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Topic: Caracara seen on RR12
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted November 27, 2009 05:47 PM
 
Yesterday afternoon, I saw a caracara on the west side of RR12 just north of Gold’s Road. This was a first for me in this area; I had seen one before, about thirty years ago in the Rio Grande Valley. I was not aware that they traveled this far north. The caracara is a very handsome bird for a carrion eater. This one was having a meal of road kill with his buddies the black vultures. [This message has been edited by freewill (edited November 27, 2009).]
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starstruck
Member Posts: 588
From: Hays
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted November 27, 2009 06:12 PM
There used to a couple of them that haunted the road to Kyle just past where it becomes 150. Lots of road kill for a couple of miles there. Lots of deer crossing the road.
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Miss Chris
Member Posts: 294
From: Wimberley, Texas
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted November 28, 2009 08:40 AM
I have seen them on RR 12 going towards San Marcos and on Purgatory Road. Glad to know they are back to help with the road kill!
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foxymaw
Member Posts: 82
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Registered: Aug 2006
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posted November 28, 2009 06:30 PM
A mystery finally solved...Several years ago, there was a huge nest in one of our cedar trees..it was so high up, I could only see the "critter's" head by using binoculars...I felt certain it was a bird of prey, so took precautions with my small dogs...after seeing a picture of the caracara, with the bright orange head, I knew right away, that's what my "critter" was...the tree fell a couple of years ago and tore the nest up, so I couldn't tell too much about it...
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Reddog
Member Posts: 396
From: dripping springs, tx, usa
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted December 01, 2009 08:12 AM
The problem with bird books is that the birds don't read them
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