My first Snail Kite

[Rassie]

Getting images of a snail kite has been on my bucket list for a long time. Every time I visit Florida I hope to see one, but alas, that has not happened.
I was lucky to get this one in Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, a couple weeks ago.

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[K9Kirk]

Congrats, Koos! Nice captures. I've yet to see one.

 

[Ralph]

Getting images of a snail kite has been on my bucket list for a long time. Every time I visit Florida I hope to see one, but alas, that has not happened.
I was lucky to get this one in Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, a couple weeks ago.

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Congratulations Rassie! Always nice to get that first one. Love the flowers in the photo

 

[ssheipel]

Nicely captured! Congrats on spotting (and beautifully photographing) this bird.

 

[Oldnintheway]

Nice photos a very interesting bird. Have you read about this?

UF study: Bird evolves virtually overnight to keep up with invasive prey

news.ufl.edu

 

[Rassie]

Congratulations Rassie! Always nice to get that first one. Love the flowers in the photo

Thanks, Ralph. With it being Spring in Costa Rica as well now, a lot of the trees there bear flowers, unlike most of ours here in Canada just getting new green leaves.

 

[Rassie]

Nice photos a very interesting bird. Have you read about this?

UF study: Bird evolves virtually overnight to keep up with invasive prey

news.ufl.edu

Thanks, Jim. That article sure makes for interesting reading. I wonder whether those apple snails also occur in Costa Rica.

 

[gdecamp]

Beautiful bird, well done!

 

[Callie]

Koos, lovely raptor, sure has a fish hook bill!

 

[Rassie]

Koos, lovely raptor, sure has a fish hook bill!

All the better to scoop the snail out of the shell.