White-tailed Kite by vnelson

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06-MAR-2010

White-tailed Kite

Oyster Bay Regional Park, San Leandro, CA

It carried around this rodent for at least ten minutes. A male looking to offer it to a female? Here it was lifting off from the top of a pine tree still toting its prey. It flew by later empty-clawed.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/1250s f/6.3 at 550.0mm iso400, TC 1.4 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	06-Mar-2010 14:40:34
Make	Nikon
Model	NIKON D300
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	550 mm
Exposure Time	1/1250 sec
Aperture	f/6.3
ISO Equivalent	400
Exposure Bias	-0.33
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Allen		08-Mar-2010 04:59
Stunning Verne - thanks for posting.

Don Reinberg		08-Mar-2010 00:35
beautiful shot!!!! Don

Guest		07-Mar-2010 21:00
Nice one!

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