The white-tailed kite is a very cool bird that I would love to see more of. Like Lord Voldemort, it has wonderfully sinister reddish eyes and pale whitish feathers (like Voldemort's skin) and can hover in the air like a helicopter. I saw my first one at
San Elijo Lagoon in Encinitis, San Diego County, California on September 10, 2021 while we were staying in San Diego for a firm meeting. It was in poor evening light so in an attempt to lighten up the photo it is getting a purplish haze.
The next sighting was on September 10, 2021 at a cacao farm near
Churute Mangroves Ecological Reserve southeast of Guayaquil, Ecuador, shortly after we'd returned from the Galapagos Islands.
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| Illustration from Birds of the World. |
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| Illustration from Birds of the World. |
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| Range from Birds of the World. I was surprised by the limited presence in the U.S. |
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