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	eNature.com Nature Guides
		The Swallow-tailed Kite is the most aerial of our birds of prey.
		A graceful bird of prey, with long pointed wings and deeply forked tail; head and underparts white; back, wings, and tail black.
		It catches much of its insect food on the wing, snatches lizards from the trunks of trees, eats what it has caught while flying, drinks by skimming the surface of ponds and marshes, and even gathers nesting material by breaking dead twigs from the tops of trees as it flies past.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0101

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Elanoides forficatus
		The adults have a longer tail than younger birds, and birds' ages can be determined according to this feature when numerous Swallow-tailed Kites are at migration roosts.
		With its distinctive tail, the Swallow-tailed Kite is readily identified if seen clearly, although from great distances identification becomes more difficult.
		The Swallow-tailed Kite occurs primarily in swamps and forested wetlands, usually near nesting sites.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/falconiformes/eforficatus.html

	Adopt-a-Bird - Swallow-tailed Kite
		Remarks: Spotting a Swallow-tailed Kite in flight is a wonderful experience for the seasoned naturalist or budding bird-watcher.
		Reproduction: The Swallow-tailed Kite nests in the upper branches of tall trees, typically 60-100 feet above the ground.
		The back, rump, wings, and deeply-forked tail are blackish in color; head and underparts, including the small feathers on the underside of the wing, are white.
	www.adoptabird.org /stk.html

	Kite Site 2000
		Dr. Meyer has been studying Swallow-tailed Kites since 1988.
		On Monday, August 28, 2000, a Swallow-tailed Kite that recovered from a shoulder injury was released in the Refuge to begin its migratory journey southward to Brazil.
		Follow the migration of a rehabilitated Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) on an astonishing journey of over 4,000 miles from Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge near DeLeon Springs, Florida to its wintering habitat in South America.
	www.adoptabird.org /kitesite

	Buteo Books - Out-of-Print Catalog 19
		Swallow-tailed kite; diversity and abundance of tropical birds; red-billed toucan; white-bearded manakin.
		Tyrant flycatchers; Hawaiian thrushes; breeding of the pearl kite.
		Spines dull, head and tail of spines worn, corners rubbed.
	www.buteobooks.com /cat19.html

	kites from World Wide Web Find
		Kite flying is very popular in Japan, India, and many other countries.
		Kite Surf the Earth - Traveling school will come to your site and teach kite surfing.
		AIRpressure - An Interactive multimedia web site on kites and kite flying in and around Sheffield England.
	www.worldwidewebfind.com /kites.html

	Swallow-tailed Kite Initiative
		Swallow-tailed kites (STKI) breed in the southeastern U.S and winter in South America.
		In Georgia, providing for kite nesting, roosting and foraging habitats within an actively managed landscape that includes forestry and agriculture will be crucial to the long-term success of our kite population.
		These reports can be examined by date and provide valuable information for locating active nest areas, identifying areas and habitats important for roosting and foraging, determining dispersal and movement patterns after young kites have left the nest, and pre-migration movements.
	www.gos.org /sightings/stki-initiative.html

	Swallow-tailed Kite Monitoring Program
		All sightings locations will be included in DNR�s kite database, and the information will be forwarded to the Swallow-tailed Kite field biologists for nesting or roosting follow-up searches.
		The first Swallow-tailed Kite of 2004 reported for Georgia was seen on 03 March, over the Altamaha River at US 301 in Long County- the second earliest date for kites seen in Georgia.
		Observations and documented nests are critical to our understanding of kite distribution, habitat and management requirements, ecology, and future needs.
	www.gos.org /sightings/stki.html

	Swallow-tailed Kite Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		Though relatively few in number, Swallow-tailed Kites may be quite conspicuous in the scattered areas where they occur, due to their tendency to nest in loose colonies and gather in large aggregations to forage and roost.
		Breeding Swallow-tailed Kites are most conspicuous during the courtship and nest-building stages and while feeding young.
		The Swallow-tailed Kite forages in a diverse array of vegetation types that support large numbers of small arboreal vertebrates and large flying insects.
	www.wildflorida.org /bba/ASTK.htm

	swallow-tailed kite. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		A raptor (Elanoides forficatus) with bold black and white plumage and a deeply forked tail, found along the southeast and Gulf coasts of the United States and common in Florida.
	www.bartleby.com /61/11/S0931150.html

