small hawk helped me cut hay yesterday.

[alabama]

I am still trying to figure this bird out. Searching for a Blue Darter on the net has leaded me several places but I have not found a good picture. However, I have found a page-showing silhouette of several raptors and this bird may have been a falcon. I have not found a silhouette of a kite yet but I am still looking.

[alabama]

Ok I found a Mississippi Kite and he looked alot like one but he was not as bid as described in this link www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3290id.html

he was very light brested but the undersids of the wing was browner and on the back of his wings was almost black except for the trailing edges. and down his back.

[alabama]

Ok I am sure now. It was a young Mississippi kite.
They nest in May through July so this one must have been a year old. how many years does it take for them to be full grown?