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| These birds have a distinctive whistle - if I were a dog I would run and hide as soon as I heard it! It has traumatised a number of dogs and dog owners in our town. Why are birds so difficult to identify? One never seems to have the book that shows them all. This might be a Yellow-billed Kite, but I am not sure. Recently I had a very bad experience in the Park at Hilltop Camp . A Yellow-billed Kite swooped down and grabbed my ham roll out of my hand as I was going to take a bite! It was so close to my face that it's wing hit me behind the head. Fortunately only my finger was punctured by a talon. We still laugh about the incident, but at the time it was quite scary |
Maggie - that must have been very painful, and a fright. I was eating a sandwich in Botanic Gdns when a monkey swooped from a tree and took it off the plate which I was holding near my face. Hadedas are also after food you are eating at this cafe! It feels like the Wild West.....
ReplyDeleteAmazing set of pics. I personally don't think it's a yellow-billed kite but I am no expert. In the pics I have the yellow bill is quite pronounced and I believe you would see it in the third pic in your set.
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