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Elanoides forficatus
The Willian Beardall Tosohatchee State Reserve has a nice population of Swallowtail Kites. I saw at least 6 of them in the few hours I was on the trails. This one is carrying nesting material, and it had 2 other kites following close behind it.
Spotted on Apr 4, 2014
Submitted on Apr 6, 2014
12 Comments
Thanks James.
Trifik
Thanks EnvUnlimited. They're beautiful birds, hope you get some shots.
Thanks Mark. I was fortunate the Kite flew right by me with good light.
Great shot Tom.
Thanks for all the nice comments, sunnyjosef, venusflytrap, Cris, Ava, António and Rosa.
I'm so excited that the Swallow Kites are nesting now!! :D Awesome photo!
Very nice spotting Tom,congrats and thanks for sharing
Since it's carrying nesting material, can you please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
Too beautiful!
whoa!
Excellent spotting Tom