Birdwatching - 1621 🐦

🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans)

📚 Milvus (lat) - kite
📚 migrans (lat.) - migrating

There are about 2 weeks left before the arrival of these birds. They always arrive at the very beginning of April, in the first days, depending on the weather. And the weather is already warm.
But having arrived after wintering, they first appear in the nearest forests. And then after some time they can already be seen in cities.

Despite their formidable predatory appearance, they prefer not to hunt, but to look for carrion. And in city yards, they fly in circles around garbage cans in search of leftover food. But of course, they can also hunt, rodents, or fish on the rivers.