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A British red kite emerges from an aviary in the remote hills of western Spain and takes flight. At six months old, this is its first taste of freedom. Without a sound, it soars high in the sky above ...

Birds soar and swoop. White-tailed kites also hover in a hunting behavior known as "helicoptering." The handsome black-and-white-plumed bird glides gracefully over open fields, then hovers over likely ...