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22-AUG-2007 Ward

Mississippi Kite

Yukon, OK

On the trail of a Cicada - will pass the PETA test. Their diet consista totally of insects. Larger ones, such as Cicadas, Dragon Flies, Beetles, etc. I was lucky to catch this one in the dive configuration. They usually soar gracefully with wings wide-spread over tree groves near lakes, where insects abound. I finally caught one just as it began to tuck its wings, and zero in on the target, that it caught. They have large, extended families. This same morning when I walked into this area before sunrise, there were nine of them all sitting closely in the same tree. Shot at ISO 1600, f 5.6 @ 1/800 sec.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
1/800s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso1600 full exif

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