A Star of Farming Stewardship:The Eastern Grass-Owl

“Oh, how adorable!” We look at photos of a black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) moving its head from side to side as it roosts on one of a number of perches for raptors (birds of prey) set up by farmers amid their fields. Two other black-winged kites are wheeling through they air, playing musical chairs for a spot on the perches. Meanwhile, an eastern grass-owl (Tyto longimembris pithecops) carries a small rodent that it has caught directly to one of the perches.