Wow, we witnessed the most amazing thing as we were leaving this week’s Florida Keys Birding and Wildlife Festival committee meeting; somewhere between 100-150 swallow-tailed kites cruising southwest along the shoreline of Curry Hammock State Park.   If you’ve never observed this species, you are missing out on a real avian marvel. They are magnificent creatures, with striking white and black coloration and an almost “furry” look to them.  They are acrobatic flyers and can feed by snatching lizards or insects from trees while in flight.  The ones we saw were just gliding along and we were lucky enough to have a few dozen drift by a few meters overhead then onwards to meet up with the rest of their group.  They were out of sight in less than 5 minutes and we were left in awe of what we had just seen.