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Scruffy The Red Kite

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Red Kites are a hugely endangered species of birds, near my grandparents house there is a sanctuary that looks after them, they are completely wild but within this area they are protected. This is Scruffy, My grandad noticed him trying to hunt, nut he had fallen from his nest and his tail feathers and the longer feathers at the tips of his wings were all messed up (it looked like he had morning hair) and he was basically not very good at hunting. Red Kites are opportunistic feeders and will quite often take food instead of actively chasing it down. So Grandad started to throw defrosted chicks out into the garden to see if he could at least feed him. Long story short 3 years on Scruffy and Grandad are best of friends now, Scruffy is a big (easily a meter wingspan) healthy strong male Kite and covers a massive hunting area, He will quite ofter be seen picking up a rabbit or darting out into a field, but every day at 2 pm my grandad throws out a chick for Scruffy and he blows a whistle and no matter where he is Scruffy comes and eats his chick :)
Image size
1884x1884px 2.24 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 450D
Shutter Speed
1/790 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
55 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Jul 28, 2013, 2:49:11 PM
Sensor Size
9mm
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AgonizingSwordfish's avatar
Great capture and awesome story :)