Crested Caracara

Posted by Gene Gwin on Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:12 am

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

Nikon D810, 300mm lens, 1/1600 sec at f/6.3, ISO 800. Manual exposure.

A different crop on this one. Clipped wings on purpose to emphasize the interaction. Curious what you might think?

Better detail if you click on the image.

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by david fletcher on Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:24 am

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Like it. nice and tight on the action Gene, which for me is the best way to show this. The claw on the face looks potentially painful

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by Karl Egressy on Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:56 pm

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Nice interaction captured, Gene.

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by Denis55 on Tue Mar 14, 2017 5:00 pm

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Great action captured here,Gene!

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by Mako_Elite on Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:04 pm

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Very nice capture. I noticed one of the bird have yellow beak and the rest have pink. Age?? or gender??

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by Gene Gwin on Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:57 am

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Mako_Elite wrote:Very nice capture. I noticed one of the bird have yellow beak and the rest have pink. Age?? or gender??

Mako, Yes, the color of the beak is determined by their age. When mature the beak is an orange color and the feathers are dark black. There is no discernable difference between a male and a female. In most hawks, the female is larger, but this is not true for the Caracara.

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