Kites (the bird)

[Anthony Appleyard]

I know a place which breeds raptors. It had several Black Kites and a female red Kite, all in the same enclosure. Before they could get a male red Kite, the female Red Kite fell in love with a male Black Kite, and they raised 4 halfbreed young in one year and one in the next year. (They now have an enclosure for the reds and an enclosure for the blacks and an enclosure for the halfbreeds.)

These Kites, or some of them, have been trained to come to the fist.

[Talon]

the same thing happend at a falconry center in cheshire.
it was ran by graham bessant if im not mistaken.
any chance of posting some pictures of your hybred kites.

anthony any chance you can fill your profile in m8.

[StormRider]

Where are you from monsieur Appleyard?
STU

[Anthony Appleyard]

Where are you from monsieur Appleyard?
STU
I live in Manchester in England.

I do not have any birds.
I saw the hybrid kites at the falconry center in Cheshire that Talon mentioned.
http://www.gauntlet.info/

[MikeGyr]

i went there and saw their red kites flying looked like some fun what are they like (just out of interest)

Mike

[FalconryMews101]

Yea your talking about the same place Gauntlet over near Knutsford, Cheshire. They've got a right range of unusual birds, chilean blue eagles, baldies, vultures, cara cara, variety of falcons inc a merlin, some owls and the kites they flew a young black in the display i saw only 2nd time out i think but flew ok she was chucking the food up and he would catch it and eat it on the wing.

[Miguel]

I fly a hybrid kite... I'll try to get some pics tomorrow...

[Anthony Appleyard]

Yea your talking about the same place Gauntlet over near Knutsford, Cheshire. ...

Gauntlet is in Fryers garden centre on the road from Knutsford to Mere. Mere is on the road from Manchester to Chester.