May 13, 1978 was a big day for birders Frank Bader and Milton Rinehart. While poking around Green Lawn Cemetery on Columbus’s south side, they discovered Ohio’s first record of Mississippi kite. I’m ...

National Kite Flying Day is celebrated annually on February 8. It is a day to step into the great outdoors, feel the winter ...

For the past few weeks, the prospect of seeing two of Georgia’s — and the nation’s — most spectacularly flying bird species has been drawing birders, including me, to some old agricultural fields near ...

You’re not likely to mistake a swallow-tailed kite for any other bird on the wing. The medium-sized raptor with coloration similar to a sea gull, a dove-like face and a huge forked tail is distinct by ...

Mumbai: Over 600 birds, such as owls, crows, pigeons, kites and parrots among others, were injured during the kite flying festival since Jan 14. "A maximum number of injured birds, totalling 330, have ...

Experts have raised concerns over rising bird deaths and injuries caused by kite flying in Lahore, warning that the practice poses a serious threat to the urban environment. They say the main danger ...

Thousands of kite-flyers on May 21 are expected to descend on Headlands Beach State Park in Mentor to attempt to set a world record for Most Kites Flown Simultaneously. The event will be overseen by ...

Lubbockites converged on Tech Terrace Park this weekend to catch a unique perspective on nature. Award winning raptor scholar and Texas Tech professor Clint Boal provided a talk about Mississippi Kite ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In a large empty park in Salt Lake, Kelvin Chun can be found showing off his high-flying skills. The 61-year-old retired teacher is an avid kite builder and flyer.

Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft. A fledgling wind ...

Every day, birds fall from Delhi’s polluted skies. Nowhere in the world is the black kite, a medium-size bird of prey from the hawk family, found in such high concentrations. Its numbers have grown in ...

Two brothers have given everything to treat raptors injured by a popular pastime. A black kite, a carnivorous scavenger, flying over the Ghazipur area of New Delhi. Black kites are a common sight in ...