Snail Kite ???

[EZRider]

I shot these last month. I believe its a female snail kite.

ID anyone :) Nice subject she let me get within 30 yards or so. Then flew off and landed on a pvc pipe out on the lake. Have not seen her since.

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pK8v6qiDzaO-LKKS2DDlgeTtZTV4zsNaPCqqsdbRneOPE5AEujvU1MXUEOqVyz nl7vvUzz-jbfRQ

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pK8v6qiDzaO_sjkHLwx48OWz6rhFZjN7n7qn8irtwHgNoJVo wMqrCqM7wa5B1CNUXiwHFtt68myg

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pK8v6qiDzaO_d9FfaYGAo-pPifAz3DT5J_p5sATAMFzGxbT7nqLi21d5p4yzoLU0Ia0oLoYy m4Wo

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pK8v6qiDzaO8_Yfaj0ZfVq7WJZ7bw7nqynEYsh6fR8rz3J2t S2BPiq13S1VzRDDqJyQXI3kHs99E

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pK8v6qiDzaO-UNK-j_mQYx2Zof2B1BMjMep9Checc56wQLdKhidfKXN63pSHt5Ybk9 lTG_H_hCgE

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pK8v6qiDzaO8qy74ibJqeP9TOWOxL3mZz8w6II5KBevwriHW pOgssMy5feK8B08B5l8qzKQ5_3CU

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pK8v6qiDzaO_ycvS0oMMU4rE4xoWVVYEPYrCi90N5pUu2zEg GWOMksqIpZVntrBI-brcqHBQnF78

[chubri777]

snail kite...yes! female or juvie....i dunno

[hTr]

Don't know the bird, but nice capture

[Reyno]

It's a Female Snail Kite. Nice captures EZ. I could be wrong but the place looks like Joe Overstreet Landing.

[KaplanMultimedia]

Nice captures. Florida park rangers say they've unfortunately become quite scarce in recent years.

[canonloader]

Nice series EZ. Never seen this bird before. Probably because we only have slugs up here, not snails. :lol:

[EZRider]

Thanks all, the pictures i've seen online make me think snail kite. But I'll tell you alot of the hawks and kites look alot a like.

It's a Female Snail Kite. Nice captures EZ. I could be wrong but the place looks like Joe Overstreet Landing.

Close Reyno its across from Mac Overstreets, but on Lake Tohopekaliga in Kissimmee. I live one street off the lake at the end of kings highway.

Nice shots of the snail kite on your site I see Reyno :) http://www.pbase.com/reybeckfilms/image/68569178