10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Last week I wrote about the interesting hunting habits of our local Harris’s Hawks. There is a small population in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Today I will cover another one of Mexico’s Baja Peninsulas characters, the Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo Albonotatus.

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Tail Banding Turkey Paraguay Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

Because they like to hunt in the tree canopy , they will also eat “iguanas, parrots, porcupines, coatimundis, and raccoons.” ” Panama hosts the largest breeding population of Harpy Eagles, though they were once “found from southern Mexico through Central and South America all the way down to northern Argentina.”

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Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Eagles 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2011

A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up. It usually waits for a few days before taking the metaphorical plunge, but once it leaves the burrow and flies for the first time, it will not stop until it reaches the waters off Brazil and Argentina.

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United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandon 162