Birds
Birds of prey
Sighting 4432533

Milvus migrans

Black Kite at Walla Walla, NSW

Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
Milvus migrans at Walla Walla, NSW - suppressed
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Milvus migrans 20 Apr 2022 Darcy

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Biggest group of black kites i've ever seen. There's lost of burn-offs happening in the district at the moment, so it seems that these kites have flocked together, as they do during bushfires, when they prey on the small mammals and reptiles fleeing the fire. Half of the flock settled on a pair of stag trees to watch us, while the other half was wheeling about in the air above us.

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  • Milvus migrans Scientific name
  • Black Kite Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 639.9m Recorded at altitude
  • 122 images trained Machine learning
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