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Swallow-tailed Kite with Spanish Moss nesting material

© 2008 Kevin Barry, All Rights Reserved

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A strikingly marked raptor of the southeastern United States, the Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) captures flying insects or plucks insects and lizards from the tops of trees. The population in the US appears stable. It was a special opportunity to photograph the Kite just after it plucked a clump of Spanish Moss from a tree in Everglades National Park.

 

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Uploaded on July 20, 2008
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