This is simply a collection of different raptors that I have photographed from in and around my local area and the state of Texas. I had never really realized that there were so many different birds of prey in Texas ranging from the small American Kestrel to the Bald Eagle.
Here is another one of my HW 77 King Ranch crested caracaras. My family makes a trip to South Padre Island every June and every June in roughly the same area of HW 77 between Norias, Texas and Raymondville, Texas going through the old King Ranch area, one can see quite a few crested caracaras hanging out near the highway or in the median among the trees, oaks, pecans and mesquite trees. I caught this one out in the open on this perch. I was standing in the median of this highway when I took this picture. In between Norias, Texas and Raymondville, Texas, Highway 77, June 2008.
Here is another one of my HW 77 King Ranch crested caracaras. My family makes a trip to South Padre Island every June and every June in roughly the same area of HW 77 between Norias, Texas and Raymondville, Texas going through the old King Ranch area, one can see quite a few crested caracaras hanging out near the highway or in the median among the trees, oaks, pecans and mesquite trees. I caught this one out in the open on this perch. I was standing in the median of this highway when I took this picture. In between Norias, Texas and Raymondville, Texas, Highway 77, June 2008.