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Brahminy Kite

Haliastur indus

Description:

Raptor eating it's prey in mid-flight.

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14 Comments

DiveMUster
DiveMUster 9 years ago

@logangrecco : Yes it seems to be feeding on the fish it just caught.

logangrecco
logangrecco 9 years ago

Awesome shot! What's it eating?

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 12 years ago

ok.. normally i see them very high up in the sky, thats why i asked. i thought maybe u were sitting atop a bird watching tower. :) ;)

DiveMUster
DiveMUster 12 years ago

Thank you all! :)

ctsetan: The bird was flying quite low, maybe about only 20+ feet off the water surface. I was on a boat.

wildlifewatcher
wildlifewatcher 12 years ago

Amazing shot!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Fast food!!!

riversnoahde
riversnoahde 12 years ago

Amazing photo

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 12 years ago

beautifully captured.... how did you gain such elevation to take this shot?

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 12 years ago

this bird is considered threatened in india i think... ???

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

nice..

Bas
Bas 12 years ago

really nice shot!!!

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago

Spectacular moment for a picture.

Dangermouse
Dangermouse 12 years ago

Spectacular!

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 12 years ago

Wow...

DiveMUster
Spotted by
DiveMUster

Kuala Kurau, Perak, Malaysia

Spotted on Apr 25, 2009
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011

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