Red Kite by danob
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Description
Latin name: Milvus milvus
Description: A buoyant medium-large raptor with long wings and characteristic long deeply forked tail. Flight leisurely with constant twisting of tail and obvious white patches on the underwing. Adults have a pale head and a rufous body, tail and forewing. Juveniles show less red in their body and tail and have distinct white tips to their upper wing coverts giving a speckled paler appearance than an adult.
Habitat: Likes open pasture and arable land with woods or shelterbelts for nesting. Closely associated with a wide variety of farmland practices and habitats.
Food: The Red Kite is an opportunist scavenger and is very adaptable. Will hunt rodents (mice and rats), young birds (pigeons and crows), young rabbits and will eat insects such as worms, beetles and Crane Flies. Also eats carrion such as dead livestock, road kills and shot birds and offal. Will piratise food from crows and other birds including Kestrels.
Breeding: Untidy stick nests built in the crown, lateral branches or forks of deciduous or coniferous trees. The nest is also decorated with varying amounts of rubbish such as plastic, wool, paper, clothes, bailer twine etc. 2-4 eggs laid in early April to early May. Eggs are incubated for 28-32 days and chicks leave the nest after 50-55 days.
Status: Became extinct in Ireland in the early 19th century. The original Welsh population has been augmented by 6 separate release programmes in England and Scotland. Up to 10% of the Scottish population visit Ireland each winter, particularly immature first year birds.
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Comments (60)
lovely capture.
so as always very good details and dof...I like your bird shot, now I am waiting for the black swan !!
What a beauty.. I love birds of prey.
Wowww...!!!Powerful Shot..!!! very beautiful my friend..!!love it..** V **
WOOOW like allways :).....amazing capture...what a great details and so clear! :) V
Fantastic! Excellent shot:))!!!!
Oh, wow... Excellence, Danny. Perfect shot :))
What a wonderful shot!! Wow!!**
Great shot!
wow..how do you get these wonderful pics..I can't get close to anything..lol..fantastic job
Again a fantastic shot, and much to learn!
Great photo.
Yes!!!! Awesome new shot !!!!! Bravo !
incredible capture, perfect.
You are a wizard ! Very well done !
Fabulous pic. - wonderful.
Beautiful creature : love the wild expression of this bird. Wonderful!
Spectacular and very opportune capture Daniel!!! Vote
I have many memories of watching kites dance...they're some of the happiest I have...thank you for reminding me of them.
What an expression! A spectacular shot, my friend! *v+
Although captured with a "pro" equipment (I suppose) this is SUPERB !!! Congrats and VVV !!!
Wonderfull picture...!!!!!!!!!!
Splendid! Vote!!!
I used to speak Latin when I wuz an Altar Boy and I am still an opportunist scavenger....beaut Photo Cobber....manly hugz
Have no problem with milvus milvus...I appeciate you comments...very interesting even for not initited people in ornithology. Great shot again...great raptor too...
excellent shot and close up! great effect the background! wonderful details and very interesting!
splendid artwork danob.
Fantastic image!!!!
Birds of prey - Sharks of the air - luv this stuff dan :)
what an expression. fantastic shot,Danny. * vote * #:O)