They're back!

Remember the posts about the White-tailed Kites (Elanus leucurus) during the fall of 2015?  We didn't see them last year, but a few kites have returned to roost in our neighborhood this year.

Here's one photo from 27 August 2017 (perched at the top of a redwood tree):

 

And another from 28 August 2017 (flying by on the way to the roost site around sunset):

 

To review some of the previous posts about communal roosting behavior in White-tailed Kites, see the following posts:

"Under and over the moon" on 17 September 2015

"Questions" on 5 October 2015

"Tracking" on 29 October 2015