	Swallow-tailed Kite in Texas - A Two-year Report
		Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge near McAllen conducted a spring survey with 2 kites seen (less than one percent of the kites reported to this project that year).
		Hazel Bazemore near Corpus Christi with 6 kites seen (2% of the kites reported to this project).
		Hazel Bazemore near Corpus Christi with 31 kites seen (3.5% of the kites reported to this project).
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /nature/birding/swallowtailedkite/annual_report/pg13_hawk_watches.htm

	The SCCBP American Swallow-tailed Kite Survey
		The 1998 joint Swallow-tailed Kite research project provided some crucial information regarding the status of this species.
		Both the range and numbers of the American Swallow-tailed Kite have been greatly reduced.
		Between March and August of 1998, researchers located 5 nests in the state and were able to place transmitters on three birds.
	www.charleston.net /org/sccbp/kite_results.html

	Hawk Mountain research publications
		A new migration route for Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus in east Cuba.
		Olivo, C. Migration patterns of Mississippi Kites (Ictinia mississippiensis) in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia Ornitologia Neotropical 15:261-266.
		Using Autumn Hawk Watch to track raptor migration and monitor populations of North American birds of prey.
	www.hawkmountain.org /raptor_conservation/research_publications.htm

	Swallow-tailed Kite
		NAME - Swallow-tailed Kite FAMILY - Accipitridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Elanoides forficatus yetapa SYNONYMS - Falco forficatus- Linnaeus 1758 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Summer visitor - migrant 33 Transient, present briefly as migrant.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /wcs/040610.HTM

	Swallow-tailed Kite
		For more information on the Swallow-tailed Kite, follow this link:
		At least several pairs of this species bred in 1993 in the Altamaha River basin; they were noted on ten quads in five counties.
		Click on the image for a larger view.
	coastgis.marsci.uga.edu /summit/kite.htm

	American Swallow-tailed Kite
		Other kites are tolerated near the nest, but not other hawks or eagles.
		Selects trees in open, thinly wooded areas, or along the edge of trails or openings so the birds can approach the nest unimpeded.
		FOOD: Feeds entirely on the wing, primarily on flying insects, but also sweeps low over fields, forest canopies, and prairies to catch grasshoppers, crickets, cicadas, small snakes, lizards, and frogs.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/1998/forest/species/elanforf.htm

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	www.wildthings.com /environmental/environmentalbir.html

	Nat'l Academies Press, Science and the Endangered Species Act (1995), Chapter 2. Species Extinction
		Intertribal trading of bircis and mammals might account for some of these distributions, although many, if not most, reflect formerly indigenous populations, including species such as the trumpeter swan, Mississippi kite, swallow-tailed kite, whooping crane, sanc~hill crane, long-billed curlew, Carolina parakeet, ivory-billed woodpecker, common raven, fish crow, rice rat, Allegheny woodrat, fisher, and puma.
		Prehistoric hunting, trapping, habitat modification, and climate-ciriven habitat changes might have been involved in some of the contractions of species' ranges.
		Many of these sites bear evidence of species well outside their known post-Columbian range (Semken, 1983; Pielou, 1991~.
	www.nap.edu /books/0309052912/html/19.html

	Map of Viewing Sites for the American Swallow-tailed Kite
		Map of Viewing Sites for the American Swallow-tailed Kite
		Use the map to click on a site or choose the site you want from the list below.
	www.floridaconservation.org /viewing/species/swtkitemap.html

	GA DNR Swallow-tailed Kite Observation Form
		Particularly for observers in the Coastal Plain, if your kite observations meet any of the following criteria, please fax, email, or call in your observation as soon as possible.
		Vocalizations (with observation of kites): ascending chew-ee-ee-ee (2-3 times) or klee klee klee klee (2-5 times)
	www.gos.org /sightings/stkiform.html

	Kite_Swallow-tailed W5132.jpg photo - Harry D Sell photos at pbase.com
		Kite_Swallow-tailed W5132.jpg photo - Harry D Sell photos at pbase.com
		all galleries >> Cape Fear Kites > Kite_Swallow-tailed W5132.jpg
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	Swallow-tailed Kite
		Swallow-tailed Kite at Santee Delta in Georgetown County, South Carolina
	www.scottspangenberg.com /Birds/SwallowTailedKite01.htm

