ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Elanus axillaris  

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
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© Larry Dunis 2010
Mount Lyndhurst Station, SA (May, 2010)

A Black-shouldered Kite leaving his tree top lookout to obtain food such as a small rodent or maybe even a large grasshopper which were in no short supply in this region due to recent rains and good revegetation of the grasslands.

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)

Black-shouldered Kite

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)

Immature Black-shouldered Kite

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)

Black-shouldered Kite

Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)

Black-shouldered Kite