Galapagos Hawk, Espanola Island, the Galapagos, Ecuador

The Galapagos Hawk is the native raptor of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador. It is, in fact, the only raptor found on the islands. It is a Buteo…like the common Red-tailed Hawk and many others in North America. It sits on high perches (high by Galapagos standards) and hunts lizards and rodents in the lava fields of the islands. In the first picture in the panel, it is sharing the view with a Galapagos Dove. While our guide on the Wildside Tours Galapagos Adventure expected we would see more on other islands, this one, on Espanola, was the only one we saw on our 7 day trip. 

Sony Rx10iii at 600mm equivalent. Program Mode. Processed in Polarr and assembled in FrameMagic on my iPad Pro.