Male Snail Kite with snail captured by Z 9 / 500PF w/TC-14eIII
These highly specialized raptors are simply grace on the wing! They eat basically nothing but snails, snails, snails, and are able to pluck them from the lake and after four of them, are full. Being incredibly efficient, you don’t have much time after the sun comes up to work them when they are hunting. You also have to get where they are which requires an airboat. It was the most amazing experience! mtc