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- From: cn092@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ned Keller)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Re: Kiting vs "kiting"
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 22:58:08 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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- Larry Brothers asked:
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- >This afternoon, Friday 13, I watched two kites hovering.
- >So, is there a bird called a hover that kites?
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- Well, an old name for the kestrel is "windhover". Now, as to
- whether a kestrel hovers or kites . . . :-)
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- Ned Keller
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