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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

10,000 Birds

Last week I wrote about the interesting hunting habits of our local Harris’s Hawks. Zone-tailed Hawks can be found in the extreme lower parts of the US, in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, with an estimated population of 450-650 birds. There is a small population in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina.

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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls

10,000 Birds

These wily and diminutive owls occur from Bolivia and Argentina northward through Central America (check out this post on Pico Bonito ) and only just occur in the United States in Arizona and south Texas. The Arizona birds are from the cactorum race and these birds are often referred to as the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl.

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