A Mating Pair of Crested Caracara in central Florida
Had the good fortune to capture a pair of the rare Crested Caracara on video on a remote route I like to take in interior central Florida. These are of the falcon family and have a most unusual look to them. They have adapted to live almost entirely on roadkill along remote ranch land roads in interior Florida south of Orlando. Eagles have also made good use of roadkill in these areas and often the Caracara fight off the vultures for "first helpings" of fresh roadkill. These are large and impressive looking falcons...especially in flight. I was fortunate to be fairly close to these two without them becoming aware. They rarely will let you approach very close in a vehicle. More on Caracara stalking strategies in a future blog.
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