A Brahminy kite (also known as red-backed sea-eagle) backlit by the sun making a mid-air turn towards me. The image was shot on a bridge in Kollam district of Kerala.
Found this interesting excerpt on wikipedia- A fable from central Bougainville Island relates how a mother left her baby under a banana tree while gardening, and the baby floated into the sky crying and transformed into Kaa'nang, the brahminy kite, its necklace becoming the birds feathers.
Shot: Kollam, Kerala July 2014
Species: Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
More on the bird at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahminy_kite
