![]() ![]() The kite's wings were flat and glider-like while it quartered the riverside meadows, then it reached the A1 and gave a couple of full loose-winged flaps to clear the traffic and head into the distance. And what a tail! I'd often seen the twists of the kite's rudder from below, but never quite appreciated before just how the two forks worked independently, fanning and tilting, one lifted, one lowered. ![]() ![]() They are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The Red Kite is brightly patterned with long wings and makes relaxed, elegant, ‘elastic’ wing beats in direct flight with wings slightly angled / arched. The red kite passed overhead with eyes on the ground, and from then on I was chasing its tail with my binoculars. Nice shot of the Kite, looks pretty sharp, which is something to practice at on in-flight shots. The brahminy kite ( Haliastur indus ), also known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. I was craning my neck for views of finches with neat little forked tails when a bigger bird with a much bigger fork drifted over the oak I stood under. There was a whole hotel kitchen of choppers in the oaks and sycamore, but since the oaks had broken into flower and the sycamore into leaf, the greenfinches were almost invisible. Oh how wrong was I, 3 dozen or more magnificent, majestic red kites flying, tumbling, swooping through the air, before my very eyes, waiting for the all clear. Flies with easy languid wingbeats and lazy glides, circling gracefully. Wheezy exhalations mixed with urgent "chew-chew-chew-chew" chopping sounds, as if they were dicing vegetables. About Once considered a threat to game birds and domestic animals like cats and dogs, the red kite was hunted close to extinction in the UK. Distinctive large, graceful raptor with a fairly long, forked, rusty-orange tail. The Easter holidays had drawn out the song of greenfinches, calling from the tallest trees. ![]()
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