The White-Tailed Kite in Orange County, California
The White-tailed Kite in Orange County, California
Recent records of the White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) in southern California are so few that it seems worth while to publish the following observations. On February 22, 1924, a Whitetailed Kite was seen in the willows near the mouth of San Juan Creek, about three miles south of San Juan Capistrano. On December 2, 1924, and again on the following day, one was seen hunting over a weed covered field, three-quarters of a mile northeast of Cypress; and on January 7 and 23, 1926, what was presumably the same bird was seen at the same place, sometimes in one of several small eucalyptus trees at the edge of the field and sometimes flying back and forth or hovering on vibrating wings. On January 6, 1928, one was seen flying steadily in a northwesterly direction, about two miles southeast of Buena Park; and on December 24, 1928, one was seen hunting over weed covered fields about two miles southwest of Buena Park.
John McB. Robertson
Buena Park, California, April 11, 1929
