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05/02/2024

BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE

 Black-shouldered Kite  Elanus axillaris

 
 
This bird sat for several hours on a  television aerial, just sitting and watching.
 

 
Its brilliant white plumage fluttered all around its body, making it look twice as big as it really was. 


 
 
 
 
I had watched several of these birds hunting along the road, hovering and then dropping quickly into the long grass. Perhaps they had had a successful morning and were now just watching, and digesting what the morning's meal.