Rara avis

摘要

The white-tailed kite cruising over the coastal grassland at Stratford Point is feeling pugnacious. It hounds an alarmed kestrel out of the park, then barrels through a flock of seagulls. Satisfied, the kite returns to its perch and shows off the black epaulettes on its grey back. "That's just such a wonderful bird," gasps one of the watchers. The wonderful bird stares back at her. It looks completely at home. But for all the confidence with which it hover-hunts in Connecticut, the kite is the first of its kind to be recorded in the state and only the second in New England.