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black kite - dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion

Milvus migrans

kite - any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

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kite Milvus migrans			Budding Bill Oddies can take a well-signposted 6km stroll through the salt marshes studded with plenty of observation hides, while storks nest and black kites wheel overhead. Grape expeditions; ROD CHAYTOR lunches by the water, strolls through ... by The Mirror (London, England) It is not hugely unusual to see birds of prey in cities - in Gateshead, peregrine falcons nest in a flour mill and black kites are scavengers in Indian cities. Telegraph man's amazing shots of a sparrowhawk with its prey by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) Black kite In the developing world, black kites have learned to hang around rubbish dumps, where they are adept at scavenging for anything even remotely edible. The newcomers / The departing by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			black hat black haw Black Hawk black heat black hellebore black hemlock black henbane black heroin black hickory Black Hills black hole Black Hole of Calcutta black Hollander black horehound Black horse black house black huckleberry black humor black humour black ice Black Isle Black Jack Pershing Black James Whyte black japan black kite black kites black knapweed black knight black knot black larch Black latten black lead Black lemur black letter black light black list black locust black lotion black lovage black lung black lung disease black magic black maire black mallee black mamba Black man Black manganese black mangrove black margate Black Maria black mark			black iron oxide Black Iron Pipe Black Isle Black Isle Black Isle Peninsula Black Isle Peninsula Black Isle Rock Orchestra Black Isle Studios Black Issues Book Review Black Issues in Higher Education Black Jack Enduro Circuit Black Jack Pershing Black James Whyte black japan black japan Black Jasper Black Jasper Black Jaundice Black Journalists Association of Southern California Black Kaïra Massacre black kernel Black Kettle Black Kettle & McClellan Creek National Grasslands Black Kettle National Grassland Black King Bar Black kingfish Black kingfish black kite black kites black knapweed Black Knight Black Knight Black Knight Marching Band Black Knights Black Knights Black Knights Black Knights Alliance Black Knights Parachute Centre black knot black knot Black Kosloff Knott Black Label Bike Club Black Label Empire Black Label Society Black labrador Black labrador Black labrador Black Labrador Community Arts Black Labrador Retriever Black Lagoon Black Lake Computer Club Black Lake Fire Department Black Lands Black Lands black larch Black latten black laurel Black Law Students Association Black Law Students' Association of Canada

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