Labels:animal | bird | flower | kite | plant | plaything | sculpture | shelf | sky | tree OCR: ORIGINS Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Anthony Mercieca Remains of kites from the Miocene period indicate that these raptors, even 25 million years ago had the same basic features that they have today. The ancient kites less massively developed feet and talons when contrasted with other raptors Like today's kites the Miocene kites were peat suited for capturing "relatively small prey contents ontions quit bookmark menu talone best last
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