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Black wing kite


Black wing kite
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Copyright: DEVENDRA BHARDWAJ (DevendraBhardwa) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 55 W: 0 N: 17] (332)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-12-18
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/1000 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-12-21 10:17
Viewed: 1101
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Black-winged Kites are commonly seen in the rural & urban parts of India.
Black-winged Kites prefer live prey and hunt small rodents and birds (rails and young bitterns, occasionally mynas). They also eat some reptiles (lizards) and large insects. Where food is scarce, they may eat carrion.

Black-winged Kites have excellent eyesight, and powerful bills and claws. To hunt, they may perch-and-wait, usually during the hotter part of the day or when it's raining.

Another hunting technique is to patrol on the wing, used mainly towards the evening and when there are young to feed. This involves a rapid flight, often at low levels (15-20m above the ground), combined with hovering then diving onto their prey with the wings held straight up, usually in grass or low vegetation. This method is 4-5 times more successful than perch-and-wait. ]
Breeding: Black-winged Kites breed year round. Males court with mock dive-attacks on a perching female and a mated pair may perform aerial displays or soaring and chasing, and calling from the nest tree. Paired mates also share food, even away from the nest. They usually mate high on a tree .

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To rohitjpr: thanks for critiqueDevendraBhardwa 1 01-09 21:04
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Namaste Devendra,
a majestic bird with wonderful red eyes.
This is a pretty one with a beautiful blue background. Thank you very much.
Do you also celebrate christmas although your religion don't know this festival?
I don't think so?!?
Have a nice time, greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hello Uncle,

This is indeed a very nice pic... posed very well.. :)

Excellent image and very good message. POV is excellent. The focus, as happens in my cybershot photos a fair amount of the time, looks slightly less than perfect. Maybe some TN mamber can make a suggestion to prevent this in the future.

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