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Name that bird
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03/05/23 05:54 PM
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Unfortunately I didn't get close enough to get a picture & any search combination I can think of comes up empty. There were two competing with some turkey buzzards for a dead coon. Not as big as the buzzards, white head with a black mohawk on top & reddish patch in front of their eyes. The white gradually turned to patterns till it turned black for the rest of the body. Legs were longer than the buzzards' and yellow. Beak was shaped like a hawk's. This is West of Weatherford & I've never seen one like them before.
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03/05/23 06:01 PM
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03/05/23 06:02 PM
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Re: Name that bird
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03/05/23 06:20 PM
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03/05/23 06:56 PM
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Yep, they have definitely moved north into territory where they had not been or were not common years ago. I see them way up in Montague County. I would not be surprised if they had not made it into OK. 10 years ago? Nada.
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03/06/23 01:31 AM
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I had never seen one north of Victoria and then saw one in Grape Creek back in December. Just northwest of San Angelo.
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03/06/23 02:22 AM
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In the 90s saw them often along 22 around Meridian
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03/06/23 02:28 AM
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Saw two today. See them pretty often.
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03/06/23 11:38 AM
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Invasive and aggressive also protected
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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03/06/23 01:23 PM
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call him Sylvester...looks like a Sylvester to me, so that should be his name
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03/06/23 01:36 PM
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I have them in Van Zandt county.
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03/06/23 01:48 PM
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I've seen them near China.
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03/06/23 04:08 PM
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Are they the same bird as the "thunderbird"?
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03/06/23 09:51 PM
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03/07/23 11:08 PM
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Poor bird is so confused..... ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2023/03/full-4774-383319-caraccara.jpg)
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03/09/23 03:17 AM
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In the 90s saw them often along 22 around Meridian Yup.. They show up every year around Morgan Dec to March or so and then they disappear.....
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03/09/23 02:48 PM
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In the 90s saw them often along 22 around Meridian Yup.. They show up every year around Morgan Dec to March or so and then they disappear..... Indeed. Watched one go after a slow moving armadillo in Cranfills Gap when I was in high school and have seen them occasionally (frequently?) through the years.
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