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Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge, San Jose, California

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Watching a White Tailed Kite eating brunch

Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge, San Jose, California

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Unfortunately very late and went directly to the nest which is completely hidden in the tree.

One of the younger WTK chicks that was knocked off its nest wasn't able to climb up the tree so went up a bottlebrush instead. S/he wasn't very happy so kept screaming.

Been shooting birds from a greater distance than usual to observe behaviors.

Lots of distant flight shots below

Mountain View, CA

Dh2t, Siegl, Wiener Neustadt, 1927/5781, Typ: BBÖ-Reihe 478, Stundenleistung: 840 PS, Vmax: 40 km/h, gebaute Anzahl: 50

1927 Auslieferung an BBÖ als 478.30

1938 an DR als 92 2330, später als 92 2530

1945 an ÖStB als 92.2530

1953 an ÖBB als 92.2530, ab 1955 als 392.2530

1966 an Wolfsegg-Traunthaler Kohlenwerks AG als WTK 4, Einsatz auf der Ampflwanger Bahn

1983 an ÖGEG

Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, CA

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Mountain view, CA

White-tailed Kite was eating a Vole @ Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, CA

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11/23/2016

Some time back, we watched a pair of nesting White-tailed Kites. It was a delightful experience to watch a complete food exchange. It was distant, but I have never been able to photograph or even watch a whole sequence. It was amazing!

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Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont CA

Action over Gomes Park in Fremont

Tried out the 1.7TC with the 500mm PF on the Z9 and seems to work much better than with the D500.

Watching a White Tailed Kite eating brunch

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Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, CA

WTK already finished 1/3 of the meal. It decided to do some exercise before continue eating the big lunch.

在吃完三分之一的午餐後，白尾鳶決定先去舒展一下筋骨再回來繼續吃大餐。

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Female Kite is grabbing the vole with her beak before leaving to eat.

Coimbatore, India

CHRP, Fremont

CHRP

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Dh2t, Siegl, Wiener Neustadt, 1927/5781, Typ: BBÖ-Reihe 478, Stundenleistung: 840 PS, Vmax: 40 km/h, gebaute Anzahl: 50

1927 Auslieferung an BBÖ als 478.30

1938 an DR als 92 2330, später als 92 2530

1945 an ÖStB als 92.2530

1953 an ÖBB als 92.2530, ab 1955 als 392.2530

1966 an Wolfsegg-Traunthaler Kohlenwerks AG als WTK 4, Einsatz auf der Ampflwanger Bahn

1983 an ÖGEG

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A Juvenile WTK enjoying in flight snack at CHRP

Croc Rock Pizza Shop

04.24.2010

Lots of white-tailed kites still in the neighborhood, not sure which are the adults and which are this year's chicks, so not sure if this is a parent passing on its catch to a chick or a male to female passage.