ML498393161
Contributor
John Kaye Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Bentsen-Rio Grande Val. SP--Hawk Watch
Hidalgo, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
One adult male, one juvenile (male?), four females and a dark-morph adult were seen. The first sighting occurred at 08:51 AM and the rest occurred between 10:20 and 10:50 AM. Views I had were with 10x binoculars and it was evident that we were looking at a minimum of five kites based on their appearance at the same time in the air. All birds clearly showed the paddle-shaped wings and hooked bill characteristic of HBKI. Ryan Rodriguez used his 25+ power scope to identify specific characteristics from which he determined that there were indeed seven individuals. I am including several photos I got for some of the birds sighted in the 10:20-10:50 time frame. Hopefully photos taken from others will reveal some of the others.
Technical information
- Model
- COOLPIX P1000
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 155 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/640 sec
- Dimensions
- 664 pixels x 498 pixels
- Original file size
- 48.47 KB