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Galapagos Hawk

Buteo galapagoensis

Photo by BenWanamaker
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Waiting for a passing car to get some road kill.

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Comments (2)
BenWanamaker
It was indeed Isabela Island, and the roadkill was just a house cat. It had been storming moments before I had taken the photo, so maybe that had attributed somehow to the bird's appearance.

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Birds of the World
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Galapagos Biodiversity

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PublishedFebruary 18, 2013

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