It was a cloudy day when the explorer guide Hendrik Torres was returning to Ecocenter and suddenly spotted, perched on a utility pole next to the rooms 48 and 49, a very large bird (about 45cm in height) with the characteristics of a hawk. Hendrik went to the Ecocenter as quickly as possible to bring his camera and take some pictures with the help of another explore guide, Yashira Bejar.

Fortunately the bird was still in the same place. The hawk stayed for about 15 minutes «posing» on the pole. While both explore guide took photos they also noticed that different species of birds began to sing in a nervous matter (constantly) and approached the hawk trying to scare it away.

At the neginning the hawk could not be identified by Hendrik o Yashira, so they sent an email to Renzo Zepilli (an Inkaterra bird trainer) who immediately responded saying that it was a juvenil Broad-Winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) a boreal migrant (North Amercia) relatively common to the area in this time of year.

Hendrik Torres / Inkaterra Explore Guide | Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel