Northern Crested Caracara
Dec 3, 2021 11:12:57 #
The Northern Crested Caracara is in the Falcon class.
It is found in Central America, Mexico and very southern Arizona , Texas and parts of Florida.
The Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black-and-white falcon. It is instantly recognizable standing tall on long yellow-orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow-orange face. The Crested Caracara is a bird of open country and reaches only a few states in the southern U.S. It flies low on flat wings, and routinely walks on the ground
Yesterday was the first time I have seen this beauty.
Downloads are best.
Hope you enjoy.
It is found in Central America, Mexico and very southern Arizona , Texas and parts of Florida.
The Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black-and-white falcon. It is instantly recognizable standing tall on long yellow-orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow-orange face. The Crested Caracara is a bird of open country and reaches only a few states in the southern U.S. It flies low on flat wings, and routinely walks on the ground
Yesterday was the first time I have seen this beauty.
Downloads are best.
Hope you enjoy.
Dec 3, 2021 11:14:14 #
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Dec 3, 2021 11:23:48 #
Ridgerunner
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
Great shots, did you notice the blood on his beak and in the 3rd photo down, it looks like there might
be a tracking antenna mounted on his tail just back of his wings.
be a tracking antenna mounted on his tail just back of his wings.
Dec 3, 2021 11:34:35 #
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Dec 3, 2021 12:27:03 #
Really nice captures of very good looking bird.
I have never seen one before.
Will
I have never seen one before.
Will
Dec 3, 2021 12:44:55 #
Ridgerunner wrote:
Great shots, did you notice the blood on his beak and in the 3rd photo down, it looks like there might
be a tracking antenna mounted on his tail just back of his wings.
be a tracking antenna mounted on his tail just back of his wings.
Yes, good catch. These were taken at the Tucson Desert Museum. They hold daily "Raptor Free Flight" adventures where they present certain raptors . They do put radio tracking antennas on these birds, to keep track should they stray off into the desert.
I have never seen this bird before.
Dec 3, 2021 12:45:10 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
Really nice captures of very good looking bird.
I have never seen one before.
Will
I have never seen one before.
Will
Thanks Will. first for me as well
Dec 3, 2021 12:45:46 #
Arizona Art wrote:
Super! Have never seem one in the wild.
I haven't either. This was taken at the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson.
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