Mississippi Kite (Rescued) - a photo on Flickriver

            The Mississippi Kite prefers to dine mainly on large insects such as cicadas, grasshoppers, beetles, wasps, and dragonflies. This taste for potentially crop-damaging insects makes this bird a friend to farmers! This kite also feeds on small birds, bats, frogs, toads, and lizards. "Skeeter", now residing at the Houston Audubon Society's Raptor and Education Center was found with an injured wing in Corpus Christi in 2012 while on her first migration to South America. Her wing healed slightly crooked and she doesn't fly well enough to be returned to the wild.                       
   

Taken on: December 11, 2021

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Camera: Sony ILCE-6100, f/6.3, 1/500 sec, 400mm (=600mm), ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-6100
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	400mm (35mm equivalent: 600mm)
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	+0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 23.00
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