Elanus axillaris

14 Black-shouldered Kite at Baw Baw, NSW

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Identification history

Elanus axillaris	27 Dec 2023	MatthewFrawley
Elanus axillaris	27 Dec 2023	CarbonAI
Elanus axillaris	27 Dec 2023	LindaMace

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Male and female black shouldered kites transferring a rat caught by the male and handed to the female in mid air (female has to fly upside down to take the catch) - part of their courting ritual (they were building a nest nearby in a pine tree on the hill behind our house on acreage just outside Goulburn, NSW.

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MatthewFrawley wrote:

27 Dec 2023

Very nice!

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Location information

Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Places Baw Baw, NSW

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2 Abundance
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True Nesting site

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Elanus axillaris Scientific name
Black-shouldered Kite Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 808.4m Recorded at altitude
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