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Black Shouldered Kite - Ado Elephant Park, South Africa

Black Shouldered Kite - Ado Elephant Park, South Africa

A small, open country raptor with distinctive black shoulder patches and striking red eyes. Found solitarily or in pairs during the day, gathering at dusk to ro...
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A small, open country raptor with distinctive black shoulder patches and striking red eyes. Found solitarily or in pairs during the day, gathering at dusk to roost communally. Hunts by hovering, parachuting onto prey with wings in a deep V.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 125 Shutter 1/400

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Feb, 2014

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Wonderful capture Brian - A wonderful 2014 for you and your loved ones!!

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excellent photo. and thank you for your added comments as it helps us to learn what we are looking at! I've only recently seen birds with red eyes.. is there a significance to that I wonder? good ole google time! blessings, Cheryl thank you so much for sharing Brian!

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