As part of the Yellow-billed Kite flying demonstration the handler tosses pieces of raw meat into the air to simulate a bug and the Kite catches them on the fly. I didn’t get a decent picture of that action, but in the sequence below the bird missed and immediately dropped to the ground to find the food.
The demonstration field was covered in little yellow flowers, a pretty background for this brown bird.
He sauntered around a bit for taking to the sky again.
Yellow-billed Kite, Milvus aegyptius
Ted, TPJ Photo, captured some nice images of the mid-air feeding and the Kite taking food from the handler on the fly.
The Center for Birds of Prey offers photographers an opportunity to take close-up photographs of owls and other birds of prey a few times a year.
The Center for Birds of Prey, Photography Day, April 22, 2018, Awenda, SC.
Amazing photos, Ellen!
Thanks, Pete. I couldn’t have asked for a more interesting background.
So much clarity in this picture that I almost didn’t think it was real! Awesome.
Thanks, Jess, glad you liked it.
The flowers give a beautiful background to him and your captures!
I expect they might be considered “weeds” but it was a very nice element for photographing this big bird.