Bird Identifcation Help?

[Duke]

I was hanging this morning at a job site near the Rio Grand about an hour out of Laredo, and this guy was eyeballing us. I have never seen one before, what is it?

100% crop, and note that it was very, very foggy outside this morning. I did a heavy handed noise reduction and tried to increase the exposure some from the original. Not a great photo at all, but I was in a hurry....

1/2000, f5.6, iso400 18/200mm @ 200mm

http://duked.smugmug.com/Animals/Wildlife/2/769684535_XS33n-XL.jpg

[Jerry]

Appears to be a Caracara. AKA "Mexican Eagle"
Lots of 'em here in central Texas too.

[M38A1]

Wow, I had to google it to see. Jerry knows his birds! :clap:

[Duke]

Thanks the ID Jerry!


http://www.itsnature.org/air/birds-air/audabons-caracara/ (http://www.itsnature.org/air/birds-air/audabons-caracara/)

Next time I head down that way again, I am going to take the Bigma and Tripod and see what I can capture.

[47.wing]

You need to see them call. Then you'll understand the name. Extremely aggressive hunters. Plenty of them on US-90 going west.

[tricepilot]

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/769914796_32EcM-M.jpg

[psuedoarchon]

Thats just brings back my desires to get into falconry when I "grow up". Nice picture

[Jerry]

Well Bob... that's a "Larry Bird" of course! ;););)
Now please identify this one:

http://papawheelie.smugmug.com/photos/769949052_ef9vK-M-1.jpg

[wildebube]

A Ladybird!!!

[tricepilot]

No, that's her twin sister Tweety :sun:

[NUTT]

Next time I head down that way again, I am going to take the Bigma and Tripod and see what I can capture.

Or....

You could just head over to FM 362 between Waller & Brookshire. There are quite a few of them hunting over the fields there.

[WoodButcher]

I found this site: http://www.whatbird.com/ They are the developers of the iphone/ipod app called ibird. Same database is used. Though this might help somebody out.

BTW, the ibird app is pretty cool, but I haven't sprung for it yet. I've been playing around with in on my Mom's iphone.

[ysr612]

Appears to be a Caracara. AKA "Mexican Eagle"
Lots of 'em here in central Texas too.
yes lots of crested CaraCara near Kennedy
http://ysr612.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Other-rides/kennedy-ride/IMG0720-1/11369582_TvWoh-XL.jpg

[TWTim]

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/769914796_32EcM-M.jpg

Larry looks like he had just finished smoking a bowl in that pic. :mrgreen:

[tricepilot]

Larry looks like he had just finished smoking a bowl in that pic. :mrgreen:

He later cleaned himself up a little bit:

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/770414085_siwoH-M.jpg

[TWTim]

He later cleaned himself up a little bit:

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/770414085_siwoH-M.jpg

And then he went hunting wolverines with his uncle. He killed, like, fifty of them. :lol2: