Whistling Kite by stuart83

Photography • Animals • posted on Feb 06, 2007

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Description

The Whistling Kite is named for its call: a shrill, descending whistle, followed by a mad cackle of around four to seven descending notes. Whistling Kites are found all across mainland Australia with only a few pairs in Tasmania. Like their cousins, the Black Kites, Whistling Kites are carrion eaters, but being a larger, more aggressive bird, the proportion of hunted food in their diet is higher than that of the Black Kites. Whistling Kites will hunt young rabbits, rats, small reptiles, birds and fish. Whistling Kites can often be found scavenging alongside Black Kites, with a few Whistling Kites mixed in among a flock of Black Kites. In flight, Whistling Kites are easy to identify because of the rounded shape of the tail, as opposed to the distinctive fork of the Black Kite's tail. The Whistling Kite's preferred habitats are bushland, scrub, wetland and open plain. They are generally not found in densely forested areas. Thanks for your comments, Stuart

Comments (16)

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erlandpil

6:08AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

Very good capture picture all 3 erland

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featherwitch

7:17AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

Beautiful work on all of them! Kookaburras are really neat birds- on my last trip to a local "zoo", I had the pleasure of hearing a couple of them "laughing". What a sound! :)=)

kjpweb

7:49AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

Good series. The Blue-Winged Kookaburra being your best image so far, imho. Bravo!

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TwoPynts

8:41AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

I wanted to comment on your Blue-Winged Kookaburra, but all of your wildlife photos are exception so I'll just say it here -- Nicely done. You special treatment of the background really enhances the focus on the subjects. Don't you just love the word Kookaburra? :'P

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shahlaa

9:27AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

This is a beautiful bird...great capture...may I ask how you get so close without them flying away?

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_Guffi_

9:28AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

Beautiful, majestic bird.

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Littlejock

10:15AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

Great colour and DOF. Super pic.. again Hugs my friend

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TheAnimaGemini

11:18AM | Tue, 06 February 2007

Fantastic serie. Stunning. The poor little mouse on your second pic...my god,I know, its nessecary for the bird to hount, but i feel sorry for the mouse. :(

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