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To read the Kansas-Tennessee Kite Connection story, click here for a PDF document.

Banding Birds

The birds are shipped from Kansas via the US Postal Service.

Banding tools.

Knox Martin and Martha Waldron banding the birds.

Martha Waldron banding a Mississippi Kite.

Close-up of a band.

Mississippi Kite being released.

Immature Mississippi Kite. Adults are grey with red eyes.