Red-tailed Black Cockatoo in flight

Birds Galore

While Wade and his brothers were having a boys’ weekend surfing, I decided to do my own thing: bird photography at Healesville Sanctuary, in the company of my friend Leanne Cole and at the Lake Borrie Wetlands.

Black-shouldered-kite

Bird Photography Challenge #32: Black-Shouldered Kite

As we drive along country roads, we often observe falcons in flight, in particular the Black Shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris).  Sometimes we pull over and stop to watch it as it hovers expertly, hunting for tasty morsels.  This handsome and graceful raptor is the subject of our #32 Bird Photography Challenge. What does it look…