ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Haliastur indus  

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
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© Larry Dunis 2010
Terranora, NSW (Apr, 2010)

There were two of these guys swooping low over the Terranora Broadwater but I didn't get to see any swimming lunch being pulled from the briny.

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite snatches Ruddy Turnstone

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Juvenile Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kites with Ruddy Turnstone

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Ruddy Turnstone escapes

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kites with Ruddy Turnstone

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

The Ruddy Turnstone appears okay!

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Brahminy Kite