A white-and-black, mid-sized raptor with a deeply forked tail, swallow-tailed kites (Elanoides forficatus) are arguably the most acrobatic and athletic of birds found in the Sunshine State.

These birds are hardier than other ... underparts entirely clean white. Lores black, ear coverts blue-black. Tail slightly forked. A few females retain brown back of immature into first spring ...

For the past few weeks, the prospect of seeing two of Georgia’s — and the nation’s — most spectacularly flying bird species has been drawing birders, including me, to some old agricultural ...