Crested Caracara

The Caracara is also known as a Mexican Eagle. It looks like a hawk, but has a bald face like a vulture.

[Mags]

Super shot! I have never seen one of these before. Very unusual.

[Corinne C]

Wonderful capture!

[Joan Robillard]

Good capture

[Paula Fontanini]

What a cool bird and capture! Is this Hawk a regular in Texas? I've never seen or heard of them before so thanks for enlightening me! :)

[Bucktree]

@bluemoon Thank you Paula. This area is part of their normal habitat, but I rarely see then. I recently learned that they are actually a part of the falcon family It’s hard to get a close shot of them.

[Diana]

Well spotted and captured, such a great looking bird.

[Dione Giorgio]

Fabulous find and neat capture. Fav.

[Renee Salamon]

He’s holding the fort up there

[Kerry McCarthy]

Great catch!

[Peter Dulis]

sweet

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[LManning (Laura)]

Cool capture.

[Karen]

I love the minimalist fashion in which you've composed this capture - very neat! I like the name of the bird, it has a very nice red area on the face. Super capture.