Black Kite

[den]

I'm not set up to handle birds so the poor little kite had to sit on a pile of Chux Superwipes in a box, instead of pearching.


Feeding the youngster some meat, using tongs. No way was I going to get my fingers near all those sharp bits.


The meat is lean steak about 1.5" square, and was entirely the wrong food to give him but I didn't have any dead mice. It was just to get something into his stomach.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

He was very, very hungry. The meat was only at room temperature and he still ate it. Black Kites are hunters, not scavengers, and yet he still ate the meat. He's happy now what with dead, microwave-warmed mice not more than a call away.