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Photography => Non-Ontario Birds => Topic started by: aviator on November 20, 2014, 08:27:53 PM

Title: Red Kites
Post by: aviator on November 20, 2014, 08:27:53 PM

Scotland
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Title: Re: Red Kites
Post by: thouc on November 21, 2014, 08:39:48 AM

Nice find, I read on Wikipedia that they have been reintroduced there relatively recently.

Title: Re: Red Kites
Post by: aviator on November 21, 2014, 08:08:39 PM

Thanks
Yes, they are doing well now despite the occasional poisoning. These photos were taken in Scotland, one of several sites monitored by the RSPB. They are fed wild food and the sight of 20 or so lining up to grab the scraps is amazing.