Crested Caracara

Posted by Gene Gwin on Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:02 am

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Photo taken at Laguna Seca Ranch in South Texas last week.

Nikon D810, 300mm lens, 1.4 TC, 1/2000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 640,

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by Denis55 on Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:11 am

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Sweet light and flight pose,Gene!

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by RLK on Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:23 am

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I have been enjoying your caracara images Gene. While in Florida I chased these birds awhile before finally getting some great photo opportunities. Once I get caught up on processing I will post some. I found that watching for them along the road paid off because they are attracted by roadkill. Really great looking birds and in a class by themselves.
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by Gene Gwin on Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:28 am

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RLK wrote:I have been enjoying your caracara images Gene. While in Florida I chased these birds awhile before finally getting some great photo opportunities. Once I get caught up on processing I will post some. I found that watching for them along the road paid off because they are attracted by roadkill. Really great looking birds and in a class by themselves.
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Bob, I think you could speed up your process by collecting road kill and placing it in an area with a good background. They are fairly tolerant of people as long as you stay in one place. Photographing from a vehicle should be fairly easy. If you want to get fancy, put a nice looking perch next to the roadkill and they are almost guaranteed to land on it.
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by Ron Day on Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:02 pm