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Saturday, March 24, 2018

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle

Among the King and Turkey vultures, flew a Black-and-White Hawk-Eagle. The hawk-eagle is probably a rarer sighting than the King Vulture, thus further cementing the Laguna del Lagarto lodge as my favorite place in Costa Rica. We only saw one once, on 13 July 2017.

Despite a large range from Mexico south to northern Argentina, this large raptor is poorly known—apparently only one nest has been documented (Tate 2012). These hawks soar, then dive on prey, which includes mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

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