Sky dance


Posted by Graeme Guy on Mon Oct 19, 2020 4:56 pm

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The Brahminy kite, formerly known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. They are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
[font=arial, sans-serif]The red/brown and white raptors are a reasonably common site around the coasts here and like to eat their prey while flying. A pair of them did a little sky dance a month back where for a brief time they flew close together in parallel and the synchronised dance took on a human-like twist when they touched wings  and whirled around briefly,[/font]

[font=arial, sans-serif]Canon EOS1SX Mk 3, Tamron 150-600mm lens @ 600mm, 1/6400, f8, handheld[/font]

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by Ron Day on Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:51 pm
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Graeme, perfect timing to capture this unique behavior. Well done!
 

by david fletcher on Tue Oct 20, 2020 11:04 am
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Wonderful sighting Graeme!
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by Karl Egressy on Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:10 am
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Great in flight interaction image.
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:46 am
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Beautiful pairing of these two -you really caught the "dance".
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