tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888557101920954598.post5127727932753632162..comments2024-03-28T09:14:44.977+00:00Comments on Non-Stop Birding: BLACK KITEPeter Alfreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06561747770128374819noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888557101920954598.post-28665185068261345672011-07-17T08:49:31.447+01:002011-07-17T08:49:31.447+01:00Arsonists- that must be a new type of bird behavio...Arsonists- that must be a new type of bird behaviour. <br />Good luck in PNG. That Mountain Owlet-Nightjar is something else! Gotta get myself out there sometime.Peter Alfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561747770128374819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888557101920954598.post-75070951261228101242011-07-17T01:22:32.984+01:002011-07-17T01:22:32.984+01:00An interesting fact about Black Kites from Austral...An interesting fact about Black Kites from Australia: they often attend bush fires. More recently birds have been observed picking up embers out of an existing fire and dropping them in unburnt areas. Some believe they might actually be deliberately trying to start more bush fires! I thought this was fascinating, although the behavior might be open to various interpretations!?Sam Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567720431759647053noreply@blogger.com