As we approached a small cut in the waterway, we saw a large oak, with a lot of birds in the branches. “Oh good, they are out here”, our guide said. “They’re sleeping now, but when they wake up they’ll probably be thirsty. If there aren’t raindrops left in the leaves where they are, they should swoop down to drink, skimming the water as they fly. There hasn’t been rain for days, so we might get to see that. All along the trees were sleeping kites. We estimated a population of about 1500 along the river. As we watched, they began to wake up, stretch, groom, and move around a bit.