Black-shouldered Kite airborne
I lucked out on this Black-shouldered Kite at the WTP, it was waiting for a little breeze to get airborne. I managed to get most of a sequence of liftoff and turning into the breeze.
Images for Black-shouldered Kites in 2011
Young Black-Shoudered Kite in brown dress, probably only a week or so out of the nest
Black-shouldered Kite maintaining young bird
Birds as Poetry —— Just because I WANDER doesn't mean I'm LOST 