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The SKY is Mine While on my Roadtrip to Dharmastala in the lap of Western ghats via charmadi ghat I was on the look out for any special birds, and this white eagle or kite or whatever caught me eye, I stopped my bike immediatley and followed it down the woods to get a good shot. Black-winged Kite,Elanus caeruleus,Geotagged,India,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

The SKY is Mine

While on my Roadtrip to Dharmastala in the lap of Western ghats via charmadi ghat I was on the look out for any special birds, and this white eagle or kite or whatever caught me eye, I stopped my bike immediatley and followed it down the woods to get a good shot.

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  1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Beautiful photo! But this is not a Black-shouldered kite! It is an Australian species.
    Maybe you would check here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_India
     Posted 10 years ago
  2. View prabhakareight's profile
    prabhakareight
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    Thank you for notifying me and guiding me in the right path :) @jivko Nakev Posted 10 years ago
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    prabhakareight
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    This Bird is a Black Winged Kite, Its is similar to the australian white shouldered kite. Posted 10 years ago

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The Black-winged Kite

The Black-winged Kite is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much-smaller kestrels.

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Uploaded Mar 1, 2015. Captured Feb 28, 2015 08:37 in National Highway 234, Karnataka 577113, India.
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  • NIKON D3300
  • f/8.0
  • 1/2000s
  • ISO280
  • 200mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.