ever seen a yellow-headed caracara?

[Gato Moteado]

well, now you have:

[SheltieLover]

1. Wow!

Ty!

[tblue37]

2. Handsome bird!

[MLAA]

3. That's indeed a first for me, thanks.

I’m telling you Gato Moteado, you need to submit your photos to every single photography contest out there. They are amazing and a few unsolicited photos should be sent to Nat Geo! Maybe even every zoo around.

[Gato Moteado]

5. thank you.....zoos or amateur publicatiosn or websites, sure....

...some websites have published my photos for free. but i'm definitely not in the same class as nat geo shooters. if i didn't have a day job and could spend all my time shooting and learning and get myself into locations where amazing shots present themselves, then i could think about it. maybe some day.

[MLAA]

14. You can go for it after you retire from your day job or win the lottery!

Or when I will the huge Powerball lottery I can sponsor you! Just don’t hold your breath!

[Gato Moteado]

15. OK.....let's make it happen!

[elleng]

4. No, haven't seen such a lovely bird, and

it's my favorite ORANGE, looking forward to them coming into season!

[Gato Moteado]

6. the season is called climate change....

...so, you might get them at some point. i know they're already seeing large amounts of black bellied whistling ducks up your way and they used to just barely range north of the mexican border in summer. i have a lot of them here and now friends of mine in the carolinas are seeing them and i've even seen photos of them from birders in central park....here is what they look like....let me know if you see any.

[elleng]

7. Looks very interesting/interested!

[Gato Moteado]

8. a biologist friend of mine here in CR calls them "tree ducks"

...they roost at night in trees and they even make their nests in trees.

[SergeStorms]

9. Is it a raptor?

The beak shape and talons would suggest so, but not seeing the tail feathers doesn't help the ID.

[Gato Moteado]

10. yes....falconidae

...but they aren't impressive predators......they mostly eat carrion and, interestingly, they eat the ticks off of cattle.

[SergeStorms]

13. Thank you.

I bet the cattle appreciate it though. 😉

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I hadn't seen one yet, but now I have, thanks to you! Gorgeous bird. ♥ n/t

[LakeArenal]

12. We were wondering.

We saw a tv show on Nat Geo where a guy was searching for Bluejean Dart Frogs. He trekked far into a CR jungle and found one. Due to how loud that little bit is.

He was so intense on how rare it is to see one.

Having said all that, we see them every day. Sometimes ten to fifteen at a time. Are they so rare for you and we happen to be having a once in a lifetime experience?

Do you see them commonly?

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[Gato Moteado]

16. they're not rare, but....

...they aren't nearly as common as they once were. same goes for the green and black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus). and, i used to see the golfo dulce poison dart frog reliably on my property, though the population was small....i haven' seen a single one for at least 7 or 8 years, maybe more.

[Trailrider1951]

17. Is that the bird they call the Mexican Eagle?

I saw one of those about 8 years ago, driving between Leander and Georgetown, TX. When I described it to a fellow bird fancier, he told me that it was probably a "Mexican eagle". That's a very large bird, not quite as big as a bald eagle, but about the size of a large hawk. It was a glorious sight to see, perched on a fence next to the road near a rabbit roadkill.

[Gato Moteado]

18. that would be the crested caracara

this one is a different bird