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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

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Today I will cover another one of Mexico’s Baja Peninsulas characters, the Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo Albonotatus. 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. Below is a photo I got on Sunday of a juvenile.

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The Grand Old Hawkwatch of the South

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Needless to say, it’s a great spot for watching the hawks come scooting around the mountain on both sides heading off towards Mexico. On its southward face is a fenced off natural veranda that looks over a forested valley that only seems like wall-to-wall shag carpeting.