single photos Male Snail Kite Lift Off

My last post was the female Snail Kite. This is the male. As you can

see, he has the darker bluish grey feather colors.This kite?s beak

is specially adapted to extract aquatic snails from their shells.

They will also eat fresh water crabs, turtles, and small rodents if

snails are not available. Snail Kites hunt from a perch or by flying

low over suitable habitat looking for snails.

Amaizing!!! :)

nice shot............sharp and detail................

I don't see how it can get any better than this. You ever think about submitting this photo to 'Outdoor Photogrpher' ?

Besides having superb detail and sharpness, the exposure for this dark-colored bird is perfect. Exellent job!

lovely one dave, perfect freezing of the action, welldone, my regards., RK!