Natchez Kite Festival lights up the bluff April 17-19, 2026, with a nighttime Kite Glow, family kite-making workshops, vendors, and a free-flying finale over the Mississippi River.

This is a great time of year to bird watch on the big river. I can take a short walk in downtown Cape to see one of my favorite birds -- the Mississippi kite. Some of you out there know kites only as ...

National Kite Flying Day is celebrated annually on February 8. It is a day to step into the great outdoors, feel the winter breeze, and connect with nature through the simple beauty of flying colorful ...

Swallow-tailed and Mississippi kites will sail over local neighborhoods in the next few weeks on their migratory journey to their South American wintering grounds. They glide, turn and twist through ...