Also on their menu are butterflies, beetles,bees, wasps, other insects, frogs, lizards, snakes, small birds and less often, bats, fruit and small fish. They also drink while they are flying! Is a swallow-tailed kite a hawk? Numerous Names. Easy to see overhead in areas where it nests, the Swallow-tailed KiteRead More →

Swallow-tailed Kites are beginning to return to former breeding areas, especially in east Texas and Louisiana. They are rare but regular vagrants north of their mapped range, mainly seen in late spring. Do Swallow-tailed Kites eat baby birds? Though adult Swallow-tailed Kites eat mostly flying insects, they feed their youngRead More →