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Snail Kite

Rostrhamus Sociabilis

Description:

A male Snail Kite takes home its prey in Laguna de Sauce, Maldonado, Uruguay. From the looks of it the prey is an applesnail, their main source of food.

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1 Comment

Elsa
Elsa 11 years ago

Beautiful! Nice story in the pictures with the main food source too :)

remco.douma
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remco.douma

La Capuera, Maldonado, Uruguay

Spotted on Jan 27, 2013
Submitted on Feb 4, 2013

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