An intelligent bird is the kite, For a fire it knows how to ignite.
And some scientists claim
It can carry a flame
So its prey can be caught in their flight.
Yesterday the British newspapers were full of the news that Black Kites in Australia deliberately removed burning embers from a bush fire and dropped it on nearby grassland, setting the grass alight. The small mammals and lizards living deep in the grass would become visible as they tried to escape from the flames, and could then be easily caught.
