Short-eared Owl – Birds of Prey

Paul Demkovich

We spent 8 days in the Galápagos Islands traveling to 10 islands looking for the specialty birds on each.

We saw thousands of Wedge-rumped Storm Petrels flying over their breeding colony on lava flats on Genovesa Island. The target bird here was actually a Short-eared Owl that lives along side the Storm Petrels uses them as a food source.

This photo is of a Short-eared Owl standing watch over its Storm Petrel kill while another Storm Petrel flies overhead.

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