Black Kite bird informationValues Conservation status LC - Least concern Synonyms Black or Black-eared Kite [excl. aegyptius] Old latin name for bird Falco migrans, Milvus lineatus, Haliaetus lineatus Order Hawks and relatives / Accipitriformes Family Kites, Hawks, Eagles / Accipitridae Genus ...
“Didn’t know there were hawks in Islamabad,” I said. “看。”索拉博说,他用扑克牌指着天空。我抬头,见到有只苍鹰在一望无垠的天空中翱翔。“我还不知道伊斯兰堡有老鹰呢。” “Me neither,” he said, his eyes tracing the bird’s circular flight. “Do they have them where you live?” “...
The kite festival, called Uttarayan in Hindi, celebrates the day that winter ends and summer begins, as well as the upcoming harvest season. In addition, the kites are meant to symbolize the spirits of the gods that are awaking from their deep winter sleep. In the past, kite-flying in In...
It made a sound like a paper bird flapping its wings. Hassan clapped his hands, whistled, and ran back to me. I handed him the spool, holding on to the string, and he spun it quickly to roll the loose string back on.At least two dozen kites already hung in the sky, like paper ...
in one of the picnic areas, in the shade of a gum tree. It was a warm day, the sun perched high in a topaz blue sky. On benches nearby, families snacked onsamosas11and pakoras. Somewhere, a radio played a Hindi song I thought I remembered from an old movie, maybe Pakeeza. Kids...
When Hassan and I came Home after watching a Hindi film at Cinema Zainab, what Ali, Rahim Khan, Baba, or the myriad93 of Baba's friends--second and third cousins milling in and out of the house--wanted to know was this: Did the Girl in the film find Happiness? Did the bacheh ...