	KITE - Online Information article about KITE
		When as much wire as can be carried comfortably has run out another kite is attached to the line, and the paying out is continued; after a time a third is added, and so on.
		Steel piano wire meets this requirement, for a wire of h in.
		eye view is required, the shutter being operated by electric wire, or slow match, or clockwork.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /KHA_KRI/KITE.html (3729 words)

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		Along the road we added Blue-bellied, Rufous-crowned and Abyssinian Rollers, which were all very common and seen on wires and trees beside the road, as well as Black Kite and Black-shouldered Kite, the latter posed for photographs.
		Heading back to the hotel we added Red-chested Swallow, 5+ with other Swallows and Martins on wires in the town of Serekunda.
		I was able to get close to many species for photography the most memorable of them being a very tame Pied Kingfisher and Spur-winged Plover.
	members.lycos.co.uk /nigelblake2/web2/gambia/gambia.htm (511 words)

	birdtours.co.uk - Birdwatching Reports from Venezuela
		Amongst the birds we encountered were: Gray-headed Kite, Plumbeous Kite, Gray-fronted Dove, Blue-headed, Mealy and Blue-cheeked Parrot, Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Long-tailed Hermit, Amethyst Woodstar, Violaceous Trogon, Brown Jacamar, Golden-spangled Piculet, Red-necked Woodpecker, Plain-brown Woodcreeper, PURPLE-BREASTED COTINGA, BEARDED BELLBIRD, Olivaceous Flatbill and Cinnamon-crested Spadebill.
		At km 121 some Tepui Swifts were amongst the dozens of White-tipped Swifts.
		The light was already fading and the only birds we saw were a few Lesser Nighthawks.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/venezuela/venez1/venez1.htm (511 words)

	Birding Trip to Goa 1997
		In the rice-paddies near the new Konkan Railway we found Pied, White-throated, and Common Kingfisher, Indian Cliff and Red-rumped Swallows, Black Drongos and Rufous-backed Shrike were everywhere as were Black and Brahminy Kite.
		The scrub around the Hotel was interesting and Black-hooded Oriole, Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike, Ashy Drongo and Small Sunbird all common.
		Malabar Lark and several Pipits (Paddyfield?) were seen and Little Green Bee-eater probably the most abundant species.
	www.aviceda.org /goa97.htm (1686 words)

	BURMA REPORT
		A morning exploration of the river and forest in the Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary should produce Pied Kingfisher, Alexandrine and Blossom-headed Parakeets, River Lapwing, White-browed Fantail, Bluethroat, Siberian Rubythroat, Siberian Blue Robin, Common Woodshrike, Wire-tailed Swallow, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Pied Stonechat, and Paddyfield Pipit among many others.
		The more cultivated areas further on give good chances of seeing raptors such as White-eyed and Rufous-winged Buzzard and Black-shouldered Kite and more open-country birds such as Red Collared Dove and Burmese Shrike.
		The afternoon drive to Bagan includes a stop by the Ayeyarwady River which gives us our first chance of seeing the very rare Black-bellied Tern.
	www.sicklebill.com /my_bu2004.htm (1982 words)

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		White wagtail Ringed plover Sanderling Grey headed gull Slender-billed gull Cattled egret Turnstone Bar-tailed godwit Hooded vulture Grey-headed sparrow Rufous-crowned roller Grey plover Grey heron Common sandpiper Long-tailed cormorant Lesser-crested tern Lesser black-backed gull Village indigo bird Barn swallow Black-shouldered kite
		Seen around the Kotu Creek area - sewage works, golf course, fields, coastal lagoon - April
		Seen at the beach at Tanjeh / Tanji, April
	uk.geocities.com /davenhel_uk/ornithology/gambia.html (207 words)

	Resources on the Swallow-tailed Kite from academic institutions
		Vultures, Osprey, Kites, Bald Eagle, Harriers and Accipiters : Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus): A Swallow-tailed Kite in Fillmore County: 21:71-72 N Swallow-tailed Kite Near Garrison...
		Swallow-tailed Kites of the Aucilla : Of all the wildlife, the most charismatic is the Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides forficatus.
		swallow-tailed kite (Chelictinia riocourii) (noun), pl swallow-tailed kites, mwewe kizelele (9/10an), pl mwewe kizelele.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Swallow-tailed_Kite.htm (207 words)

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