Brutkey

Richard Rathe
@nickrauchen@c.im

Eleven Swallow-Tailed Kites roosted in a local dead pine tree overnight--and we got to watch them wake-up and get ready for work! 🙂🙂

When they fly they remind me of giant black and white butterflies.

"The lilting Swallow-Tailed Kite has been called 'the coolest bird on the planet.'...”

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Swallow-tailed_Kite

#Birds #SwallowTailedKites #NaturePhotography

Three Swallow-Tailed Kites on a tree limb Take Off! Swallow-Tailed Kite Soaring Swallow-Tailed Kite Soaring The birds body is white, with black extended wings and deeply-forked tail.