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Nov19-12-GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/detaillessernighthawks-nov-19-2012-rafaelgalvez1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser Nighthawks - November 19, 2012 Field Sketch</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-10T22:37:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2012/07/15/neotropical-raptors-of-trinidad-tobago/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/neotropical-raptors-4-galvez1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neotropical Raptors 4 GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>Thumbnail of a Swallow-tailed Kite.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/neotropical-raptors-3-galvez2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neotropical Raptors 3 GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>Turkey Vultures in 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FEATUREimage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/plover-gestures-galvez.gif</image:loc><image:title>Plover-Gestures-GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-19T21:36:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/18/vultures-of-the-caucasus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vultures-of-georgia-caucasus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vultures of Georgia-Caucasus</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/raptors-and-owls-of-georgia-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Raptors and Owls of Georgia COVER</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/egyptian-vultures-in-flight1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egyptian Vultures in Flight</image:title><image:caption>Images included in the upper portion of the Egyptian Vulture plate, depicting four ages/plumages of the species.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/griffon-vultures-in-flight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Griffons in Flight</image:title><image:caption>Graphite and watercolor thumbnails included in the upper portion of the species' plate, depicting some of the flight attitudes of this large vulture.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lammergeier-in-flight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lammergeier in Flight</image:title><image:caption>Adult and juvenile Lammergeiers depicted in flight.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lammergeier.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lammergeier</image:title><image:caption>An adult Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus). This "bearded vulture" acquires its orange coloration by wallowing in iron-rich springs and mud.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/griffon-vulture-nest.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Griffon Vulture Nesting Site</image:title><image:caption>Thumbnails included in a behavior/habitat spread in "Raptors and Owls of Georgia." A colony of Griffons nesting in semi-desert mountain caves. The nest is often no more than twigs and branches lining a ledge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/griffons-dominate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Griffons Take over the Carcass</image:title><image:caption>Ravens are among the first attracted to carrion, followed closely by Egyptian Vultures. Unable to tear the skin with ease, they eat out the eyes and soft parts. Soon, Griffons arrive attracted by encircling birds. Cinereous Vultures arrive last in smaller numbers, waiting at the periphery for a chance to feed.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/griffon-vultures1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eurasian Griffons</image:title><image:caption>The Eurasian Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) depicted in juvenile and adult plumages.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/vultures-feeding-order.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cinereous Vultures Dominate</image:title><image:caption>A feeding scene included in a behavior/habitat spread in "Raptors and Owls of Georgia." Magpies and a young Egyptian Vulture discover the carrion. When Griffons congregate in low numbers, Cinereous Vultures dominate the feeding, and the hungrier birds aggressively defend the carcass while all others wait.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-09T03:06:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2012/11/23/lesser-nighthawk-everglades/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lesser-nighthawk-feature-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser Nighthawks - November 19, 2012 Field Sketch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/detail-lessernighthawks-nov19-2012-galvez-b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DETAIL LesserNighthawks Nov19 2012-GALVEZ b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/detail-lessernighthawks-nov19-12-galvez1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DETAIL LesserNighthawks Nov19-12-GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/detail-lessernighthawks-nov19-12-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DETAIL LesserNighthawks Nov19-12 GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lesser-nighthawk-sketches-nov-2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thumnail sketches of Lesser Nighthawks</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lessernighthawks-nov-19-2012-rafaelgalvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lesser Nighthawks - November 19, 2012 Field Sketch</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-18T20:33:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/10/red-necked-nightjar-andalucia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/red-necked-nightjar-searches.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-necked Nightjar searches</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rnni-slide1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RNNI SLIDE1</image:title><image:caption>4. Stroke by stroke over time, I arrived to a satisfactory rendering.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rnni-slide2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RNNI SLIDE2</image:title><image:caption>3. Additions soon after. The sketch remained this way for years.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rnni-slide3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RNNI SLIDE3</image:title><image:caption>2. As much as was accomplished in the field.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rnni-slide4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RNNI SLIDE4</image:title><image:caption>1. The original pencil sketch of the nightjar's shape and its shadow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/red-necked-nightjar-in-headlamps-galvez2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-necked Nightjar in headlamps GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/red-necked-nightjar-in-headlamps-galvez1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-necked Nightjar in headlamps GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/macharaviaya-cabo-de-gata-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Macharaviaya - Cabo de Gata 2</image:title><image:caption>A pair of quick sketches on the gessoed rough side of a masonite board. These are relatively underdeveloped, so I hesitated in including them here, but they tell part of the story. Left is Macharaviaya - a whitewashed town near Málaga. Right is a view of the Mediterranean from the coastal cliffs of Cabo de Gata.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/red-necked-nightjar-dorsal-sketch-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-necked Nightjar, dorsal sketch</image:title><image:caption>Dorsal study of a Red-necked Nightjar done with ink and color pencils.