Yellowbilled Kite
1st image: Two minutes before this picture was taken, this Yellowbilled Kite and its mate were perched in a small tree about 300 feet away from the water, where there was a large flock of doves on the sand drinking at water's edge. Suddenly, this pair of Yellowbilled kits each dove into the flock of doves and each hit one. In seconds, each had demolished a dove, leavimg only some scattered feathers. (Please see next image). [Masuma Dam, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe].
Yellowbilled Kite
2nd image: One of the Yellowbilled Kites standing over the remains of the dove--there's not much left: only feathers and some body remnants. To view the pair post cibum, see 3rd image. [Masuma, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe].
Yellowbilled Kite
3rd image: After enjoying the doves, the pair of Yellowbird Kites strolled down the beach and had a drink. (Masuma Dam, Zimbabwe].
Yellowbilled Kite
A close-up of another Yellowbilled Kite resting on a twig. [Moremi NP, Botswana].
Yellowbilled Kite
This Yellowbilled Kite is about to fly away. [Hwange NP, Zimbabwe].
Blackshouldered Kite
A close-up view of a Blackshouldered Kite. [Hwange NP, Zimbabwe]
Blackshouldered Kite
A Blackshouldered Kite is holding something for lunch in its beak. [Chobe NP, Botswana]
Blackshouldered Kite
The Blackshouldered Kite (side view) is a small raptor that eats small mammals, bats, insects, and small birds. [Botswana].
Blackshouldered Kite
This photo of a Blackshouldered Kite showing considerable neck flexibility--- from a forward body position, it looks backward 180 degrees. Many raptors have this facility. [Botswana].