adaptable, these kites will live in forests, prairies, riparian woodlands, and even in neighborhood trees. The