Swallow-tailed Kite - Robert Ake
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Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach US-VA 36.67190, -75.91488
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
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Map Coordinates: 36.671896, -75.914881
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Observation details

First noted by John Pancake as it flew low toward us from the SSE from the direction of the sun so it was backlit. As it approached it did some maneuvers in the high wind which displayed its forked tail and strongly contrasting black and white plumage. It went north into the wind where Rob Bielewski saw it at Little Island. Photo taken by Bob Epperson.

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