The first recorded use of the word "kite" for a toy that is attached to a length of string and flown in the air dates from the seventeenth century. One of the first things they did was to invite the local Women’s Institute, most of whom were farmers wives, along to the farm for free.

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The kite causes the sea and sky to go to war, and after the war, land is formed, allowing the kite to finally land and build a nest. Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Red kites have declined in their traditional strongholds of Spain, France and Germany; while now stable in the last two countries, those populations remain well below their historical peaks. The question whether the Cape Verde kite should be considered a distinct species ( Milvus fasciicauda) or a red kite subspecies has not been settled. Some birds of prey have picked up special adaptations, such as owls’ ability to fly near-silently so as not to disturb their prey in the dead of night.

Measuring around 36 to 39cm and with a wingspan of 94 to 105cm, Tawny owls are brown and dark brown with pale underparts. The main reason for the low numbers in the Black Isle red kite population is illegal killings, particularly in proximity to shooting estates. It is an elegant bird, soaring on long wings held at a dihedral, and long forked tail, twisting as it changes direction. This can occur intentionally, but also accidentally when the birds feeds on other animals killed in this way. The red kites on the Cape Verde Islands are (or rather were) quite distinct in morphology, being somewhat intermediate with black kites.

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The magnificent Red Kite is a bird of prey that loss of habitat almost pushed to extinction in the UK. Turner on birds: a short and succinct history of the principal birds noticed by Pliny and Aristotle first published by Doctor William Turner, 1544 (in Latin and English).The populations in Germany (which alone is home to almost half of the world's breeding pairs), France and Spain declined between 1990 and 2000, and overall the species declined by almost 20% over those ten years. Place bird feeding stations within a short distance of shrubs and trees so they can dart into a hiding spot if needed. Though widespread throughout much of England, Wales and Scotland (except the Highlands and Scottish islands), Tawny owls are absent from Northern Ireland.