Yellow-headed Caracara - Ken Burgdorff
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stakeout Yellow-headed Caracara, Lomita (2024)
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 33.7888482, -118.3196691
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

First seen and Photo at 10:23 by the meat market, sitting on light, "Waiting for food". At 10:30 the market opened, and somebody threw out the meat scraps. The bird launched itself from the pole and captured the meat. Its talons are worn and dull, but well suited for walking on asphalt. It ate some and then carried a piece of meat to the building behind the Popeyes. It captured some more meat and flew up onto a light. At one time it flew to a wooden palate quite close to me. Last photo taken at 10:54 and we watched it after that, before it flew West toward the Eucs. Beautiful bird. Regrettably my shutter speed was slow for action shots. Overcast and cool this morning.

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX P1000
ISO
110
Flash
Flash did not fire
Dimensions
3327 pixels x 2495 pixels
Original file size
717.44 KB