Re: Can someone help me identify these birds?

On Apr 28, 9:37 pm, bleauxheron <j...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just took these photos near Torres del Paine Natonal Park in Chile
and want to make sure I label them correctly.

Bird 1:



Andean Condors. Great shots!


Bird 2:



I didn't recognize this one but some googling suggests that it may be
an immature Black-chested Buzzard Eagle.

Here are a couple of pages with photos of immatures:

http://www.avesdechile.cl/204.htm
(in Spanish, bottom image is immature)

http://www.focusonnature.com/BirdListChile.htm
(bird #97)
.

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