Swallow-tailed kites may not exactly hunt collaboratively, she said, but they do work in groups. “If I’m watching kites from an airplane, I’ll be like, ‘Oh, that’s interesting, it’s hunting all by ...

Swallow-tailed cotinga, Phibalura flavirostris flavirostris, Vieillot, 1816, photographed at Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil (South America). Image: Nick Athanas/Tropical Birding, 1 ...

They dart and dash through the sky, hovering in the air one second before plummeting from the cloud plumes the next. Swallow-tailed kites are arguably the most acrobatic and athletic of birds found in ...

It's a creature not often spotted on the Canadian side of the border, and it's presence in LaSalle is drawing bird watchers from across Ontario. A swallow-tailed kite, a bird in the raptor family most ...

There was quite a stir this week among birdwatchers after the sighting of a swallow-tailed kite, a migratory bird of prey that hasn't been seen in Shawnee County since the 1970s. Though the birds are ...

With talons spread, a swallow-tailed kite closes in on an insect (center, upper right) for a quick bite on the fly. Anyone who sees one of these marvelous, soaring hawks is asked to asked to jot down ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — You can see them pretty much anywhere in South Florida, taking flight over our skies. Swallow-tailed kites and their very distinct silhouette have returned following their ...

May 13, 1978 was a big day for birders Frank Bader and Milton Rinehart. While poking around Green Lawn Cemetery on Columbus’s south side, they discovered Ohio’s first record of Mississippi kite. I’m ...

Those who know me best know how much of a “spreadsheet nerd” that I am. I absolutely love them. I use them for budgeting, I use them for meal planning, I use them for educational programming. I even ...