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/red-necked-nightjar-head-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-necked NIghtjar, head and mouth study</image:title><image:caption>Study of the open mouth of a Red-necked Nightjar, done with watercolor, ink pens and color pencil. While the bills of nightjars are relatively small, their open mouths are very large. Note the stiff bristle feathers lining the mouth, which act as nets to help bring insect prey into the buccal cavity.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-19T21:35:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/05/field-sketching-with-sport-optics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/field-sketching-playbutton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Field Sketching PLAYbutton</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rafaelgalvez-sketching-everglades.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RafaelGalvez sketching Everglades</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-18T20:30:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/07/why-use-sport-optics-to-sketch-wildlife/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snail-kite-illustration-wheeler.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snail Kite Illustration WHEELER</image:title><image:caption>Illustrations of Snail Kites from "A Field Guide to Hawks, North America" by Clark and Wheeler (1987). The depictions of birds in field guides have traditionally been rendered with a graphic flatness conducive of their use as comparative images.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snailkite-head-in-the-round-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SnailKite head in the round GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>As I observed a Snail Kite on its perch, I took advantage of its head constantly turning to understand its complex bill from different perspectives.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/digiscoping-anas-crecca-galvez-b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Digiscoping Anas crecca GALVEZ B</image:title><image:caption>The stability of a scope and tripod frees your hands for lengthier sketches.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sketching in the Glades</image:title><image:caption>The stability of a scope and tripod frees your hands for lengthier sketches.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/image1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image1</image:title><image:caption>The stability of a scope and tripod frees your hands for lengthier sketches.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sketching-raptors-with-bins-comp-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sketching Raptors with Bins comp GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>The key to good field sketches is plenty of time observing. By holding a sketch pad in one hand, I can use the binoculars with the other.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-18T20:29:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/19/wood-stork-everglades/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wood-storks-at-paroutis-pond-detail-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Storks at Paroutis Pond DETAIL 2</image:title><image:caption>Detail of "Wood Storks at Paurotis Pond." This watercolor is being done on site, while observing the birds through Leica APO-Televid 65 and 77 scopes.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wood-storks-at-paroutis-pond-detail-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Storks at Paroutis Pond DETAIL 1</image:title><image:caption>Detail of "Wood Storks at Paurotis Pond." This watercolor is being done on site, while observing the birds through Leica APO-Televid 65 and 77 scopes.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wood-storks-featured-image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Storks Featured image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/woodstorks-flysketches.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Stork flight sketches</image:title><image:caption>Quick thumbnail sketches of Wood Storks taking off and returning to their rookeries, done at Paurotis Pond.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/woodstork-feeding.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Stork illustration</image:title><image:caption>An ink illustration, derived from watercolors done at Paurotis Pond, Everglades - used for an educational activity included in the Tropical Audubon Publication.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wost-07-flying.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Adult Wood Stork in flight</image:title><image:caption>During breeding season, adults develop a light golden wash on their underwing coverts, noticeable when in flight.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wood-storks-at-paroutis-pond.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Storks at Paroutis Pond</image:title><image:caption>At a breeding colony, Wood Storks crowd the trees with large nests made of sticks. An adult (top left) greets its mate with bill-clappering and guttural noises. Week-old downy young (top center) wait to be fed while a subadult stork preens nearby. After five weeks (top right) young storks become restless and may stand up in their nests, sometimes watchful of fledging birds (bottom center) trying their wings.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/woodstorks-cuthbertlake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Storks at Cuthbert Lake</image:title><image:caption>Infamous for being the site of one of the most brutal bird massacres during the plume hunting era, Cuthbert Lake still holds a Wood Stork colony. I did this sketch from a skiff while surveying the area with Audubon colleagues.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wost-02-rookery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paurotis Pond Rookery</image:title><image:caption>The most easily observable breeding colony in the Everglades is at Paurotis Pond during the winter and spring. There, the storks nest typically on clumps of Red Mangroves where hundreds may be seen nesting nearby Roseate Spoonbills, Great Egrets, Anhingas, and others. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wost-ages.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wood Storks - juvenile through adult</image:title><image:caption>Wood Storks reach maturity after their third year, by which point they lose all the feathers on their heads and necks, which become bare, covered with scales.  The bills and heads of adults are dark (right). Subadult birds show dark heads with irregular feathering and bare areas (center). First-year birds have feathered heads stained brown and yellowish bills (left).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-19T21:36:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/19/great-white-heron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/great-white-in-the-deeper-shallows-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Great White Heron in the deeper shallows</image:title><image:caption>A Great White Heron backlit - while feeding in the deeper shallows of Florida Bay. Great Whites will feed further out than any other heron - including Great Blues - and may even have their bellies well into the water while in pursuit of prey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wurdemann-s-heron-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wurdemann's Heron</image:title><image:caption>A "Wurdemann's" Heron running along the shallows of Snake Bight, Florida Bay.