The author said that the birds are acrobatic, skilled, accomplished, entertaining. "Kites are generally masterful in the air and represent a group of birds that are among the most acrobatic of fliers"He also claims that they are skillful in the air. He may develop this idea because of their diet, sense they eat small insects they will have to be precise and skillful. He could have also gathered the information from their body shape. "With black wings and tail, white head and body, and a forked or swallow-like tail" That is my best answer please correct me if i am wrong!
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