COOLEST Bird on the PLANET? Swallow-tailed Kite
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- There are many unique and beautiful bird species in North America, but there may be none more sleek and streamlined than the Swallow-tailed Kite. When a Swallow-tailed Kite made an appearance in Wisconsin, Badgerland Birding went out searching for a species they viewed as one of the coolest birds on the planet.
Birds featured in this video: Black-billed Cuckoo, Helmeted Guineafowl, Swallow-tailed Kite
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#birding #swallow-tailedkite #cool - Zábava
Easily my favorite FL bird, with about 250 species tied for second place
David W. Peterson haha that’s fair! The Snail Kites in Florida are super cool as well!
2:19 I hear a robin. I love birding by ear in the background of videos. Sometimes not even birding related ones.
Yeah, sounds good for Robin 👍 Haha do you get bothered when they use the Red-tailed Hawk call for Bald Eagles? 🦅
Oh yes! I’ve even seen it used for vultures! I think Steve Irwin’s show even used it for some sort of Australian kite in the 90’s.
Greetings from Oviedo Florida. I have four living in the woods in my backyard in the econlockhatchee. they circled above my head yesterday!
I saw one a couple of days ago. I was walking on a sidewalk under some trees and looked up and it was right there swooping down near me above the tree. Peering at me through the tree branches. Awesome. I have been learning all I can about them now. Nice info and video thanks.
Got the pleasure to see 2. 2nd one in SW Volusia Co. I looked up and he was flying in a spiral...I looked at my phone to turn on the camera, looked up and he was absolutely gone. I stood stunned, concerned that bump to the head was worse than I thought. Nonetheless, I plan on getting a tattoo of that moment. It was ... almost spiritual. It was the longest and shortest 5 seconds I've ever been perplexed and changed from. Coming from a veteran of Iraq, that's a lot to say honestly. But it was INCREDIBLE SEEING THE SWALLOWED TAILED KITE!😍
I know it sounds unsavory for a birding site...but guinea fowls are succulent!
Swallow-tailed kites are fairly common in south Alabama and sometimes I see them during the summer.
Could you do us a favor and send some of them up here!?
It always feels odd to travel north to twitch a southern species doesn't it? It felt odd to drive north to Illinois Beach State Park to chase the Red-cockaded Woodpecker in 1999, and the Brown-headed Nuthatch in 2000. Enjoy the video guys. Keep up the great work. Good birding. -JR
Haha, it kinda does now that you mention it! And thank you!
What a beautiful and fascinating bird! And what a great video.
Thanks for the share. The cuckoo was a bonus. Having had a flock of guineas i know how noisy they are but still fascinating. Had those you saw naturalized or were they at a homestead?
They were at a homestead. Not naturalized anywhere in the state
Great video and info.
Thanks!
I have always wanted to see the swallow tailed kite
They’re incredible birds! Never get tired of seeing them.
Awesome birds! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching, Kevin!
Nice birds - good vid!
Thanks, Peter!
Amazing video
Thanks, Penguin Squad!
I prefer the chimney swift, they never have to land except to build a nest. If they land on the ground they can not go back into the air because of their weak legs, they only land on places where they can jump back into the air like a branch. They also land on the sides off walls, this is where they build their nests and where they get their names, they are called chimney swifts because they often nest in chimneys. They can sleep as they fly and they can fly three kilometres in the air, as high as an airplane.
I saw one a few years ago on the way home from school
Nice!
@@BadgerlandBirding yup, it was brief, but there was no doubt
Swallow Tailed Kites are awesome... And I'm gonna let you finish, But the Lammergeier is the coolest bird on the planet.
Maybe one day we will have to do an episode on those!
I don't remember what year it was, but a few years ago I was in Green Lake County for the Whooping Crane Festival when word got out that there was a Swallow-tailed Kite in the area. Luckily it stuck around long enough for a number of us to see it. Would have been 2nd week in September. Cool bird! (I wonder if it was the same one.)
I think it was this one! There was a second one there too for a little bit.
O ya? As if others are not cool ? 😉