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Initially around 20 been seen soaring in Thermals over AVM school ground at a lower elevation. More and more Kites in small loose groups were seen gliding from North to South and started joining the soaring group. Within 6 minutes the group grew 200 strong with the biggest group 150+ strong were soaring over AVM school ground and 3 more small groups of 15-20 numbers over Raj bhavan ground & Golf course. After 5 mins soaring the group gained good elevation and started gliding further south, probably towards Pallikaranai dump site? Except a few (less than 10), rest all went out of sight in less than 2 mins. Attaching the Google maps representation of their movements. BLUE arrow shows the direction in which most of them flew in, YELLOW arrow shows the direction where few individuals flew through, GREEN arcs (size of arc based on size of flock) show where the Kites caught thermals & gained elevation, PINK arrow shows the direction in which almost all of them flew out south breaking from the thermals.
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