LongKang Birds

We’ve posted about the Brahminy Kite before but we wanted to revisit these cool birds as we had the opportunity to catch two of them in action. In fact, it’s the beginning of the season for raptors so we are looking forward to seeing more and more birds of prey!

If you’re wondering what LongKang means, it is a colloquial term that means “drain” in Malay. These pictures were taken above a LongKang just outside our house.

Majestic bird

Dagger-eyes checking out prey in the vicinity

Initiating landing sequence…

…opening wing flaps…

…steady as she goes…

…successful landing

Bird’s eye view

 

Surveillance

Fight me, leaf (yes that’s a leaf in its talons) (we have no idea why)

Die, evil leaf

Trying to look respectable after the incident

Looking for my mate

I’m here!

We’re not all stealth and talons!! We can be cute too!!

A fine couple

 

For once, we managed to get a good look at the kite’s back in flight