Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Mon, 21 May 2007 11:17:09 CST, wrote:
ps: what kind of a bird is a kite? Never heard of it before. -just
the paper and plastic ones.
It's kind of like a hawk. I don't know much about birds, so I made
the rest up.
A raptor (yes, like a hawk). Florida has three. The Mississippi Kite is
gray-on-gray for the adult male, with a narrow tail. Generally only found
on the panhandle and points west. The Everglades snail kite skims over the
swamps scooping snails off the surface plants. It has a white tail with a
black bar. The females & immature of both of these are brown with a
speckled brown-on-white chest. The most likely is the Swallowtail kite
which is black & white with a deeply notched tail. The Mississippi &
Swallowtails are insect eaters.
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derek
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