Swallow-Tailed Kite — Florida's Most Beautiful Bird Returns Every March, and Half the State Has No Idea

The American swallow-tailed kite returns to Florida every March from a 5,000-mile flight out of Brazil. Pure black-and-white, deeply forked tail, four-foot wingspan, snake-eater. Roughly 80% of the US breeding population nests here — and most Floridians never look up to notice.