The Avian Conservation Center – The Center for Birds of Prey has posted signage across the region asking about swallow-tailed kites, “Have you seen this bird?” An illustrated flight profile ...

and that energy is a big part of the swallow-tailed kite's hunting strategy. "Our most beautiful bird of prey, striking in its shape, its pattern, and its extraordinarily graceful flight," an ...

Swallow-tailed kites are one of Florida's gemstone ... comparatively small raptors recently arrived in Southwest Florida, fresh off a flight from South America. They're here to feed and breed ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — You can see them pretty much anywhere in South Florida, taking flight over our skies. Swallow-tailed kites and their very distinct silhouette have returned following ...

Swallow-tailed kites spend most of their time in flight, which can make them easier to spot. According to the Cornell website, “The kite’s aerial acrobatics while on the hunt are something to see.

They glide through the air on slender outstretched wings, torquing their long, forked tails to rudder their flight course. Swallow-tailed kites are in the Accipitridae bird family that includes ...

Their diet consists of dragonflies, butterflies, beetles, snakes, frogs, lizards and small birds plucked out of the air mid-flight. Today, according to the Nature Conservancy, the swallow-tailed ...

In a poison ivy–filled thicket under loblolly pines, Jennifer Coulson bushwhacked to the base of the tree where swallow-tailed kites had ... birds screeching in flight to warn each other about ...

I very recently had the opportunity to observe a stunningly beautiful species of raptor that rarely makes a lasting appearance in this great state, and that avian species is the swallow-tailed kite.

Swallow-tailed kites are often referred to as the ... Also, unlike most other birds of prey, they often hunt and roost in groups. Their flight seems almost effortless as their 4-foot wingspan ...