Everglades Snail Kite
by Richard Goldman
Title
Everglades Snail Kite
Artist
Richard Goldman
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography/digital Art
Description
During our hours-long photo shoot from the vantage of an air boat, many of these birds were seen, as was evidence of their eating habits in the form of empty snail shells.
"Now officially known as simply a Snail Kite, the subspecies from Florida and Cuba (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) formerly known as the Everglade Snail Kite was listed as endangered in 1967. The range of the Florida population of Snail Kites is restricted to watersheds in the central and southern part of the state. Because of a highly specific diet composed almost entirely of apple snails (Pomacea paludosa), survival of the Snail Kite depends directly on the hydrology and water quality of these watersheds, each of which has experienced pervasive degradation as a result of urban development and agricultural activities.
The slender, curved bill of this medium-sized raptor is an adaptation for extracting the kite's primary prey, the apple snail, from its shell." --- National Park Service web site
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February 6th, 2017
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