10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Very similar in size and shape to the very common Turkey Vulture , the Zone-tailed Hawk is quite often found circling on the wind currents with those very vultures. This allows the Zone-tailed Hawk to approach much closer, before swooping in quickly.
10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2017
However, the crest is not always obvious and its diet is likely to contain birds and small mammals as well as reptiles. The dreadful screeching put me in mind of a young bird crying to be fed, but the juveniles are much lighter underneath with dark streaking, two broad tail bands and paler, scaled crests.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2012
Also present in good El Nino years are the occasional and much sought after Blue Petrel with its distinctive black sub-terminal tail band with white trailing edge, a unique diagnostic feature amongst petrels.
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