A Northern Nesting Station for the White-Tailed Kite
A Northern Nesting Station for the White-tailed Kite.-When I took up residence at Corning, Tehama County, California, in 1948, I noted a pair of White-tailed Kites hunting in the area. In the next two years I located its nest in an eucalyptus grove about a mile north of my ranch. In 1954 the kites built in an olive grove, selecting a tree near the center of the grove and placing the nest about 20 feet off the ground. In 1955 they again built in an olive tree about 18 feet off the ground, and on May 10 they had three eggs. On the 17th there were four eggs, three of which hatched about June 12. Two left the nest site early and the third stayed in and around the tree for about two weeks.
Although kites have been reported north to Shasta County in the Sacramento Valley, successful nesting of the species Seems not to have been recorded north of the.lower section of the valley.- WARREN LABARTHE, Corning, California, February 29, 1956.
