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Cara Cara
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12/30/16 01:12 AM
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activescrape
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I was on highway 16 today about 10 miles south of Commanche. In a large winter wheat field I saw two birds of prey on the ground with a buzzard sitting about 30 yards away. I turned back around because the raptors had light colored heads. I got stopped and got the binoculars on them and it was a pair of cara cara's on a lamb carcass. I couldn't believe it! Isn't that a little far north for cara cara's??
Last edited by activescrape; 12/30/16 01:53 AM.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 01:30 AM
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They're all over N. Lee county. Never saw one outside of S. Texas 10 years ago.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 01:33 AM
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T Bone
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We have a few in South Dallas/North Ellis county.. They threw me off the first time I saw them but now the orange on the beak and white wing tips is a dead giveaway..
They don't seem to be as aggressive as the red tail hawks in diving on rabbits, rats, etc.. but they're cool to watch..
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 01:44 AM
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SnakeWrangler
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See them in Lampasas, Fairfield, and saw one near Henderson a while back....becoming very common
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 02:10 AM
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activescrape
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 02:11 AM
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D6Ranch
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We get them in San Saba. I have pics of them eating on a pig carcass somewhere.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 02:17 AM
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Also called a Mexican eagle. I've seen them around our place west of Luckenbach.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 02:31 AM
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Erny
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Also called a Mexican eagle. I've seen them around our place west of Luckenbach. Yea we always called them mexican eagles as well. They are very cool birds and love watching them when I hunt south Texas.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 02:45 AM
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Adchunts
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I see them here fairly regularly...am four hours south of the OP, though...
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 03:00 AM
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swmays
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I saw one on my place in Hopkins County once.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 04:06 AM
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I grew up seeing them in Southwest Texas. We called them Mexican Eagles. Last year I saw some between Marlin and Groesbeck in Falls county.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 04:10 AM
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seen one a couple of days ago s.e. dallas, but i just figured it was a redtail with some kind of freak coloration. redtails alway sit in the top of this hackberry tree to the east of here.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 04:45 AM
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See them with regularity near Caradan.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 04:50 AM
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Had a dead cow at our place two weeks ago and there were 4 of them on the carcass. Two juveniles and two adults. This was in Hood Co. Tolar TX.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 12:33 PM
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Beautiful birds and have seen em several times in hopkins co.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 01:18 PM
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don k
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Beautiful birds and have seen em several times in hopkins co. They are beautiful until you see one trying to get one of your kid Ibex. Luckly the mother was near.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 01:21 PM
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ChrisB
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We have had two on our place just east of Hico the last couple of years. Now if we can just get some axis to migrate north.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 02:28 PM
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Zach S
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Got two that hang around my place in Mason. They are on top of anything dead within an hour or two.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 02:30 PM
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When I was a youngster back in the '50s and '60s, it was rare to see any Mexican eagles on the ranch where I was raised near the Medina/Frio County line. As with most critters, they seem to be expanding their range and moving further north. Now, we have quite a few of them here in Menard County. Same is true with the black headed buzzards, I never saw them as a boy but now, we have more of them than we do the red headed vultures. These black headed birds are much more aggressive and they do not migrate south in the winter as the vulture does. Adios, Gary
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 03:33 PM
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See them here in Stephens county every year, saw 2 a week ago. Don't see many and their not here long.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 03:45 PM
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I see them almost every day in Hill and Limestone counties. Many times they are in small groups of 2-6 birds feeding a dead animal.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 03:56 PM
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mikei
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I see them frequently as they work over the "bone yard" right outside Voca, near Brady, and occasionally in Mason County.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 04:27 PM
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Curtis
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They are all over the place here in Gonzales. I can't stand them. Nothing but a nuisance predator for everything from pets to young calves to fawns for our whitetail, blackbuck, and axis.
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 04:57 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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From a ground level game camera in Bosque County last year...
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Re: Cara Cara
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12/30/16 09:01 PM
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A bunch here in eastern Williamson county, N.E. of Austin.
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