Brahminy Kite Pictures

The Brahminy Kite or Haliastur Indus may be a common resident found all around Singapore but it is always a spectacular sight to behold with its all white upper body. It ranges all over Australasia; the Brahminy Kite like the White Bellied Fish Eagle also has a white upper body reminiscent of the American Bald Eagle.

I was driving along the coastal road of Changi International Airport when a Brahminy Kite landed on one of the runway lights. In no time my digiscoping rig was set up for a long distance shot on the raptor some 200 meter behind the chain link fence of the runway. Focusing my Lieca APO Televid 77 scope, I could see that the raptor had a fish in its talons. Hand holding my Nikon digital camera over the aperture of the scope, I was able to get a decent record of this Brahminy Kite despite having to focus right through the chain links.

I often sight them along the coastal areas but it's not surprising to see Brahminy Kites further inland. Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. It has a reputation as an unfussy scavenger but I have watched Brahminy Kites hunt by snatching live fish off the surface of the sea and even inland ponds. Once I watch in total fascination as a Brahminy Kite did some fancy aerial acrobatics to snatch fish from a pond at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Well those legs look pretty capable to me.

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