Red Kite by rosiekind

Red Kite

I've had a wonderful time taking pics of red kites up the hill towards Old Warden. I went out prepared today with the camera on the seat beside me and they obliged by flying quite low. There were 4 at one time although mostly 2 who came quite close and flew low. They had their eye on a crow in a field and went down and attacked him! I was surprised as I didn't think they would attack a bird as big as a crow. It was a job to choose which one to post as I took loads of them and was pleased with most of them. I chose this one because he is flying against a blue sky. There were black clouds in the distance and some very boring white sky along the other way.

Thanks for all your views and comments - it is always much appreciated. I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
Great capture.
March 21st, 2014  
A brilliant capture, Great timing. Fav.
March 21st, 2014  
Wonderful photo not easy I think taking them against the sky.
March 21st, 2014  
Great shot. Well done
March 21st, 2014  
A fabulous capture,Rosie!! FAV!!
March 21st, 2014  
Very impressive capture. Great looking bird. FAV.
March 21st, 2014  
A wonderful capture- great timing and very good exsposure a fav for sure.
This is one bird I would love to see in Dorset.
March 21st, 2014  
Wow, Rosie. That is pretty incredible. Fav.
March 21st, 2014  
Awesome capture!
March 21st, 2014  
great shot.
March 22nd, 2014  
Great bird and wonderful shot Rosie.
March 22nd, 2014  
Nice shot Rosie
March 22nd, 2014  
@daisyjuds @thresheg @barrowlane @garethb @carolmw @anazad511 @esox @yonnie @whatsfordessert @net @frankhymus @ray_milsted Thanks everyone for all your kind comments and Favs. I was so excited to see this one and my "Enjoying the buds" capture of the blue tit on PP together and it's all thanks to people like you which keep me going.
March 22nd, 2014  
He looks quite big! Wonderful capture and detail.
March 22nd, 2014  
@lynnb Yes it's wing span is 69 -70 inches. Wonderful bird
March 22nd, 2014  
They are amazing birds - remind me of my old boss who used to nearly crash the car every time we went to a meeting in Oxford.
March 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful, nice capture.
March 22nd, 2014  
Love it!! Fav!!!
March 22nd, 2014  
You need for favs for this. Wonderful!
March 23rd, 2014  
Oh my goodness! What a great capture! Love the patterns on the underside of his wings!
March 23rd, 2014  
What an amazing capture. Well done Rosie.

+FAV
March 23rd, 2014  
Wonderful capture!
March 24th, 2014  
GORGEOUS
May 1st, 2014  
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