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Urban Avians: The Plight Of Black Kites In The City

Wildlife SOS
Black kites dot the skies in cities. But have you ever wondered the numerous perils this majestic monarch of the skies faces on any day?
18 months ago

In India, Two Brothers Are Saving Black Kites from a Surprising Foe: Paper Kites

National Audubon Society
When brothers Mohammed Saud and Nadeem Shahzad found their first injured Black Kite, they had no idea what to do with the bloody bird.
94 months ago

Inter-individual differences in foveal shape in a scavenging raptor, the black kite Milvus migrans

Nature
Birds, and especially raptors, are believed to forage mainly using visual cues. Indeed, raptors (scavengers and predators) have the highest...
55 months ago

How the Black Kite turned from hunter to scavenger

The Hindu
On-field observations suggest that like crows, Black Kites also show opportunistic predatory traits by feeding on road kills or by snatching...
61 months ago

For two brothers, saving Delhi’s kites brings fame but not enough financial support

Earth Island Institute
An Oscar nomination has brought fame to two brothers devoted to saving Delhi's black kites, but real aid is still hard to come by.
17 months ago

Kites turn to fish to survive in city

Mumbai Mirror
Forced to adjust to the rapid urbanisation of the city, kites, the birds of prey, have gradually made drastic changes in their dietary...
189 months ago

Fight for the flight of black kites

Hindustan Times
Meet the protagonists of the documentary, All That Breathes, that won the World Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film...
34 months ago

Birds fall to Earth from Delhi's toxic skies. These brothers are there to save them

KUOW
Shaunak Sen was stuck in a traffic jam one evening in 2018 when he looked up at the hazy, polluted skies of Delhi and saw dozens of raptors,...
25 months ago

Rare black-winged kite spotted in Jersey

BBC
A rare black-winged kite has been spotted in Jersey. Ornithologists said it was the second seen in the island after a first was seen over...
2 days ago

The grieving brothers rescuing black kites from Delhi’s deathly skies

The Telegraph
Where London has its pigeons, Delhi has its black kites. Hundreds of thousands of the scavenging birds spiral over the skyline,...
21 months ago