whistling kite

Listen for the call of the whistling kite, whose nest nearby can be seen by the keen-eyed.

The only sign of life immediately visible were the whistling kites soaring overhead searching out food.

Throughout their lives, whistling kites have bone-colored legs and feet, which are unfeathered.

Old nests of wedge-tailed eagles or whistling kites have been renovated and used.

Whistling kites soar on slightly bowed wings, with their long flight feathers often well-splayed.

A species of open or lightly wooded areas, whistling kites are typically found near water, at elevations ranging from sea level to 1400 meters.

Whistling kites swoop on the fires, picking up burning sticks to carry ahead and make new fire fronts to smoke out bugs.

Along with a Whistling Kite sitting on its nest, our breakfasting heroes watched in amazed anticipation as three reckless (?

Birds of prey such as the whistling kite, and a range of parrots and honeyeaters can be seen all over the region.

Overall, the whistling kite looks small-headed and long-tailed, with wingtips falling well short of the tail tip when the bird is perched.

The whistling kites are black marks on the bright sky above; below us is the place where men's business happens and a floodplain filled with paperbark trees.

Australias largest, the Wedge-Tailed Eagle and the beautiful Whistling Kite.

Listen to the mullet jumping in the lake or spy the eagles, whistling kites or pelicans soaring effortlessly above you.

Whistling Kite - Haliastur sphenurus A single individual was seen along the Fly River on the 4th.

Haliastur sphenurus (Whistling kite)

Birds of prey such as whistling kites also rely on fire to flush out small animals and are usually found in large numbers circling a fire front.

Whistling kites are truly catholic in their tastes, taking small mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, insects and carrion.

Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) Q. Three at Abbattoir swamp.

Other raptor species seen included Square-tailed Kite, Black-breasted Buzzard and Whistling Kite.

They harass smaller raptors such as swamp harriers, whistling kites, brahminy kites and ospreys, forcing them to drop any food that they are carrying.

Bounded by houses, the paperbark tea-tree-fringed lowlands are the avarian home to egrets, magpie geese, osprey, whistling kites, all varieties of ibis.

Whistling kites are also known to pirate meals from ibises and herons and from other raptors, and to force large waterbirds to regurgitate their catches.

Other species found include whistling kite, rainbow bee-eater, willie wagtail, inland thornbill, variegated fairywren, mistletoebird, grey-headed honeyeater and Torresian crow.

WHISTLE KITE A very rare and expensive whistling kite from Nanking.

Whistling kites tend to be found singly or in pairs, but sometimes gather in larger groups, particularly during nomadic movements, at roost sites and at sources of plentiful food.