Black Shouldered or Letter Winged Kite?

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abulharith3
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Black Shouldered or Letter Winged Kite?

Which one and whats up with the string on its leg? It was pictured around Hervey Bay, QLD.

SteveM
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Black-shouldered Kite. Not a great photo, but the black eye patch looks like it goes back behind the eye, & Letter-winged very unlikley on the coast.

Devster
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The string on its leg is probably some grass caught in it's talons after it caught or attemted to catch some prey.

Woko
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Devster, are you sure the string isn't there so that you can pull its leg?

Devster
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lol Woko.

Maybe it's like a Fintstone alarm clock. You pull the string, it squarks, which means its yabba dabba doo, time to go home!

Woko
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Yes, Fred's use of prehistoric resources was quite unique.  

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