By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist
Go Fly a Kite” is a phrase in English, which we use sometimes to tell a child or a teenager, to do, when we find them too interfering into our adult matters. Flying a Kite is considered a juvenile fancy (No it is not, I think a lot of old people also would agree, but a skill developed over hours of practice). Flying a Kite, may be arguable, but when one watches the bird Kite (Milvus migrans in Taxonomy and Black Kite or Pariah Kite in Common English) flying, it is a matter of fascination. When you watch one of the most common urban birds, the Eagle, called in Kannada as Haddu, which is frequently sighted soaring the skies, without flapping their wings, ably using the Thermal Currents, taking them to high altitudes, constantly twitching their V-shaped tails to manoeuvre their directions and movement, you are not just watching a bird, but you are watching “The Most Highly Skilled Raptor” nature ever designed.
