crested caracara

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway audubonii)

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway audubonii)

Aka 'Mexican Eagle', 'Texan Eagle'. This one is blind in its right eye.

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway audubonii)

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway audubonii)

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway audubonii)

Here's that cow and a Black Vulture.

It's not there for the oranges. Here's a falcon that acts more like a vulture. Below that perch lies the carcass of a dead cow.

One of my more funny captures. This Crested Caracara was preening and seems to have taken interest in one of its feathers!

One of the places I frequently hold wildlife photography workshops at here in Florida is home to a good number of Crested Caracara. One of my favorite birds to photograph and it seems to like the attention as well!

I wasn't able to capture the actual kill this Crested Caracara made of a Cattle Egret but was fortunate enough to get some great shots of it eating and flying away with some left-overs for its family!

I brought my camera this time! And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to take an interesting comparison shot of an adult Crested Caracara next to a juvenile, which is evidently slightly smaller and more drab.

I always regret it if I travel through Central Florida without my superzoom camera, because without fail I always spot some cool birds along the road. Thankfully, I was able to pull over and get a decent photo with my phone of this majestic caracara perched atop a tree. I usually see these guys...

Crested Caracara - Costa Rica

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway subsp. audubonii), Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos subsp. polyglottos). Northern Mockingbird going after the Crested Caracara. James H. Robbins Memorial Park, Smith Point, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Open area with coastal prairie and open views to...

Saw this couple at the nature park two days ago.

Crested Caracara, Vacant lot, frontage road I-35, Cibolo, TX

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Juvenile, sexes similar. Just south of Tivoli, Refugio County, Texas, Texas, USA. Coastal Plains and Marshes Vegetational Area. Mainly flat fields converted to pasture and agriculture with small and patchy remnant coastal woods at ca. 3.7 m (12 ft) elevation.

Crested Caracara, Florida

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway subsp. audubonii) West of Salado, Bell County, Texas, USA. A crossroads of the Edwards Plateau and the Blackland Prairies Vegetational Areas. Area mostly converted to cropland at ca. 183 m (600 ft) elevation.

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway subsp. audubonii) West of Salado, Bell County, Texas, USA. A crossroads of the Edwards Plateau and the Blackland Prairies Vegetational Areas. Area mostly converted to cropland at ca. 183 m (600 ft) elevation.

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway subsp. audubonii) Sexes similar. Along Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Perched in a snag on a loma (clay dune) in the Coastal Prairies and Marshes Vegetational area ca. 5 m (16 ft) elevation.

Taking off from branch

Checking the scene. These are the largest birds in the falcon family and usually feed on road kill. They usually stalk on foot and strut their stuff !