Jims Crested Caracara Captures

The first time I met this bird it was thanks to two people..Frank for letting me follow him to the shoe store (he even bit the bullet and dined at Burger King while we were there!) and to ping...as we never would have spotted this creature without Nathans (Pings real name...I dragged it out of him) young eyes....


He got antsy and FLEW away (Frank looked a bit rough that day)


That afternoon, I found him (it) on a fence post..


The next morning....first one and then the other flew into the magical tree where Harry has trained all birds at Vierra to sit..


Of course...they FLEW away to make sure that they chased Frank out of the state of Florida...


On the last morning there was no sunrise as it was incredibly foggy. As the fog began to lift, I found these two just after they apparently finished their breakfast!


The end to my story is that I went back to PAYLESS as I was leaving Vierra (sadly) and one of the birds was in the nest but wouldn't come out. I tried my "seal whisperer" trick but that did no good. Then I had the bright idea of mimicking a screaming osprey....Boy did that ever work! The bird came at me screeching with talons barred and flew over by my at a foot away. I got no shot...but I managed not to trip over my tripod either as I hit the deck

 

Mike...

Could you speak up please?

 

The tile roof is the PAYLESS shoe store....

I cropped out the pigeons :lol:

 

Thanks Janet

They were one of my favorites....but to be honest, there were so many wonderful birds to shoot, that naming one as a favorite would be a tough thing to do....althougn my green heron series which I haven't posted yet may indeed be my favorite!