Labels:animal | bird | earth | fence | field | goshawk | grass | person | plant | sky | stairs | tree | water OCR: Snail Kite sociahilis Over the freshwater marshes of central southern Florida the Snail Kite slowly flies with broad, bowed wings It flies close the water's surface searching for apple snails its primary food. Snails rise close to the surface or stalks ol submerged vegetation. The kite snatches the snail barely getting its leg wet. No morphs have been reported The Snail Kite IS -wnipat e sized hawk Females are slightly males Averages wingspan 45 in. length for both sexes, weight 13.8 oz. females and 12.7 oZ males The deep slate gray-black while the female pue young birds are brown above pue streaked brown below. Both sexes pue all age groups instantly recognized by their contrasting white undertail covert: and the white at the base of their tail feathers or both upper pue lower surfaces Me ...
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