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gray-kingbird-littletorchkey-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gray Kingbird on Little Torch Key</image:title><image:caption>A Gray Kingbird perched on the Red Mangrove through which a Great White Heron forages.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/florida-bay-key-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Florida Bay Key 8</image:title><image:caption>Florida Bay shallows and key near Christian Point. Watercolor Field Sketch.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/greatwhiteh-littletorch-key-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Great White Heron near Little Torch Key</image:title><image:caption>A Great White Heron foraging through Red Mangrove roots along the shallows of Little Torch Key, Florida.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ardea-heron-comparative-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ardea Heron Comparative GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/greatwhiteheron-r-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GreatWhiteHeron R GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>Portrait of a Great White Heron.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-26T13:24:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/08/everglades-sketchbook-8/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cypress-hook-featured-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cypress Hook FEATURED GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/everglades-sketchbook-8-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Everglades Sketchbook 8 Cover</image:title><image:caption>“Everglades Sketchbook 8″ is a 9″x12″ ring-bound watercolor pad I purchased in 2005 with the aim of doing quick, in-the-moment landscapes. I have used it on and off for nearly 10 years now, and a few of its pages are still blank.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/quick-sketch-of-an-osprey-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quick Sketch of an Osprey</image:title><image:caption>A brief watercolor sketch of a perched Osprey done at Hole-In-The-Donut restoration area, November 2008. The bird soon flushed, it started raining and I left the sketch as is.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pine-glades-lake-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pine Glades Lake</image:title><image:caption>A watercolor sketch done from the southwestern edge of Pine Glades Lake, west of Long Pine Key during  late afternoon, November 22, 2006.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pa-hay-okee-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pa-hay-okee</image:title><image:caption>An evening sketch from January 5, 2007, done from the road leading to the Pa-hay-okee Overlook. The hyphened word is a native American term given to the Everglades, meaning "Grassy Water."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/in-the-cypress-dome-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>In the Cypress Dome</image:title><image:caption>This sketch was done in Big Cypress National Preserve, about 3 miles north of Oasis, from within a cypress dome on February 2, 2007.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hole-in-the-donut-restoration-area-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hole In The Donut Restoration Area GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>A sketch done at the Hole-In-The-Donut restoration area, from the berm south of Gate 15 overlooking Taylor Slough to the east on October 15, 2006.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fire-beyond-taylor-slough-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fire Beyond Taylor Slough</image:title><image:caption>While driving towards Royal Palm during the afternoon of March 18, 2006, I noticed a fire to the north, beyond Taylor Slough. I pulled over and did this sketch from the roadside.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/everglades-sketchbook-8-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Everglades Sketchbook 8 GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>An open spread showing two moments in time at one of the small lakes west of Long Pine Key. Done during the afternoon of December 30, 2005.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cypress-hook-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cypress Hook</image:title><image:caption>Sketch done from the edge of an unnamed cypress dome  south of Pa-hay-okee. January 12, 2007.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-22T00:34:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/19/sketching-through-a-scope-basics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/featuredsketching-scope.jpg</image:loc><image:title>featuredSKETCHING SCOPE</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/galvezpainting-at-snake-bight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GALVEZPainting at Snake Bight</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rafaelgalvez-sketchingscope.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RafaelGalvez sketchingSCOPE</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rafael-galvez-sketching-scope1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rafael Galvez SKETCHING SCOPE</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-19T16:36:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com/2014/01/15/the-bill-and-buccal-cavity-of-a-razorbill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sketching-on-site-alca-torda-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sketching on site ALCA TORDA Galvez</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alca-torda-feedingconceptualization2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alca torda FeedingConceptualization2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alca-torda-feeding-conceptualization.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alca torda Feeding Conceptualization</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/razorbill-lingual-body-sm1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Razorbill Lingual Body sm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/razorbill-buccal-cavity-schematic-w-lit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Razorbill buccal cavity schematic w lit</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alca-torda-rostral-dorsal-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alca torda rostral-dorsal GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alca-torda-lateral-view-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alca torda - lateral view GALVEZ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alca-torda-development-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alca torda development GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>R. A. Galvez. Adapted from Jones 1988, Lloyd and Perrins 1977, Lavers et al. 2008. CLICK CHART TO ENLARGE.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alca-torda-development.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alca torda development</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://galvezbirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/razorbill-bill-lateral-view-galvez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Razorbill - bill lateral view GALVEZ</image:title><image:caption>Fig. 2. Lateral view of Alca torda bill, sketched from direct observation, DRTO 12/18/2012 specimen.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-18T20:35:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://galvezbirds.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2024-02-27T18:06:18+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
