Brahminy kite - Haliastur indus - stranded on the ground, Mandaitheevu, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Photos taken 45 minutes apart

Brahminy Kite - Haliastur indus, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

This bird is very often seen circling the clear sky in pairs wheeling in the high thermals. They make a high piercing cry of 'whee whee whee' heard all over the countryside. They swoop down on birds' nests to grab the youg chicks. Crows usually attack them in groups and drive them away protecting their young.

'Brahminy Kite' - Haliastur indus - in flight, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

On the road from Jaffna to Anaiccottai there was a place swarming with Brahminy Kites. They and the crows were partaking of the offal thrown into a heap close to the lagoon. I took some time watching these birds in flight.
Click on web-link below to see a short video-clip of same:-

http://youtu.be/LPzdObof3OU

Brahminy Kite' - Haliastur indus, Velanai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCcJ0TqHd6M - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOh91td2aSE